Alternate antenna for G5 Tower

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Alternate antenna for G5 Tower

To improve my signal at home, as an alternative to adding an external antenna to my Airport Extreme base station (which does not have the antenna port), is there an improved antenna I can plug into my G5 antenna port to replace the small one that came with the G5?

Dual Processor G5, Mac OS X (10.4.3), Power Book G4

Posted on Mar 25, 2006 12:26 AM

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Answer 1

Mar 25, 2006 3:19 PM in response to Maui G5

One of the simplest ways to get better reception is to move the T antenna from the back of your G5 to someplace higher and away from all the metal of the G5.

You can do this with a simple extension cable such as:

http://www.macwireless.com/html/products/antennas_boosters/accessories/g5extensi on.html

Tom N.

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Maui G5 Author

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Mar 25, 2006 5:46 PM in response to Tom Nelson1

Thanks Tom. I had not seen that website before. Looks like I should be able to fix my problem.

Kevin

Dual Processor G5 Mac OS X (10.4.3) Power Book G4

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Answer 3

Mar 26, 2006 10:19 AM in response to Maui G5

You can also use the same extension cable with a different antenna if you need for signal strength, but before buying an additional antenna, I'd try the cable and the small T antenna first.

Good luck.

Tom N.

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