AirPort Update 3.4.1 is still buggy

[W. Scott Street IV]

Robert,

Your problem sounds more like a loose antenna than bad software.  For 
the Titanium Powerbooks, the antenna would sometimes come loose and 
would need to be reset.  This can easily be done by removing the 
battery and firmly pressing on the inside wall of the battery 
compartment closest to the side of the Powerbook (a clear/white plastic 
strip is located on the outside of the same wall).  This may also 
happen in Aluminum Powerbooks, but I'm not sure.  I've had to reseat my 
antenna about every couple of months, and I guess that is due to the 
fact that I carry the Powerbook in my backpack to and from work every 
day.

--Scott Street


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> Message-Id: <p06100504bcb370793c0a@[192.168.0.2]>
> Date: Mon, 26 Apr 2004 19:06:03 -0700
> From: Robert Ameeti <robert at ameeti.net>
> Subject: AirPort Update 3.4.1 is still buggy
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> My 17" Powerbook is still acting very poorly even after doing the 
> 3.4.1 udpate.
>
> I am 12 ft from an Apple Base Station, and 20 ft from a D-Link access 
> point. I'll have 4 arcs in the menu after connecting to a signal and 
> then 20 seconds later, my AirPort will drop off completely and I won't 
> be finding *any* signal. If I turn off the AirPort via the menu bar, 
> and turn it back on, I can then again see the AirPort signal but it 
> will drop off again within minutes or seconds. This bahavior is 
> different than with 3.4 or 3.3.1 but even though I can seemingly 
> instantly see the AirPort signal, it still then drops off within 
> seconds or minutes. So frustrating. :-( Thankfully I keep a 50 ft 
> Cat-5 cable handy.
>
> I had previously updated to 3.4 but had to go back to 3.3.1 to 
> maintain any decent connection. Even after having gone back to 3.3.1, 
> I wasn't having the best of luck catching and staying on the signal, 
> but with 3.4.1 the signal drops to nothing and comes back full strong 
> even more frequently than 3.3.1 after the 3.4 initial problem. Befor 
> the 3.4 update I had great consistent attachment to my network.
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> Robert Ameeti
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> Gotta run, the cat's caught in the printer.
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