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Appendix A
belong to them. Changing your router to operate on a different channel
may improve your performance.
To change your wireless networking channel, use the webpage
administration utility for your router. Consult your router instruction
manual for more details on changing channels and other advanced
configuration options for your wireless network.
Network setup changes
One of the more difficult modifications to make to your home
wireless network can also have the most significant impact on overall
performance. For example, you may have a work Computer in your office,
a family Computer in your living room that stores all of the media you
want access to, and a Media Center Extender in your master bedroom. If
your broadband Internet access enters your house in your office, you'll
likely have both the family Computer and the Media Center Extender
connected wirelessly to the work Computer, which is connected directly
to the router (at the access point). But this type of configuration is not
supported because it causes streamed video and other media to travel
over the wireless network twice and can result in a seemingly unsolvable
network performance problem. Consider more complex modifications
to your home network, such as changing the point of entry for Internet
into your house. If you have a phone jack near the Computer in the
living room, perhaps the DSL or cable modem and router can move
there, and the office Computer can connect wirelessly to the network.
This configuration change allows the family Computer to connect to
the router with wired Ethernet, placing significantly less stress on the
network for streaming media playback.
Another option to consider is moving your wireless access point or
router to a different room in the house to reduce the overall wireless
distances or obstructions. Perhaps it is reasonably easy to run a longer
Ethernet wire between your family Computer and the access point, but
still locate it in another room.
Record TV shows at lower quality levels
If you cannot solve your network performance problems, one option
to consider is setting Windows Media Center to record TV shows at a
lower quality level. The lower recording levels for Windows Media Center
use less storage, and it requires less network bandwidth to stream
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