Wireless Settings And Security; Optimizing Your Wireless Connections - NETGEAR WGT624v4 - 108 Mbps Wireless Firewall Router Reference Manual

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Table Of Contents

Table of Contents

This chapter describes how to set up the wireless features of your WGT624 v4 wireless router. In

planning your wireless network, select a location for the wireless router that will maximize

performance. Also, consider the level of wireless security required.

Note: The router factory default settings are shown in

Appendix

Optimizing Your Wireless Connections

The speed and range of your wireless connection can vary significantly based on the location of

the wireless router. Choose a location for your router that will maximize the network speed.

To optimize wireless router performance:

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Identify critical wireless links.

If your network has several wireless devices, decide which wireless devices need the highest

data rate, and locate the router near them. Many wireless products have automatic data-rate

fallback. This lets you connect from farther away, but the connection may also be slower. So

the most critical wireless links are those where the traffic is high and the distances are great.

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Choose placement carefully.

For best results, place your router:

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Near the center of the area in which your computers will operate.

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In an elevated location such as a high shelf where the wirelessly connected computers

have line-of-sight access (even if through walls).

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Avoid obstacles to wireless signals.

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Keep wireless devices at least 2 feet from large metal fixtures such as file cabinets,

refrigerators, pipes, metal ceilings, reinforced concrete, and metal partitions.

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Keep the devices away from large amounts of water such as fish tanks and water coolers.