At 1:48 AM -0700 9/19/2011, QuoVadis wrote:
Airport card to fit inside my G4 QS (2002 model).
The problem is the reception: [WAP far away on another floor and
electronics gear nearby]
It's worth trying the airport card elsewhere, as you describe...
But, fwiw, 802.11 is pretty much a "one wall" wi-fi solution. That
you're getting 300 Kbps on the QS, given you description of floors +
all the gear interfering, is pretty good.
Try shutting down the gear and turn off any flourescent lights. See
if that makes a diff.
Perhaps a repeater might help... Set up another WAP positioned half
way, to bridge the connection.
Or you could replace the Airport base with a higher powered / office-grade WAP.
Or go wired.
...We have about the same situation here. Tried bridging, but the
housemates gave up on wi-fi anyway. Even with a clear shot to the
WAP, nothing beats a hardwire to a gigaswitch.
- Dan.
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