Re: [Wirelessdriver-support] Re: Lombard+Orinoco/Silver+10.2.4+AirportExtreme = success

[Tom & M. P. <mlp...@ea...>]

On Saturday, February 15, 2003, at 05:19 PM, Andrew Greer wrote:
> Problem: The signal is terrible.  My other computer gets a strong 
> signal if
> I put the same card in that, but my mac won't.  Any ideas?
>

Does the other computer have an antenna built in?  The Lombard 
certainly doesn't.  I've found I can get a good signal with the 
Lombard/Orinoco anywhere in my (small) house - which means 40' or so 
from the base station.
However, the signal strength fluctuates a lot when I'm farther away and 
seems to be sensitive to the orientation of the Powerbook.  I've found 
that where I'm sitting now, about 40' away, I can keep a strong, fairly 
stable signal if I prop up the back of the machine so that the Orinoco 
card isn't completely horizontal.  It still drops out every now and 
then, but it's good enough to keep an internet radio connection going 
in iTunes.  Is there any way to rig up an antenna on the Orinoco silver 
card?

Tom