[Ti] Software Base Station

[Paul Russell]

>I just tried the software base station feature of OS 10.2 using my 
>Ti 500 and my G-4 450 tower.
>
>Very cool....  easy to set up and it works well for short ranges. 
>It only seems to carry the signal 30' - 40', basically the rooms 
>surrounding the G-4 tower, but much past that the signal fades out. 
>I realize that the Airport card isn't nearly as strong as a base 
>station, but I was wondering.....
>
>Has anyone else used this?  Is that about the maximum range for the 
>set up?  Any tricks to increase the range?
>

With a machine like a G4 tower it's very easy to connect a better 
antenna - these can either be made or purchased and you just need to 
feed the cable through the case and connect it to the internal 
Airport card in place of the internal antenna. You /may/ need a small 
adapter though, as the external antenna plug may not match the socket 
on the Airport card.

Paul

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