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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]

Kathy, the best way to accomplish good Wi-Fi reception with either of your Macs is to install a booster AND an external antenna to replace the one already in your machines as part of the Airport system. Basically what you need to do is purchase an antenna, a booster, an adapter cable for the booster, a cable to connect the antenna to the booster, and then install the adapter cable from the booster to your Airport card. I've attached some links detailing procedure for connecting to your Airport card with your iMac and iBook, these instructions are for a standalone local antenna made by MacWireless. You'll be going from a booster to the Airport card instead from an antenna.
http://www.macwireless.com/downloads/doc...iMacG5.pdf
http://www.macwireless.com/downloads/doc..._iBook.pdf

here is a good source for external antennae and boosters as well as the appropriate adapters
http://sharperconcepts.zoovy.com/