[Ham-Mac] 802.11b

[Chuck Counselman]

At 7:17 AM -0800 12/24/02, John T. Barr wrote:
>hi---i have a G4 titanium powerbook and need increased
>wireless 802.11b range than offered from my internal
>airport card and built-in antenna.
>
>the web is full of external pcmcia cards, pigtails,
>and antennas and universal drivers...but which ones
>have you had luck with?


There has been a fair amount of discussion of G4 Titanium PowerBook 
802.11b range issues on MacInTouch <http://www.macintouch.com/>. 
IIRC, the Ti PB typically has poorer wireless range than other 
machines, for some reason related to its metal shell and how the 
antenna is or is not connected, and many people have done something 
fairly simple that has increased the range substantially.  Because my 
PowerBook is a G3, with a plastic case, I didn't pay attention to 
this thread; but I bet that a search of the MacInTouch archive would 
be helpful.

73 de Chuck, W1HIS