mini - Poor AirPort reception on Intel mini?

blang99 · blang99 #1 (**permalink**)

03-03-2006, 10:18 PM

My brother brought home a new Intel mini today (the core solo - he does nothing but iTunes and web surfing really). Problem is, the thing gets horrible reception on the AirPort wireless network. I don't have AirPort in my mini so I can't compare, however a windows notebook sitting right beside it will get plenty of signal whereas the mini will completely lose the network connection quite frequently.

Has anybody seen a lot of reports like this?

Avalon · Avalon #2 (**permalink**)

03-04-2006, 01:30 PM

do you have anything on top of the mini? Maybe even something metallic?
The Airport and Bluetooth antennas get their reception through the top, white plastic cover. for best reception you shouldn't put anything metallic above the mini.

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blang99 #1 (permalink)
Member Since: Feb 17, 2005 Posts: 12 Mac Specs: Macbook (Black), 2.0 GHz Core Duo, 512MB, 80GB, Superdrive	03-03-2006, 10:18 PM My brother brought home a new Intel mini today (the core solo - he does nothing but iTunes and web surfing really). Problem is, the thing gets horrible reception on the AirPort wireless network. I don't have AirPort in my mini so I can't compare, however a windows notebook sitting right beside it will get plenty of signal whereas the mini will completely lose the network connection quite frequently. Has anybody seen a lot of reports like this?
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Avalon #2 (permalink)
Member Since: Jun 25, 2004 Location: Luxemburg, Europe Posts: 1,779 Mac Specs: PowerMac G5 Dual 2GHz (June 2004), 2.5GB, Airport, black 5G iPod 30GB, white MacBook 2.0 2GB	03-04-2006, 01:30 PM do you have anything on top of the mini? Maybe even something metallic? The Airport and Bluetooth antennas get their reception through the top, white plastic cover. for best reception you shouldn't put anything metallic above the mini.
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