[KidRed]

I have the dual ethernet bas station and my little girl has an iMac flat panel 800. I just got her an airport card and she can barely connect to the base station. While my network shows up on her airport dialog, it says out of range. Her room can't be but maybe 20 feet away. I can't believe that the airport range is 20 feet. I have the BS in my studio hooked up to a Linksys router. I had her iMac in my studio setting it all up and was able to download the latest updates. But when I moved it into her room, it's out of range. Is 20 some odd feet out of range? I feel like I wasted $80 on the airport card when instead I could have hard wired thru the attic.

Is this normal or what i can I try? I've updated to 4.0.9 firmware to the BS.

[ghporter]

Where is the base station in relation to the floor? If you place it higher up, it should do better, because the signal won't have to go through so much furniture. Also, since it's the dual ethernet model, you can get an extension antenna that works a lot better; the basic antenna in that model is exactly the same as in a PCMCIA wireless card, and thus not as good as it could be. You could also try rotating the base station a bit (maybe 1/8th of a turn at a time) to see if its antenna orientation can be improved for your situation.

In addition. look at the direction the iMac is facing. I believe that the antenna is in the user's side of the base of the iMac, which means that if the computer is facing away from the AirPort Base Station, then the bulk of the computer is between the antenna and the base station. Try rotating the iMac a bit and see if reception improves.

[KidRed]

The BS is behind my 23" ASD. So it's the BS then my monitor, then me, then thru a doorway straight thru hallway to her room them her iMac. I have a bookcase that almost a straight shot to her room and would also put the BS higher.

What's this antenna you speak of? I might be interested in that if it will substantially boost the signal (or lack thereof)