clueless wireless question

[Tony Alfrey]

On Monday 12 April 2004 06:00 am, Raymond Russell wrote:
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>
> Why not just move the Airport Extreme (APE) base station.

Obvious, but not easy in this case.

 > Your other
> option is to use a wireless
> card that can take an external antenna.  The APE is an 802.11g unit
> but I'm not sure which
> 802.11g cards will work with Linux.  802.11b cards will also work
> with the APE.

Turns out we bought another APE and used it as a bridge.  And 
eventually, as I learn a little more about this wireless stuff and how 
to add an 802.11b driver to my kernel, I'll get a PCI wireless card.

>
> There are quite a few different external antennas that will fit the
> APE you might be able to find
> one that will get the signal out to you.

Yes, we found one with gobs of signal that is cheaper than the Apple 
antenna!

Thanks, Russel!

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