Powebook airport reception
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- murmur
I have a new PB(yay!) and one thing i have noticed is that no matter how close i am to the airport base station, the reception will not get any higher than 3/4 full. Even if i touch my laptop to the basestation the meter the recption is only about 90%... anyone else get this problem?
- k0na_an0k0
put rabbit ears on it
- ribit0
Maybe they leave some space for future base stations that will 'go to 11'
- murmur0
sounds like a sound investment in the future.. Leaving room for 11 has worked in so many previous ventures....
Also.. I tried using some old tongs as rabbit ears but i just got grease on my keyboard and display.
- save0
I recommend the rabbit ears, I always have a full reception on my PB
- k0na_an0k0
if you can get away with the 90% there is actually a 'booster' they sell.
- tomkat0
isnt 90 like..
enough?
- warheros0
for serious
- iDp0
isnt 90 like..
enough?
tomkat(Feb 14 05, 15:19)
So he should sit with the laptop touching the base station?? Kinda defeats the purpose no?
- warheros0
you are missing the point, iDp.
3/4's is PLENTY to sit across the room and enjoy. seriously now. SERIOUSLY.
- iDp0
no warheros...hell no...we can do better as a fucking society...and that shit starts with 100% laptop reception...no exceptions you communist...we can do it..
- clone0
if you want speed plug in.
if you want convenience keep bitching
its one or the other not both
- warheros0
hahahahaha, im sorry i pushed my communist ways on you.
now i must return to north korea. they all LOVE my ideas there. PEACE
- iDp0
North Korea is full of people who just decide to 'live' with their shitty laptop connections...we here in the States live by a different mantra.
hahaha wtf am I talking about?? I need to get laid soon.
- murmur0
iDp.
I'm in Canada, so we take a more nuteral stance towards wireless reception.. Somewhere inbetween North Korea and the US.All bithcing aside. It pisses me off because I had a PowerMac with airport that got 100% reception. Switching to my PB i get 75% at best unless i touch the laptop to the base station in another room... that is when i get 90%.
- welded0
Just run a cable from the outlet to wherever you want to work and set up the base station there. See? Wireless!
- murmur0
Its funny because i was looking at my wall thinking "I bet i could drill a hole there and put the base station in here..."