[Ti] Airport

[Chris Olson]

Ken Simpson wrote:
> I got so frustrated with mine, I got rid of it (the airport card) picked 
> up a cheap Cabletron Enterasys card and voila, I now get excellent 
> reception in my (cavity brick) house and can use it in my backyard and 
> in the local park (albeit at reduced speed). Using the Wireless 802.11b 
> beta driver from SourceForge.

It's strange that some have poor results with the AirPort card and 
others have no problems.  I have a well used and abused G4/400, and I 
can still get three bars of signal and 1 Mbps at a distance of ~600 ft 
in a totally different building from my office, from our Belkin F5D6130 
WAP at the office.  And likewise, at home, I have a D-Link DWL900 and 
get full signal no matter where I am in the house or outside, within a 
distance of about 300 ft.

> Apart from the fact that it sticks out the side (antenna) and takes up a 
> PC card slot which I guess one day I MAY go back to needing, I am much 
> happier with it than with the Airport. (can take it out and reduce 
> battery drain if I want to too.)

It's possible your AirPort card or antenna was faulty.
-- 
Chris Olson
Network Administrator
AST Communications,  Inc.
Linux Support                    http://linux.astcomm.net
Barron,  WI   USA