[Ti] Tiger and Airport reception fluctuations

[John Griffin]

The very first thing I noticed on my Powerbook was that the signal  
strength reported both in the Menu bar and in Internet Connect is  
that it is pinned at 100% at all times. Before it varied between 60  
to 70 or so - never 100.

I should mention that I use a D-Link DI-624 wireless router with a  
directional antenna pointed down the hall to where I usually use my  
Powerbook. But even with the special antenna, my signal was middling  
at best before Tiger came along.

I also have the router set at Super-G with Dynamic Turbo which is  
compatible both with the Airport card and with a 3Com PCMCIA wireless  
card I sometimes use (which gives faster throughput then the Airport  
Extreme card when I need it.)

I have not noticed any fluctuations at all with the Airport Extreme  
card, but there are minor ones with the 3Com Card.

jg

On 13-May-05, at 4:25 PM, Alan Thompson wrote:

> Hey all,
>
> So, I have Tiger installed on my trusty/crusty 500MHz TiBook.   
> Installation was fine, performance seems to be the same, I finally  
> figured out Mail 2.0 and it's IMAP folder prefix handling, etc..
>
> BUT, I'm now having consistent Airport reception problems that I  
> didn't have before.  Basically, my reception, now on three separate  
> WLANs and makes/models of wireless routers, constantly fluctuates  
> up and down, up and down.  It might stay at 100% for quite a while,  
> but then go down next to nothing a moment later, only to pop back  
> up again a second or two later.  This is all when I'm in the room  
> with the wireless router, less than 20 feet away from the router.   
> Of course, this happens when I'm further away too.
>
> Anyone else having reception problems with the big cat on their  
> TiBooks?
>