Airport connection is REALLY Poor! Any ideas on how to improve?
I have 2 Macs in the house. The Macbook connects with a full signal to the broadband hub whilst in the same room or on the next door room. The newer and more powerful PowerBook G4 barely gets a reading on the same hub, even when a few metres away.
Can anyone tell me why this is and how we can improve the reception/connection?
CArd details are:
Wireless Card Type: AirPort Extreme (0x14E4, 0x4E)
Wireless Card Locale: Unknown
Wireless Card Firmware Version: Broadcom BCM43xx 1.0 (4.170.25.8)
Current Wireless Network: BTBusinessHub-550
Wireless Channel: 1
Many thanks.
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