From janesprando at comcast.net Tue Feb 7 14:51:34 2006 From: janesprando at comcast.net (Jane Sprando) Date: Tue Feb 7 14:51:44 2006 Subject: [HM] Using Airport extreme with G4 Powerbook Message-ID: I have a 15in. G4 PowerBook, running 10.3.x. I have Comcast cable broadband as my ISP. I am using an Airport Extreme to connect to the internet. The laptop has difficulty keeping the connection, or not getting one at all. I am constantly getting the message that the server can't be found. Does anyone have any suggestions to improve the connections? Jane From duanemurphy at mac.com Tue Feb 7 19:17:04 2006 From: duanemurphy at mac.com (Duane Murphy) Date: Tue Feb 7 19:17:11 2006 Subject: [HM] Using Airport extreme with G4 Powerbook In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <20060208031704.15966@linux.murphyslogic.com> --- At Tue, 7 Feb 2006 14:51:34 -0800, Jane Sprando wrote: >I have a 15in. G4 PowerBook, running 10.3.x. I have Comcast cable broadband >as my ISP. I am using an Airport Extreme to connect to the internet. The >laptop has difficulty keeping the connection, or not getting one at all. I >am constantly getting the message that the server can't be found. > >Does anyone have any suggestions to improve the connections? First make sure that the problem is with the airport. Do you have this problem if you are in the same room with the base station or does it just occur when you are on opposite sides of the house? Is there a microwave oven between you and the base station? Are there other sources of interference between you and the base station. I'll presume that the connection works fine if you are in the same room with the base station. That the problem usually occurs when you are far away from the base station. In this case, here are a few things to try: o Set the channel of your base station to 1 or 11. Those channels overlap the least with other devices. o If you have no other 802.11b devices, set the Mode to g only. o Under Wireless Options, make sure that your transmitter power is cranked. Give those a try, ...Duane