Re: TiBook & Wireless - USB or PCMCIA ???

>Date: Sat, 14 May 2005 11:56:25 -0400 >From: David Lesher <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Subject: Re: TiBook & Wireless - USB or PCMCIA ??? > >At 11:02 AM 5/14/2005, you wrote: >>Which would suit the TiBook the best: >> >>a USB stick or PCMCIA wireless card ? >

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On May 14, 2005, at 11:08 PM, vicki Duggan wrote: On 14/5/05 11:31 pm, "Bruce Johnson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On May 14, 2005, at 10:53 AM, vicki Duggan wrote: Larry if you can find one I would go with the pcmcia Orinoco gold card as you can use the airport software and the signal on them te

Re: TiBook & Wireless - USB or PCMCIA ???

On 14/5/05 11:31 pm, "Bruce Johnson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On May 14, 2005, at 10:53 AM, vicki Duggan wrote: > >>> >> Larry if you can find one I would go with the pcmcia Orinoco gold >> card as >> you can use the airport software and the signal on them tends to be >> better >> than th

Re: TiBook & Wireless - USB or PCMCIA ???

On May 14, 2005, at 10:53 AM, vicki Duggan wrote: Larry if you can find one I would go with the pcmcia Orinoco gold card as you can use the airport software and the signal on them tends to be better than the airport anyway. vicki Yes, in OS 9, but not in X, though there are open source and

Re: TiBook & Wireless - USB or PCMCIA ???

On May 14, 2005, at 8:56 AM, David Lesher wrote: At 11:02 AM 5/14/2005, you wrote: Which would suit the TiBook the best: a USB stick or PCMCIA wireless card ? Are there any USB thumbs with Mac drivers??? D-link and Belkin both make them. -- Bruce Johnson This is the sig that says 'NI!' -- G-Books

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On 14/5/05 6:57 pm, "Larry le Mac" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> From: vicki Duggan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >> Larry if you can find one I would go with the pcmcia >> Orinoco gold card as you can use the airport software >> and the signal on them tends to be better than the >> airport anyway. > >

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From: vicki Duggan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Larry if you can find one I would go with the pcmcia Orinoco gold card as you can use the airport software and the signal on them tends to be better than the airport anyway. I'll see if they sell it here in Sweden, thanks! Larry __

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On 14/5/05 5:38 pm, "Larry le Mac" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> From: David Lesher <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >> Are there any USB thumbs with Mac drivers??? > > I have seen at least one which was Mac compatible, > and I believe it was D-Link but I may be wrong. > > PCMCIA it is though! > > > Lar

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From: David Lesher <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Are there any USB thumbs with Mac drivers??? I have seen at least one which was Mac compatible, and I believe it was D-Link but I may be wrong. PCMCIA it is though! Larry _ Express yourself insta

Re: TiBook & Wireless - USB or PCMCIA ???

From: Bruce Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Hands down, the PCMCIA card. In our experiences with both, the PCMCIA card had better range. Cool! I was leaning towards the PCMCIA, but I wanted to ask an unbiased question. Larry _ FREE pop-u

Re: TiBook & Wireless - USB or PCMCIA ???

On May 14, 2005, at 8:02 AM, Larry le Mac wrote: Which would suit the TiBook the best: a USB stick or PCMCIA wireless card ? My wife has a TiBook 400MHz and I have come to the conclusion that it would suit he to be wireless. Hands down, the PCMCIA card. In our experiences with both, the PCMCIA ca

Re: TiBook & Wireless - USB or PCMCIA ???

At 11:02 AM 5/14/2005, you wrote: Which would suit the TiBook the best: a USB stick or PCMCIA wireless card ? Are there any USB thumbs with Mac drivers??? -- G-Books is sponsored by and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check ou

Re: TiBook & Wireless - USB or PCMCIA ???

on 14/05/05 11:02, Larry le Mac at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Which would suit the TiBook the best: > > a USB stick or PCMCIA wireless card ? > > > My wife has a TiBook 400MHz and I have come to > the conclusion that it would suit he to be wireless. > > I am not going the AirPort route as I ha

TiBook & Wireless - USB or PCMCIA ???

Which would suit the TiBook the best: a USB stick or PCMCIA wireless card ? My wife has a TiBook 400MHz and I have come to the conclusion that it would suit he to be wireless. I am not going the AirPort route as I have heard that the strength of the signal isn't that good (and I'm not starting a di

Re: disappointing tiBook wireless

At 9:44 PM -0500 7/23/03, Jeremy Derr wrote: >On Wednesday, July 23, 2003, at 09:38 PM, Ryan Coleman wrote: > >>Actually, you didn't have to return the WAP. You would have gotten better >>reception with a G card and a B WAP. >> >>My two cents. > >actually... 802.11G is much shorter range than 802.1

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On 7/23/03 7:07 PM, Donald Keenan posted: >On Wednesday, July 23, 2003, at 06:58 PM, Dan Knight wrote: > >> When finances permit, I'll look at >> using an 802.11g wireless card in my TiBook instead of AirPort, since >> that eliminates use of the internal antenna, which is blocked by the >> titaniu

