[G4] Another Wireless Network Question

[LeftyZ at aol.com]

In a message dated 6/21/2006 12:51:19 AM Pacific Standard Time,  
ronsteinke at mac.com writes:

On 20  June, 2006, at 9:58:55, LeftyZ at aol.com wrote:

> While all three of  my laptops work GREAT in my office (where the  
> router is) using  the wireless cards, when I go to the backyard  
> (through the  house from my office -- about 100 feet from the  
> router), the  two cheap PC laptops (each under $1,000) continue to  
> work well  for internet access using their cards....yet, my $2,800  
> 17-inch  G4 PowerBook gets no signal from the router at all.....
>
> This  is frustrating.  Any ideas?  Is the AirPort Card just  weaker?


ronsteinke responded.....

You  didn't say whether the PCs have any part of their cards exposed   
outside of their cases. Are the cards being used in the PC laptops   
the PCMCIA variety? Do they have an external portion of the card  that  
sticks out of the PCMCIA slot?

It is very probable that  those cards have their antennae concealed in  
the portion that  protrudes outside the laptop case. In which case,  
they would have  the benefit of a more sensitive antenna than the Mac   
laptop.

>From this, I would suggest that your difference in signal  strength  
and performance is more dependent on the external antenna  that a  
PCMCIA card sticks outside the laptop case.

Both the PCs are internal cards that came with the computers.....no  external 
antennae.  I'm surprised that they'd have more sensitivity than  the Apple 
with the AirPort card.
 
John
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