We have a wireless internet conundrum (who doesn't).
We have a wireless internet conundrum (who doesn't).
I have a new Airport Extreme Base-station (n-standard) in our basement. I bought this after frustrations with linksys and belkin routers as far as distance from router connection is concerned. My issue is not speed. Specifically, I have the router in the finished basement with my "precious" iMac Intel which is ethernet hardwired to the base-station. The PROBLEM is getting a wireless connection with my daughter's iMac G4 on the 2nd floor.
This makes the problem interesting (from system profiler):
iMac Power PC G4 (3.3)
CPU 1 GHz\Mem 768 MB
iBook G4 Power PC (1.5)
CPU 1.42 GHz\Mem 1.5 GB
Both of the above computers have the following wireless specs:
Airport Extreme Card
Firmware 405.1(3.90.34.0.p18)
Channel 1
The iBook shown above picks up the connection perfectly well in my daughter's room with a full signal level indicator but the iMac does not connect- the signal indicator is almost zero. The iMac when moved to the first floor is fine.
The way I see it one solution might be to move the router to the first floor and take my "precious" off of hardwire connection and go wireless and experience a speed drop.
If I have no other choice, I would prefer to throw a "few bucks" at the problem and keep my "precious" blazing. Does anyone have any other ideas? Can I buy something to extend the Airport signal further? An antenna for the Power PC iMac? Could the iMac's Airport Extreme Card be bad? Is there such a thing as an wireless n-card that plugs into a UBS port?
Thanks for any suggestions.
iMac Intel 2MB Ram Mac OS X (10.4.10)
The iBook shown above picks up the connection perfectly well in my daughter's room with a full signal level indicator but the iMac does not connect- the signal indicator is almost zero. The iMac when moved to the first floor is fine.
It is very possible that you may have some form of Wi-Fi interference in the basement area that is preventing you from getting a good clean signal when the iMac is located there.
I suggest you perform a simple site survey, using utilities like KisMAC, MacStumbler, iStumbler, or IPNetMonitorX to determine potential areas of interference...and then, try to either eliminate or significantly reduce them.
Can I buy something to extend the Airport signal further? An antenna for the Power PC iMac?
Check out QuickerTek transceivers.
Could the iMac's Airport Extreme Card be bad?
Since you mentioned that you got good performance on the 1st floor with the iMac, I would doubt there is something wrong with the AirPort Extreme Card in your iMac.
Is there such a thing as an wireless n-card that plugs into a UBS port?
Same outfit, QuickerTek now offers 802.11n upgrades for Macs. However, the model for the iMac is internal and does not plug into a USB port.
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