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poison
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Sep 29, 2003, 02:27 AM
 
Ive got the airport extreme base station and want to know whats the radius? i saw 150 foot on the apple page but want to ask you what your experiences are. My base station doesnt stand even 10 metres , thats not good. Is there any way to increase the radius? Does something block the radio waves ? Is there something i should get rid of for bether performance?


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Kevlar
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Sep 29, 2003, 10:29 PM
 
What computer are you using it with and how many walls are you going through?
Intel iMac 1.8
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Mr Heliums
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Oct 1, 2003, 09:43 AM
 
It might be worth looking at Br Bott's Extendair product line, which plugs into the more expensive Airport Extreme base stations and reportedly improves reception significantly.
     
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Oct 1, 2003, 01:37 PM
 
Something doesn't sound right with that. Even going through walls you should be getting more then 10m. Have you tried other basestations and/or Airport Cards? Possibly its not youre basestation and it could happen to be youre Airport Card. I forget which website but one of the websites in the "need a bag/sleeve for youre powerbook"(dont quote me on that..I could be wrong on the title) states they have an antenna that will boast the basestations performance up to 500ft.

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