Hardware Requirements For Computers On Your Lan; Operating Frequency Guidelines; Requirements For Entering Ip Addresses - NETGEAR WAC730 Reference Manual

ProSAFE Dual-Band Wireless AC Access Point WAC720 WAC730

Hardware Requirements for Computers on Your LAN

To connect to the wireless access point on your network, an 802.11bg/ng/bgn or
802.11a/a-na-ac wireless adapter must be installed on each computer. We recommend using
the wireless access point with computers with the NETGEAR A6210 WiFi USB Adapter
installed.

Operating Frequency Guidelines

You do not need to change the operating frequency (channel) unless you notice interference
problems or you place the wireless access point near another wireless access point. If you do
change the operating frequency, observe the following guidelines:
• Wireless access points use a fixed channel. You can select a channel that provides the
least interference and best performance. In the United States and Canada, 11 channels
are available.
• If you use multiple wireless access points, it is better if adjacent wireless access points
use different channels to reduce interference. The recommended channel spacing
between adjacent wireless access points is five channels (for example, use Channels 1
and 6, or 6 and 11).
• In infrastructure mode (which is the default mode for the wireless access point), wireless
stations normally scan all channels, looking for a wireless access point. If more than one
wireless access point can be used, the one with the strongest signal is used. This is
possible only if the wireless access points use the same SSID.

Requirements for Entering IP Addresses

IP addresses assigned to the access points must follow the following requirements for IPv4
and IPv6 addresses.
IPv4
The fourth octet of an IP address must be between 0 and 255 (both inclusive). This
requirement applies to any IP address that you enter on the wireless access point's web
management interface.
IPv6
IPv6 addresses are denoted by eight groups of hexadecimal quartets that are separated by
colons. Any four-digit group of zeroes within an IPv6 address can be reduced to a single zero
or altogether omitted.
The following errors invalidate an IPv6 address:
• More than eight groups of hexadecimal quartets
• More than four hexadecimal characters in a quartet
• More than two colons in a row
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