[iBook] ibook/airport reception issue

[Gregory Martinez]

It is easy to break or bend it. I bent mine and took it to Apple Store 
and they forced it in.
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Greg Martinez
gregmartinez at mac.com
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On Sep 25, 2004, at 12:04 AM, Matt wrote:

> I had a similar problem. I thought that the antena
> lead was fully connected to the card but it wasn't.
> You need   to apply a little fore to make sure the
> antena is fully connected. It should make a clicking
> like sound when its properly attached.
>
> Matt
>
> --- / dave / <arouet at winternet.com> 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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