Re: Airport Extreme Cards and Airbears

On Oct 13, "Beth Muramoto" wrote:

> I didn't know who to email about this in CNS so forgive this post if
> it should go elsewhere. If anyone knows who I should direct this,
> please let me know, but another reason for posting this is to find
> out if others are experiencing the same problem.
>
> We've had 3 iBooks with the Airport Extreme card both pre-installed
> and manually installed where they were not able see Airbears in
> Tolman Hall. We even tested on the second floor where there are 2
> antennas (one in 2515 and one in the Ed-Psych Library) and Airbears
> was not detected. On one of the iBooks, we did test the card by
> creating a network on an iMac that we have in a lab here that has an
> older Airport card and was connecting wirelessly. That iMac was
> detected by the iBook. We also put the laptop on the same table that
> the iMac with the older Airport card was on and there was no signal
> to the iBook, but the iMac was detecting both Airbears and another
> wireless network.
>
> Does anyone know if there is a compatibility/connectivity issue with
> the Airport Extreme cards and Airbears? Or has anyone experienced
> similar problems as well?
>
> Any suggestions are welcome and appreciated.

Have you tried turning off "Interface Robustness" on the ibooks? Rumor
has it that can affect signal strength issues.

Mike "27 and still struggling with affect/effect"

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