Wireless Placement And Range Guidelines - NETGEAR RANGEMAX WNDR3300 User Manual

NETGEAR RangeMax™ Dual Band Wireless-N Router WNDR3300 User Manual
• Push 'N' Connect (WPS) automatically implements wireless security on the wireless router
while, at the same time, allowing you to automatically implement wireless security on any
WPS-enabled devices (such as wireless computers and wireless adapter cards). You activate
WPS by pressing a WPS button on the wireless router, clicking an onscreen WPS button, or
entering a PIN number. This generates a new SSID and implements WPA/WPA2 security.
Note: NETGEAR's Push 'N' Connect feature is based on the Wi-Fi Protected Setup
(WPS) standard (for more information, see http://www.wi-fi.org). All other Wi-
Fi-certified and WPS-capable products should be compatible with NETGEAR
products that implement Push 'N' Connect.
To set up your wireless network using the WPS feature:
– Use the WPS button on the side of the wireless router (there is also an onscreen WPS
button), or enter the PIN of the wireless device.
– Make sure that all wireless computers and wireless adapters on the network are
certified and WPA or WPA 2 capable, and that they support WPS configuration.
See "Using Push 'N' Connect (WPS) to Configure Your Wireless Network" on page

Wireless Placement and Range Guidelines

The range of your wireless connection can vary significantly based on the physical placement of
the wireless router. The latency, data throughput performance, and notebook power consumption
of wireless adapters also vary depending on your configuration choices.
For best results, place your wireless router according to the following guidelines:
• Near the center of the area in which your PCs will operate.
• In an elevated location such as a high shelf where the wirelessly connected PCs have line-of-
sight access (even if through walls).
• Away from sources of interference, such as PCs, microwave ovens, and 2.4 GHz cordless
phones.
• Away from large metal surfaces.
• Put the antenna in a vertical position to provide the best side-to-side coverage. Put the antenna
in a horizontal position to provide the best up-and-down coverage.
• If using multiple access points, it is better if adjacent access points use different radio
frequency channels to reduce interference. The recommended channel spacing between
adjacent access points is 5 channels (for example, use Channels 1 and 6, or 6 and 11).
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