Re: Airport Extreme Cards and Airbears

Mike,

I hadn't tried this so I will give it a go. The user I want to test
it on is gone for the weekend, but I'll try to catch him and give
this a shot when he gets back. Couldn't hurt. Thanks for the
suggestion.

Beth

At 11:21 AM -0700 10/14/04, Mike Hunter wrote:
>On Oct 14, "To Beth Muramoto" wrote:
>
>> 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.
>
>Specifically, my GF came back with:
>
>Interverence Robustness does influence ability to connect
>to
>airbears. Sometimes it makes the connection better, sometimes
>worse.
>Hm...
>
>That wishy-washy answer is what I get for dealing with users directly!
>
>I tend to think Fred A. is correct that it's a vendor interaction issue.
>
>Mike

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