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Reception gone bad
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Oct 19, 2004, 05:34 PM
 
Hi Guys,

I'm a very happy user of a 4 Month old 17" Albook and didn't experience any problems so far.

However, since about two days my airport extreme reception has gone nuts.

The Router is a WGR614v4 and worked fine before - I had a good signal at distances up to 30 meters and sat in the garden with still 3 bars left.

Well, I'm now sitting about 4 meters away from my Router and almost can't get a connection at all. Interference Robustness doesn't help either.
The Airport Client Monitor shows -80db Strength and -80dB Noise. 1 Mbps transfer rate - if I get a connection at all.

At first I thought there's some "new" interference around here, so I changed the channels... still, the range didn't improve. I fired up my trusty 800 Mhz G4 iBook, voilá, all bars are here... full 54 Mbps, -25db Strength and -40db Noise.

Is it possible that the Antenna worked itself loose somehow? RMA Time, I guess?

Any input is welcome.
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