I am running an original graphite airport base station and airport cards in my G4MDD and iBook. I have the base station sitting in a window so my Daughter can share my connection. She has eMac with airport card. We have some days of her not being able to connect, no signal then I move it around and sooner or later it has full strength. So, could I use a eithernet hub and a second airport base station that would be closer to her house. Is there a limitation on how long the eithernet cable can be like over 100 ft.

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ironHorse

IF I recall correctly, the length limit for Cat5 cable ethernet is 300 feet...
So in even a big-ish house, you're probably safe running a line.

You might also consider getting a wireless base station with an external antenna to improve range coverage.

Hope this helps!

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I would like the antenna on a different base station, but which one? I remember just plugging the Airport Base in and I was surffin.

ironhorse

I've been VERY happy with Buffalo Technologies wireless routers...
Not QUITE as easy to confifure as the Apple Airport.. but pretty close!

I have no specific model to recommend (the 6 I bought are now disconinued).

Many of their models have an external antenna, or at least an external antenna PORT...

Hope this helps!

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The length limit on Cat5e is 100 meters for FULL signal strength. If you are willing to accept less than 100MPBS, you can take it longer. I buried a 75m cat5e line between my house and my neigbor's house so we 'share' Internet costs.

How far away is your daughter ? What's in between your ABS and her eMac ? Are there sources of interference ?
It's all relevant. Switching your ABS to channel 1 or 12 is the first recommendation I'd make (those are less likely to see interference from cordless phones, microwave ovens, and other access points).

My Daughter is 125 ft. from my house, with nothing but two walls between us. Funny part it works 98% of the time with great signal. After reading the help menue on air port it seems that I can use my other base station as a repeater, this might be what I need to do.

Ironhorse

Woops can't be done with original graphite base station.

I don't think you need a repeater but the buffalo routers give a very strong signal if you're tech savvy.

I recently upgraded to one. It ended up replacing two routers.

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Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 11/15/2006 04:36PM by mattkime.

I've used many graphite ABS's, and most suffer from occasional drop outs, that range from mild (a few seconds) to severe (change channels, restart, etc.). If you're getting 98% uptime at high signal, as noted, it may be something external causing your drop outs (phone, microwave, fridge door open, etc.) AND a few "normal" drop outs combining to irritate you. It seems that some units just have an inherent need to "re-synch" more than others..., don't know if its the ABS itself, and/or the cards they're synching with, but just pretend it's fun doing the trial and error troubleshooting and you'll be fine.

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I guess I don't see what the problem is, my isp said I could have as many computers on my account that I wanted.

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The length limit on Cat5e is 100 meters for FULL signal strength. If you are willing to accept less than 100MPBS, you can take it longer. I buried a 75m cat5e line between my house and my neigbor's house so we 'share' Internet costs.

cbelt, that's good news to me. I always wondered about that 100 meter cut-off; like it would just stop working after 101 meters? I'm wondering if anyone's ever done a chart that shows the loss of signal after 100 meters.

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If you go with longer than 100M of cable, use the highest quality cable you can, and take care to keep it away from interference sources (too close to a power line, flourescent transformer, etc), and put good quality ends on it...

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A sword never kills anybody; it is a tool in the killer's hand. - Lucius Annaeus Seneca c. 5 BC - 65 AD
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Good is the enemy of Excellent. Talent is not necessary for Excellence.
Persistence is necessary for Excellence. And Persistence is a Decision.
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a good sprinkling of thy holy water and garlic won't hurt either.

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a good sprinkling of thy holy water and garlic won't hurt either.

I've heard prayer helps as well.

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