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Subject: 54 Mbps AirPort Extreme
Category: Computers > Wireless and Mobile
Asked by: sulafa-ga
List Price: $6.00
Posted: 02 Oct 2003 10:25 PDT
Expires: 01 Nov 2003 09:25 PST
Question ID: 262210
Hi i am planing on getting a Mac for my office, i do lots of digital
printing and i have had an old laptop (windows) and i was thinking of
getting a new one. I dont do much with my laptop, web browsing, email
and MS office.

Here is the problem, i will try to explane it as good as i can if you
did not understand any part of my question i will reply asap. I have
the internet connection in my living room and i sometimes browes the
web there but beside mt living room is teh dining room and beside that
is my office. I would like to walk around with my laptop without
losing the connection there are walls between these rooms and i am not
sure if the AirPort will work so befor i go and buy it i would like to
know if its gona work. I some times alwas like to work outside so i am
not sure if its gona work or will i need more Airport to put in each
room.

I am also looking for a way to sucer the wierless connection like a
program or something.
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Subject: Re: 54 Mbps AirPort Extreme
From: aht-ga on 02 Oct 2003 12:10 PDT
 
sulafa-ga:

The performance of the AirPort Extreme will depend on what's inside
those walls between the living room and the office, and the
orientation of the doorways relative to the AirPort and your computer.
If the radio signals are blocked (by, say, too much metal in the
walls, or an active interference source like a 2.4 GHz-based phone or
video system), then you will not get a good connection (or even no
connection at all).

If you are in a wood-frame home, with drywall for your interior walls,
you should be fine. With the AirPort Extreme, which operates using the
802.11g protocol, you have the best chance of maintaining a usable
connection, as long as you are also using a 802.11g wireless network
adapter in the laptop and the Mac.

Regards,

aht-ga
Subject: Re: 54 Mbps AirPort Extreme
From: aht-ga on 02 Oct 2003 12:13 PDT
 
To secure the connection, use the Wired Equivalent Privacy (WEP)
capabilities of the AirPort Extreme. Please note that you may need to
use the 64-bit WEP encryption key setting (instead of the 128-bit or
higher) as there are often compatibility issues when using 128-bit
encryption and adapters/access points from different manufacturers.

Also, if the AirPort Extreme permits it (I do not have access to one
right now to check), use MAC Address Filtering to ONLY permit your two
computers to use the wireless connection. Not all access points
support this, but if yours does, it helps immensely.

Regards,

aht-ga

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