Re: [Wirelessdriver-support] whats the best card to buy right now

[Farhad P. <po...@mc...>]

Thanks a lot Charly,

I was on the phone with Apple, and they confirmed that one of my 
antennas are probably not giving a strong enough signal. However, the 
rep also suggested I don't bother with the Airport card and go for a 
PC-card solution (after he told me that this was not recommended or 
supported by apple), because having the antenna repaired still wouldn't 
do much for the signal strength. The problem with the PowerBook G4's 
antennas is that they are poorly positioned and of course being 
enclosed in a titanium shell doesn't really help. Apparently this has 
been improved in the later model PowerBooks (mines a first generation) 
but the bottom line is that if i want to use the internet at a greater 
range, a third party card or a retrofitted antenna would be the most 
viable solutions, as this puts the antenna outside the computer's metal 
case.

Anyways, hope this info helps someone,

Thanks again,

Farhad.


On Sunday, Sep 22, 2002, at 20:44 Canada/Eastern, Charly Avital wrote:

> Hi,
>
> to the best of my understanding (I might be wrong) the current beta_5 
> driver doesn't support WEP.
>
> I use a Farallon SkyLine 11mbps, with an Access Point from SMC, and am 
> quite satisfied with both.
>
> I'm not sure there is such a thing as "best card". I believe they are 
> all alike more or less.
>
> The effective distance depends on a number of factors:
> - I understand that the AirPort card in your PB G4 is located under 
> the keyboard, and that's not an ideal solution, but it should not cut 
> at 30 feet.
> Anyway, the PB should not be resting on a metallic, or metallic-like 
> surface.
> - the location of the Airport Station (if that's what you use) can be 
> critical. It should be, ideally, as high as possible in your house, 
> and not shielded by metallic surfaces, or by walls containing metallic 
> rods.
> - the vicinity of pulse emitting devices (TV sets, microwave ovens, 
> you name it you have it) doesn't contribute to good and clean wireless 
> propagation.
>
> - all this, of course, makes for a lot of ideal and not ideal 
> conditions, and one has to face realities.
>
> Other users in this list have reported good results with Orinoco, SMC 
> and other cards which I do not remember at the moment.
>
> I'm sure you will get more information from other users.
>
> Take care,
> Charly
>
>
> At 6:54 AM -0400 9/22/02, Farhad Pocha wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> I'm in the market for a 802.11b PC card for use with my PowerBook G4.
>> Unfortunately, the airport card cuts out at approx 30 feet, because of
>> the poor antennas and metal casing in the computer, so an apple rep
>> suggested this website.
>>
>> So before i go out and buy a card, i'd like to know if anyone has
>> suggestions on which card works best with the open source drivers (and
>> supports 128-bit WEP). Also, i'd like to know how compatible the
>> drivers are with OSX 10.2.
>>
>> Thanks a lot,
>>
>> Farhad.
>>
>>
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