[CUBE] Airport networking help

Mike Longo mliii at mac.com
Sun Jul 20 20:38:49 PDT 2003


One thing I did was to open up my graphite base station and add an 
external antenna. I followed the suggestions on a website I am not able 
to find at present, but it was an easy mod. It definitely extended the 
range. I will look for the site and post it as soon as I am able to 
find it.

On Sunday, July 20, 2003, at 03:37  PM, Hal wrote:

> I have a question that involves using my Cube, so I thought I'd pose 
> it to the group. I have cable modem service and have the cable modem 
> connected to an Airport Base Station (graphite) that serves part of my 
> house pretty well. I don't get coverage from the base in some parts of 
> the house and want to extend the network.
>
> Has anyone figured out how to bridge base stations, or use multiple 
> base stations to act as repeaters? I haven't been able to find any 
> good resources on this on the web. I'm currently using a G4 Cube, a 
> Pismo, a 400mHz iMac and  TiBook off the base station. The TiBook 
> seems the most restricted in terms of range, but even the Pismo drops 
> the signal in parts of the house or outside on the deck.
>
> Any help is appreciated.
>
> thanks,
> -Hal
>
>
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