[iBook] ibook/airport reception issue

[Justin Herald]

Could it be the actual antenna? Deep inside the iBook.  I had a G3/600 
and it had the same problem. I gave the card to a friend (not knowing 
that within a week they went from being worth 40 dollars to being 100) 
after the logic board died and it wasn't under their recall.

I am not sure of a solution if it is, in fact, the antenna.


On Sep 24, 2004, at 8:17 PM, / dave / wrote:

> 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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