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Coach · Nov 19, 2003, 08:00 PM

I have friend that needs help with his Airport system.

We've tried replacing the Airport and his G4 works fine on other wireless systems. The problem is that his wireless connection is very slow. Directly connected, everything is fine.

He's assigned his IP address with the dormitory network.

Can anyone provide any suggestions to why Airport is so slow?

We've already contacted the woman in charge of the network within the dorms. No luck.

Any suggestions would be great.

Thanks

larkost · Nov 20, 2003, 05:09 PM

Having been a DoIT Technologist, I may have some ideas for you...

Are you using the campus wireless network, or are you using your own base-station? In either case how many bars is the connection meter showing you?

And I will tell you that my experiences with the residential network people (not DoIT) were not that great...

Coach · Nov 20, 2003, 05:28 PM

Actually my friend is in the UW-Milwaukee dorms, not Madison.

Regardless, all the bars are full and he's using his own Airport basestation.

Thanks for your reply.

Zaffir · Nov 23, 2003, 03:10 AM

Have you tried using other APs in his dorm?

superlarry · Dec 3, 2003, 12:07 AM

it could be an interference problem - try changing the channel on the base station. i hear 1 and 11 are the best to try because they don't overlap with any other frequencies.

Coach · Dec 3, 2003, 11:04 AM

He ended up getting a non-Apple router. Works fine now.

Thanks for the help, though.

winwintoo · Dec 3, 2003, 11:56 AM

Not a dorm, but an apartment building. My AEBS was slow and eventually quit working altogether.

I posted my problem on several forums and got lots of good advice, none of it fixed the problem though.

Then I took my computer on the road and discovered that it worked fine in airports and other hotspots.

When I returned home, my AEBS wouldn't work at all (no signal) BUT a neighbor had installed a Linksys router and I could tap into his wireless network with a full (and fast) signal.

I knocked on doors to try to find the owner of the linksys (no luck) and one of my neighbors suggested that I reset the base station. I didn't know I could (or should)

I reset the base station (as per Apple's instructions) and now it works flawlessly without all the cutting in and out that I experienced previously.

Before your abandon the AEBS, reset it and see if that fixes it.

Oh, I almost forgot, while I was away, I dropped the laptop and bent the hinge - works like a charm now

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