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Wireless Hacks for G4 PowerBooks?

Posted by Cliff on from the no-wireless-for-you! dept.

NunDLess asks: "G4 PowerBooks have absolutely dreadful wireless range due, I've been told, to the fact that the internal antennas are underneath that slick Titanium case. Has anyone heard about a way to set up an external wireless antenna on a PowerBook? I've been looking for supported PCMCIA wireless cards, but haven't found one with Mac OS X drivers."

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  1. Re:Common Sense AirPort Performance Tips by Sleepyguy · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Height isn't probly that much of an issue. The radiation pattern on the base station is roughly spherical (well probly more like a bloated torus).

    The titaniums definatly have problems though. Side by side with my Pismo (previous powerbook model) the tiBook consistantly has two less "bars". Both cards are mounted internally.

    It is my understanding that the rev. 2 tiBooks have slightly better range than the rev. 1s .. I haven't heard any reports about the new tiBooks.

    I haven't heard of anyone doing this but I belive the antenna itself is flat, it seems like you might be able to mod the case to get the antenna on the outside. Though it would probly impact the tiBook's good looks.

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