User's Manual

Introduction

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•฀฀ In฀multistory฀homes,฀place฀the฀Wireless฀Router฀(or฀Access฀Point)฀

on฀a฀floor฀that฀is฀as฀close฀to฀the฀center฀of฀the฀home฀as฀possible.฀

This฀may฀mean฀placing฀the฀Router฀on฀an฀upper฀floor.

•฀฀ Try฀not฀to฀place฀the฀Wireless฀Router฀(or฀Access฀Point)฀near฀a฀

cordless฀2.4GHz฀phone.

2. Avoid Obstacles and Interference

Avoid฀placing฀your฀Wireless฀Router฀or฀Access฀Point฀near฀devices฀that฀

may฀emit฀radio฀“noise”,฀such฀as฀microwave฀ovens.฀Dense฀objects฀that฀

can฀inhibit฀Wireless฀communication฀can฀include:฀

•฀฀ Refrigerators

•฀฀ Washers฀and/or฀dryers

•฀฀ Metal฀cabinets

•฀฀ Large฀aquariums

•฀฀ Metallic-based฀UV฀tinted฀windows

If฀your฀wireless฀signal฀seems฀weak฀in฀some฀spots,฀make฀sure฀that฀

objects฀such฀as฀these฀are฀not฀blocking฀the฀signal’s฀path฀(between฀your฀

computers฀and฀Wireless฀Router฀or฀Access฀Point)

3. Cordless Phone Placement

If฀the฀performance฀of฀your฀wireless฀network฀is฀impaired฀after฀attending฀

to฀the฀above฀issues,฀and฀you฀have฀a฀cordless฀phone:฀

•฀฀ Try฀moving฀cordless฀phones฀away฀from฀Wireless฀Routers฀(or฀

Access฀Points)฀and฀your฀wireless-enabled฀computers฀

•฀฀ Unplug฀and฀remove฀the฀battery฀from฀any฀cordless฀phone฀that฀

operates฀on฀the฀2.4GHz฀band฀(check฀manufacturers฀information).฀

If฀this฀fixes฀the฀problem,฀your฀phone฀may฀be฀interfering.฀฀

•฀฀ If฀your฀phone฀supports฀channel฀selection,฀change฀the฀channel฀

on฀the฀phone฀to฀the฀furthest฀channel฀from฀your฀wireless฀network,฀

as฀possible.฀For฀example,฀change฀the฀phone฀to฀channel฀1฀and฀

move฀your฀Wireless฀Router฀to฀channel฀11.฀See฀your฀phone’s฀user฀

manual฀for฀detailed฀instructions.฀

•฀฀ If฀necessary,฀consider฀switching฀to฀a฀900MHz฀or฀5GHz฀฀

cordless฀phone.