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

[Robert Ameeti]

>> >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.
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>>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.
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>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 don't think they guarantee anything but the Apple statement is that the standard distance is 150'. I think you might take another look at the docs cuz I think you may have misread it.

http://www.apple.com/airport/

The only 50 number is the amount of users that can typically be supported at one time.
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Robert Ameeti
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