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Name: Atlantin
Date: September 12, 2004 at 10:23:03 Pacific
OS: Mac OS 10.2 & 10.3
CPU/Ram: G4 >1 gig
Comment:

I need advice.
My son has a Titanium Powerbook with b wifi card not
a g. It seems to have poor range in a WiFi network and
from the beginning December 2002 would not work
on campus in certain locations that Windows laptops
worked fine.
The current problem: he is just off campus and in his
apartment he gets only intermittent connection with
University Network. Good connection occurs on
campus with the Powerbook in most locations.
What can a Mac user buy to act as a network
extender, that is, receive the campus WiFi signal and
then rebroadcast (network) to his Powerbook when
the Powerbook is in his apartment.
Apple WiFi solution ( Airport Base Station ) is too
expensive for him to buy for the apartment even
though it has a better range (I have been told) than
his Titanium Powerbook. The cheaper Airport Express
does not link wireless signals according to a Genius a
Apple Store that I talked with about this problem.
Any ideas on what can be purchased to cheaply get
reliable networking and is Macintosh compatible? I
believe a 802.11g Wireless Broadband Router is
needed but all of the cheap ones ( with rebates less
than $50.00 total cost ) are WINDOWS products. Any
ideas would be appreciated.



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