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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.
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.฀
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