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Try this to see if it helps: Take out your battery and push on the wall closest to the outside edge of your TiBook. That is where one antennae is and is known to come "dislodged" sometimes. Push on it real good and reconnect your battery and start it up. That should help. I get a good 50 to 60

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On Wednesday, July 23, 2003, at 09:38 PM, Ryan Coleman wrote: Actually, you didn't have to return the WAP. You would have gotten better reception with a G card and a B WAP. My two cents. actually... 802.11G is much shorter range than 802.11B. typical use, with most consumer grade routers, pegs

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ay, July 23, 2003 8:03 PM Subject: Re: disappointing tiBook wireless > At 6:58 PM -0400 7/23/03, Dan Knight wrote: > >Attending Macworld Expos with my wife's original clamshell iBook and > >later with my TiBook, there was a world of difference connecting to > >AirPort in the

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At 6:58 PM -0400 7/23/03, Dan Knight wrote: >Attending Macworld Expos with my wife's original clamshell iBook and >later with my TiBook, there was a world of difference connecting to >AirPort in the press room as well. When finances permit, I'll look at >using an 802.11g wireless card in my TiBook

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On Wednesday, July 23, 2003, at 07:09PM, Jeremy Derr <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >On Wednesday, July 23, 2003, at 06:02PM, Donald Keenan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> >>On Wednesday, July 23, 2003, at 06:58 PM, Dan Knight wrote: >> >>> When finances permit, I'll look at >>> using an 802.11g

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On Wednesday, July 23, 2003, at 06:02PM, Donald Keenan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >On Wednesday, July 23, 2003, at 06:58 PM, Dan Knight wrote: > >> When finances permit, I'll look at >> using an 802.11g wireless card in my TiBook instead of AirPort, since >> that eliminates use of the internal

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On Wednesday, July 23, 2003, at 06:58 PM, Dan Knight wrote: When finances permit, I'll look at using an 802.11g wireless card in my TiBook instead of AirPort, since that eliminates use of the internal antenna, which is blocked by the titanium case. Does this mean that a non-Apple wireless card wor

Re: disappointing tiBook wireless

On 7/22/03 1:49 PM, Paul Nicholson posted: >Yesterday I picked up a D-Link wireless 802.11b router for 40 dollars >after rebates. I've never used wireless with my two year old tiBook. > >It works well if the tiBook is within a few feet of the router. If I sit >at my dining room table, 35 feet aw

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ROTECTED]> To: "G-Books" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, July 23, 2003 1:12 PM Subject: Re: disappointing tiBook wireless > At 7:01 PM -0500 7/22/03, Ryan Coleman wrote: > >Not so because there are many things we cannot see. Just because you have no > >Cell pho

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It seems that you have several options to improve your wireless situation. You can get a new laptop, you can buy a third party wifi card with an external antenna, or you can get a wifi bridge which should greatly extend your range. 700mhz i-Book running Jaguar Macs for life! http://homepage.mac

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At 7:01 PM -0500 7/22/03, Ryan Coleman wrote: >Not so because there are many things we cannot see. Just because you have no >Cell phones, cordless phones, TVs, Radios, etc near the two units doesn't >mean there isn't EMF from something in the way. EMF just destroys RF. I know you meant EMI. I'm cu

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on 7/22/03 4:57 PM, Wiebe Wilbers at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Which is why I also gave the example of the 1400(Yes, I realise there are > subtle differences between a 1997 powerbook, and a 2001 machine :-) I know > the IceBooks have a better track record on wireless reception, but I also > have

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On 7/22/03 11:00 PM, "Jim Katz" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Spew into the Cybertrough: > Yes, I have the same problem of low performance with an original TiBook and > airport. It got worse when I had to have the display replaced, and now is > essentially a range of 20 feet. My wife has a blueberry iBoo

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Yes, I have the same problem of low performance with an original TiBook and airport. It got worse when I had to have the display replaced, and now is essentially a range of 20 feet. My wife has a blueberry iBook and can reach the airport from halfway down the block! -- G-Books is sponsored by

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On Tuesday, July 22, 2003, at 02:11PM, Paul Nicholson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >At 7:51 PM +0100 7/22/03, Roger Shufflebottom wrote: >> >>This reflects my experience (TiBook 800). I have a Buffalo wireless base station. I >>had to experiment with the base station location - it is now hanging

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I was referring to the 'straight line of sight' comment. - Original Message - From: "Wiebe Wilbers" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "G-Books" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, July 22, 2003 8:59 PM Subject: Re: disappointing tiBook wireless > Prett

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the TiBook does. - Original Message - From: "Wiebe Wilbers" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "G-Books" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, July 22, 2003 6:38 PM Subject: Re: disappointing tiBook wireless > On 23/7/03 8:05 AM, "Bill Buckhaults" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

