[P1] External Antennae for Airport

Signhelpers.com mike at signhelpers.com
Thu Sep 25 07:24:35 PDT 2003


It functions, but seems a bit slower than it was when I was closer to the base.

Coat hanger and tin can. Now that's my idea of high tech!

>I remember reading about how to make an external uni-directional antenna
>using a coat hanger and an old tin can. No idea where that was though...
>
>50% is enough to function, surely?
>
>Wiebe
>
>
>On 26/9/03 12:04 AM, "Signhelpers.com" <mike at signhelpers.com> wrote:
>
>>  (Sorry, I sent before I was finished writing.)
>>
>>  Has anyone tried an External Antenna for Airport? How about a Belkin
>>  wireless router or similar?
>>
>  > I spent much of Wednesday getting the Airport/Belkin router  to work
>>  and still have a bit of weak signal.  If the router is placed near a
>>  window (the remote machine is in my office/garage about 30' from the
>>  house) the signal meter shows about 50 percent. It's working so far,
>  > but....
>  >

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