[G4] Another Wireless Network Question

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Which Powerbook is this?

If I remember correctly one model I think the titanium was famous for  
bad wireless signal.

I believe it improved with the next model.

Brian

iBook G4 1.33 GHz 1.25 GB RAM




On Jun 21, 2006, at 8:27 AM, LeftyZ at aol.com wrote:

> 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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