Airport Worries
Just a quick question:
My powerbook is alwys used in the same room and I have ALWAYS got airport reception [4-5 Bars] but now I fail to get any!!!
Is it because the other night when I was playing around with Airport Admin utility I noticed that my airport was only going at 2Mbits so i changed the density so I could have it running at 11Mbits.
Is my card faulty?? Time to get a new one on applecare support/Warenty???
Additional Info:
My iMac g4 sitting almost next to the airport base station is not having a single issue!
<img src="confused.gif" border="0">
My powerbook is alwys used in the same room and I have ALWAYS got airport reception [4-5 Bars] but now I fail to get any!!!
Is it because the other night when I was playing around with Airport Admin utility I noticed that my airport was only going at 2Mbits so i changed the density so I could have it running at 11Mbits.
Is my card faulty?? Time to get a new one on applecare support/Warenty???
Additional Info:
My iMac g4 sitting almost next to the airport base station is not having a single issue!
<img src="confused.gif" border="0">
Comments
There's a way to reset it without using the AirPort Admin Utility. I can't remember off-hand how to do it, but the info should be in the base station's manual or on the 'net somewhere (sorry, not much help <img src="graemlins/hmmm.gif" border="0" alt="[Hmmm]" /> ).
Looking at the back of my snow base station (I can't find the manual just now), I see there's a small pin-hole. Perhaps pushing a paperclip in there would reset it?
Also, I see that my own "Multicast rate" is set at 2 mb/s as well. Does anybody know what "Multicast rate" is? Do I want that number to be high or low?
<strong>Try resetting the base station (if you haven't already).
There's a way to reset it without using the AirPort Admin Utility. I can't remember off-hand how to do it, but the info should be in the base station's manual or on the 'net somewhere (sorry, not much help <img src="graemlins/hmmm.gif" border="0" alt="[Hmmm]" /> ).
Looking at the back of my snow base station (I can't find the manual just now), I see there's a small pin-hole. Perhaps pushing a paperclip in there would reset it?
Also, I see that my own "Multicast rate" is set at 2 mb/s as well. Does anybody know what "Multicast rate" is? Do I want that number to be high or low?</strong><hr></blockquote>
Yeah what is MULTICAST rate, does that effect covereage perormace or not??? - Could be why I am having problems
<strong>Yeah what is MULTICAST rate, does that effect covereage perormace or not??? - Could be why I am having problems</strong><hr></blockquote>
I just went ahead and turned Multicast up to 11 mb/s (had to set Density to High, too). Doesn't seem to make any difference. Same signal level, same speed.
So, did you try resetting your base station?
I have since installed OSX10.2 and tried to restart the base station, both of which have made no difference, and reinstalled my airport card in the ibook, which also did nothing to improve the signal.
I wondered if my ibook's aerial may have become damaged (I take my ibook with me everywhere)... is there a utility to test this?
Any suggestions, much appreciated...
Then I read the instructions...CROSSOVER cable. So I plugged my G4 and base station into an ethernet hub and presto. I configured it fine.
Now should I have it set to 11? I don't even see it as an option. I just see 2.
maybe sometimes these things just fluctuate
<strong>Now should I have it set to 11? I don't even see it as an option. I just see 2.</strong><hr></blockquote>
As I mentioned before, I changed mine from 2 to 11 and it made no difference for me. Same signal level. Same network speed.
As I mentioned before, in order to get the higher-numbered "Multicast Rate" choices, you need to increase the "Density" (for 11 mb/s, I had to set "Density" to "High").