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Pretty bold assumption to make there Ryan - that I don't have those appliances too... On 23/7/03 10:01 AM, "Ryan Coleman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Not so because there are many things we cannot see. Just because you have no > Cell phones, cordless phones, TVs, Radios, etc near the two units

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I meant to say EMI not EMF. - Original Message - From: "Ryan Coleman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "G-Books" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, July 22, 2003 7:01 PM Subject: Re: disappointing tiBook wireless > Not so because there are many things we c

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On 23/7/03 8:05 AM, "Bill Buckhaults" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I have a D-Link 614+ that talks to my Wallstreet,via an Oronoco gold > card,through four walls and 60 feet and it sits on the desk. Hope this helps. > Bill > I have a NetComm NP6800 which talks to my Airport-Icebook and a PB 1400c

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t;[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "G-Books" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, July 22, 2003 6:57 PM Subject: Re: disappointing tiBook wireless > Which is why I also gave the example of the 1400(Yes, I realise there are > subtle differences between a 1997 powerbook, and a 2001 machi

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On 23/7/03 9:41 AM, "Ryan Coleman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Actually, there is nothing wrong with his TiBook. You have an Icebook, > that's a different computer completely from the inside out. Your computer is > made of plastic, has a higher rated antennae and doesn't deflect the RF > signals

tiBook wireless

Re; wow sounds like for once i am lucky,I have a ti 800 with the two antenae inlets visable on each side ,so far its worked find with a d-link station, but Im glad it has the pc-card option just in case On Tuesday, July 22, 2003, at 03:03 PM, Paul Nicholson wrote: Ryan, Arrgh! This is what I

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> > I have an older PowerBook 3400 and am using an Orinoco card and a Netgear wireless > router (just sitting on my desk) and have been out in the backyard with it some > 30-40 feet from the house and it worked fine. > > -tom > > > -- > > From:

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I tried the battery incantation, and I am now getting more bars today. Unless I get four bars, I notice slowness in Internet access (512K Earthlink DSL). Other things have changed however, since yesterday. The router is on the kitchen table instead of the window sill. It's still unusable in an a

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At 2:36 PM -0400 7/22/03, Tom Roth wrote: >Since you seem to have range problems when using the D-Link card or the Airport card >I might suggest you consider the wireless base station as being the problem. It's possible, D-Link claims their base station tested as one of the best. > Is it near a

Re: disappointing tiBook wireless

ay, July 22, 2003 2:11 PM Subject: Re: disappointing tiBook wireless > At 7:51 PM +0100 7/22/03, Roger Shufflebottom wrote: > > > >This reflects my experience (TiBook 800). I have a Buffalo wireless base station. I had to experiment with the base station location - it is now hanging from the

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At 15:19 -0400 22/7/03, Brian Scott Oplinger wrote: I just got off the phone with Apple tech support. I called to ask if there's anything I can do to improve my Ti's Airport range. After some questions about distance and interference like microwaves, cordless phones, and walls, the tech told me

Re: disappointing tiBook wireless

Hi, Yesterday I picked up a D-Link wireless 802.11b router for 40 dollars after rebates. I've never used wireless with my two year old tiBook. The tiBook is also unusable 20 feet and one wall away in an adjacent room to the router. I have a SMC router, very similar to your router, and a rev A

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At 7:51 PM +0100 7/22/03, Roger Shufflebottom wrote: > >This reflects my experience (TiBook 800). I have a Buffalo wireless base station. I >had to experiment with the base station location - it is now hanging from the ceiling >in my closet! > >In some rooms - OK. In other I have to be in just th

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Ryan, Arrgh! This is what I didn't want to hear. It's really lame that Apple did such a lousy job on an otherwise almost perfect design. My other complaint is the soft paint on the frame and the shocks I get using it barefooted on a tile floor. Paul Paul At 1:36 PM -0500 7/22/03, Ryan Coleman

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At 11:27 -0700 22/7/03, Paul Nicholson wrote: Yesterday I picked up a D-Link wireless 802.11b router for 40 dollars after rebates. I've never used wireless with my two year old tiBook. It works well if the tiBook is within a few feet of the router. If I sit at my dining room table, 35 feet away

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"Paul Nicholson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "G-Books" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, July 22, 2003 1:27 PM Subject: disappointing tiBook wireless > Hi, > > Yesterday I picked up a D-Link wireless 802.11b router for 40 dollars after rebates. I've neve

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nd it worked fine. -tom > -- > From: Paul Nicholson > Subject: disappointing tiBook wireless > > Hi, > > Yesterday I picked up a D-Link wireless 802.11b router for 40 dollars after rebates. > I've never used wireless with my two year old tiBook

disappointing tiBook wireless

Hi, Yesterday I picked up a D-Link wireless 802.11b router for 40 dollars after rebates. I've never used wireless with my two year old tiBook. It works well if the tiBook is within a few feet of the router. If I sit at my dining room table, 35 feet away and in clear visual line of sight of the