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Terrible AE reception in new 15 1.25 AlBook
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Senior User
Join Date: Dec 2003
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Hi,
I've had my 15" AlBook for just over a week now. So far it's been perfect (knock on wood) - no white spots and everything works great.. or so I thought until I started setting my desk up in the next room (about 50 feet away from my access point). Once I set up at my new desk, I discovered the wireless reception is weak.
I ran Macstumbler and found my signal strength varied between 55 (sitting within a foot of the access point) to 30 (at my desk in the other room). According to Macstumbler, 50 isn't even a strong signal. Internet Connection shows 12 of 15 bars when I'm next to my access point and drops down to 7 or 8 when I'm in the other room. By comparison, a Dell Latitude with a Linksys PCMCIA adapter has solid strength in both spots.
I've tried varying channels and turning Interference Robustness on and off, it hasn't helped. I checked to make sure the antenna's connected.
Can some of you with AlBooks do me a favor and run Macstumbler to see what kind of signal you're getting when next to your base station? I'd like some numbers to compare to before I go to Apple for support.
Oh and my base station is a Linksys 802.11b unit. I even bought another one today just to make sure it wasn't a router problem. No change, so back it goes.
Thanks
Josh
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Addicted to MacNN
Join Date: Jun 1999
Location: Las Vegas, NV, USA
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Don't pay attention to what MacStumbler says. I've had three iBooks and now I have a 12" Powerbook. In over two years of experience with these machines, a signal strength of 55 is very good. I'm 6 feet from my base station now and I too have 12 or 15 bars in Internet Connect. This is all normal. You can't compare the bars on a Windows machine to the bars on a Mac because the software is not the same.
The real test is data transfer. Download a file on the powerbook and download the same file on your Dell. Compare the speed. I bet they're comparable.
Chris
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Senior User
Join Date: Dec 2003
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Thanks.. unfortunately, that still doesn't explain why my reception is so bad with my AlBook when it's not with other wireless devices in the same spot. If I plug my WET11 bridge into my ethernet port the throughput rate is good and consistent.. but when I switch back to Airport it's inconsistent, drops, and throughput's poor. I guess I'm going to have to put another access point in. It sucks since it's not even a hundred feet between my access point and my desk.
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Join Date: Jul 2001
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Have you tried reseating the antena connector on the AE card?
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Join Date: Jan 2004
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I suggest you bring it into the Apple Store if there is one in your neighborhood. They can immediately check if the attenna is properly connected and secured on the spot.
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Must be a AE or a connection issue.
Although, I've used most major brands of wireless routers and cards and I've never seen 100' indoors without a very significant signal drop - I don't care what the specs say. I have a MS basestation at the moment and my 15" Al and my Compaq both pretty much mirror each other in terms of indicated signal strength.
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