[Ti] Question: Airport Extreme vs. original Airport?

[Michael Bigley]

>  >Not with the standard set up, though the Extreme has a port for an 
>external antenna, which would greatly increase your range, depending 
>on how much you want to spend for an antenna.  The range for the 
>Airport Extreme with 802.11g is only 50 feet... with 802.11b it is 
>150 feet.
>
>Huh? Distance for 802.11b or 802.11g is the same distance. But the 
>more expensive version of the Extreme has an antennae port already 
>built in and with that antennae, you can extend the distance for any 
>computers regardless of their being Extreme or older.

I was only quoting what is stated in the Apple docs that came with 
the Airport... I was a bit surprised as well that they only guarantee 
a range of 50 feet with 802.11g.  I did not test this but the house 
the network was installed in was fully covered by the airport, 
including their back deck.
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