[iBook] ibook/airport reception issue

[Valerie Maples]

I was under the impression that these iBook's could not take the extreme
card, only the older airport card at the lower speed.  As a matter of fact,
I believe there was a caution with mine (the 900MHz dual USB version) that
you could actually damage the unit by installing and extreme card in it.

Hopefully I'm wrong...
  Valerie
 
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[mailto:ibook-bounces at listserver.themacintoshguy.com] On Behalf Of / dave /
Sent: Friday, September 24, 2004 7:17 PM
To: ibook at listserver.themacintoshguy.com
Subject: [iBook] ibook/airport reception issue

Hi all -

I have a recently-acquired 800mhz icebook running Panther with an 
airport extreme card installed, and I get unbelieveably bad reception.

At 3 feet away from my basestation, I get 25-35 percent signal strength 
max (this per Macstumbler, confirmed with another utility as well). When 
I move a few feet further away or just around the corner into the 
hallway, reception diminishes almost to nothing.

It has nothing to do with the base station. When I visit one of the many 
locations I used to frequent (coffeeshops, etc.) with my older 600mhz 
ibook, where reception was so good I could sit out in the parking lot 
and surf, I now get little or no signal at all unless I stand no more 
than 10 or 12 feet away from the base station, and even then only the 
mediocre signal strength mentioned above.

So my 'wireless' access is effectively useless unless I stay home and 
sit at my desk to work.

I've checked the airport extreme card to see that it's properly 
installed (and the right-angle connector is definitely in there right), 
so what more can I do? Nothing is changed vis-a-vis sleep, waking from 
sleep, rebooting, etc. It's bad all the time. Any suggestions?

-- 

/  dave  /
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