Poor airport reception

I'm getting terrible airport reception. Yesterday I was in a room with two other powerbooks and they both got great reception and I couldn't stay connected for more than ten seconds. This is not the first time. Here in my office I can't use my powerbook wireless but other people can. Anyone have any suggestions? Thanks in advance. Oh, I have a powerbook 15 inch, 1.25 Ghz.
Rick Bursky
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I haven't any suggestions, but I seem to have exactly the same problem with my new powerbook. I can't achieve anything like the reception quality that I am getting from my 12 inch Powerbook. I virtually have to be in the same room as the base station to get decent reception, whereas I can use my 12 in ch powerbook anywhere in the house or garden.
I'm getting terrible airport reception. Yesterday I
was in a room with two other powerbooks and they both
got great reception and I couldn't stay connected for
more than ten seconds. This is not the first time.
Here in my office I can't use my powerbook wireless
but other people can. Anyone have any suggestions?
Thanks in advance. Oh, I have a powerbook 15 inch,
1.25 Ghz.
Rick Bursky
PowerBook G4 Mac OS X (10.4.3)
1.67GHz Powerbook G4 Mac OS X (10.4.3)

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