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phillychuck · 07-21-2007, 12:59 AM

Tinman, I can't tell you how pleased I was to see that I wasn't the only one grappling with this problem.

I have a G3 and a G4 mac laptop, and a first generation Airport Extreme running 802.11b/g optional with 128 bit WEP security. Both of my laptops receive wifi everywhere in my house, both first and second floors, and everywhere on my smallish lot (a bit less than 1/4 acre--not that small for the northeast). My iphone doesn't receive wifi outside of my study, at least not for more than about 5 seconds. If I connect in my study, as soon as I walk more than 10 feet from the door and try to do something on the phone, the icon drops to 1-bar (1 dot?) and then it loses connection.

I've tried every setting on my old, old airport and it doesn't seem to help. I haven't called apple service yet because it didn't seem like the kind of problem they'd be able to help with.

I need to figure out if it's the phone (there seems there might be some sort of a scattered bug from what I'm reading here) or if the phone would be fine with an upgraded router. I really don't know how to figure that out--maybe I'll head to the local Panera and see if I get the same effect. Of course, that won't tell me whether it's the router or the settings, but it'll eliminate the phone as the problem...

I'll keep reading, and post any results I figure out later. Thanks again for the information everyone.

07-21-2007, 12:59 AM	#6 (permalink)
phillychuck Join Date: Jul 2007 Posts: 5 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Tinman, I can't tell you how pleased I was to see that I wasn't the only one grappling with this problem. I have a G3 and a G4 mac laptop, and a first generation Airport Extreme running 802.11b/g optional with 128 bit WEP security. Both of my laptops receive wifi everywhere in my house, both first and second floors, and everywhere on my smallish lot (a bit less than 1/4 acre--not that small for the northeast). My iphone doesn't receive wifi outside of my study, at least not for more than about 5 seconds. If I connect in my study, as soon as I walk more than 10 feet from the door and try to do something on the phone, the icon drops to 1-bar (1 dot?) and then it loses connection. I've tried every setting on my old, old airport and it doesn't seem to help. I haven't called apple service yet because it didn't seem like the kind of problem they'd be able to help with. I need to figure out if it's the phone (there seems there might be some sort of a scattered bug from what I'm reading here) or if the phone would be fine with an upgraded router. I really don't know how to figure that out--maybe I'll head to the local Panera and see if I get the same effect. Of course, that won't tell me whether it's the router or the settings, but it'll eliminate the phone as the problem... I'll keep reading, and post any results I figure out later. Thanks again for the information everyone.