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Introduction

Placement of your Wireless Networking Hardware for

Optimal Performance

Your฀wireless฀connection฀will฀be฀stronger฀the฀closer฀your฀computer฀

is฀to฀your฀Wireless฀Router฀(or฀Access฀Point).฀Typical฀indoor฀operating฀

range฀for฀your฀wireless฀devices฀is฀between฀100฀and฀200฀feet.฀In฀the฀

same฀way,฀your฀wireless฀connection฀and฀performance฀will฀degrade฀

somewhat฀as฀the฀distance฀between฀your฀Wireless฀Router฀(or฀Access฀

Point)฀and฀connected฀devices฀increases.฀This฀may฀or฀may฀not฀be฀

noticeable฀to฀you.฀As฀you฀move฀further฀from฀your฀Wireless฀Router฀

or฀Access฀Point,฀connection฀speed฀may฀decrease.฀Factors฀that฀can฀

weaken฀signals฀simply฀by฀getting฀in฀the฀way฀of฀your฀network’s฀radio฀

waves฀are฀metal฀appliances฀or฀obstructions,฀and฀walls.฀

If฀you฀have฀concerns฀about฀your฀network’s฀performance฀that฀might฀be฀

related฀to฀range฀or฀obstruction฀factors,฀try฀moving฀the฀computer฀to฀a฀

position฀between฀five฀and฀ten฀feet฀from฀the฀Wireless฀Router,฀in฀order฀

to฀see฀if฀distance฀is฀the฀problem.฀If฀difficulties฀persist฀even฀at฀close฀

range,฀please฀contact฀Belkin฀Technical฀Support.฀

IMPORTANT FACTORS FOR PLACEMENT AND SETUP

Note:฀While฀some฀of฀the฀items฀listed฀below฀can฀affect฀network฀

performance,฀they฀will฀not฀prohibit฀your฀wireless฀network฀from฀

functioning;฀if฀you฀are฀concerned฀that฀your฀network฀is฀not฀operating฀at฀

its฀maximum฀effectiveness,฀this฀checklist฀may฀help.

1. Placement of your Wireless Networking Hardware

Place฀your฀Wireless฀Router฀(or฀Access฀Point),฀the฀central฀connection฀

point฀of฀your฀network,฀as฀close฀as฀possible฀to฀the฀center฀of฀your฀

wireless฀network฀devices.

To฀achieve฀the฀best฀wireless฀network฀coverage฀for฀your฀“wireless฀

clients”฀(i.e.,฀computers฀enabled฀by฀Belkin฀Wireless฀Notebook฀Network฀

Cards,฀Wireless฀Desktop฀Network฀Cards,฀and฀Wireless฀USB฀Adapters):฀

•฀฀ Ensure฀that฀your฀Wireless฀Router฀(or฀Access฀Point)฀networking฀

antennas฀are฀parallel฀to฀each฀other,฀and฀are฀positioned฀vertically฀

(toward฀the฀ceiling).฀If฀your฀Wireless฀Router฀(or฀Access฀Point)฀

itself฀is฀positioned฀vertically,฀point฀the฀antennas฀as฀much฀as฀

possible฀in฀an฀upward฀direction.฀