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OK, a friend just got back from the Bahamas, says all the marinas there and on the E Coast are going wifi, mostly for free (no password, or easy to find out password). However, he says all the sailors are putting antennas on their boats, as they receive a wifi signal that is too weak to work with while at anchor. So I tried to find an antenna that will work with my iMac G5 or my iBook G4 but the good antennas connect to cards, and I don't think either mac has the proper slot. Does anyone have a recommendation for a good exterior wifi antenna for a mac?
Also, I have installed an SSB for SailMail, known as snailmail because it is so slow, have been advised to get a PC-simulator program to run the sailmail software. Does anyone have any thoughts on this? And if I run a windows simulator to do sailmail with, does that help the antenna issue? Thanks. Kathy[color:darkblue][/color]
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Virtual PC will allow you to run SailMail (Airmail app) on your Mac, but it has nothing to do with improving WiFi.
http://www.microsoft.com/mac/products/vi...ualpc.aspx
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Thank you very much for the advice and the sources, which I will check out promptly!
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I ordered a big WiFi antenna and two connections from Quickertek after getting on the phone with their techs and describing the two Macs on my boat. Thank you for sending me there. No problem connecting my iMac G5 which now has about a 5-mile range and a very fast connection speed. It's great. But the connector they sent for my iBook is for an older model that doesn't have the combined Airport-Bluetooth card - won't work. I can send it back. Meanwhile they have just released wireless versions which might be of interest to others. Not sure if that will work with the new iBook. I sure appreciate everyone's help.[color:indigo][/color] :?
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5 MILES! Wow!
May I ask what model you ended up with to get this kind of range?
thx,
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http://www.quickertek.com/1Watt_XCVR_PNP.php
I got the 1 Watt Plug and Play transceiver 1-WXCVR-PnP[color:indigo][/color]
Really great signal, fast downloads, wow what was I missing with dial-up at the dock.
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We didn't think much of the waterproofing on the Quickertek antenna - this appears to be a strip of friction tape to apply over the coax connector. So we installed the antenna in the wheelhouse on the doorpost (high on the boat, and near windows). In theory we would get greater range if we mounted it up with the other antennas in the rig.
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