Wireless Placement And Range Guidelines - NETGEAR DGND3300v2 - RangeMax Dual Band Wireless-N Modem Router User Manual

- SSID. The default 11N SSID for the N300 wireless modem router is
NETGEAR-DualBand-N. The default 11G SSID is NETGEAR-2.4-G.
- The wireless mode (802.11g or 802.11b) that each wireless adapter supports.
- Wireless security option. To successfully implement wireless security, check each
wireless adapter to determine which wireless security option it supports.
See Manually Configuring Your Wireless Settings
• Push 'N' Connect (WPS) automatically implements wireless security on the N300 wireless
modem 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 N300 wireless modem 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 N300 wireless modem router dome, which works as a WPS button (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 Wi-Fi
certified and WPA or WPA2 capable, and that they support WPS configuration.
See Using Push 'N' Connect (WPS) to Configure Your Wireless Network

Wireless Placement and Range Guidelines

The range of your wireless connection can vary significantly based on the physical placement
of the N300 wireless modem 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 N300 wireless modem 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 (see
• Away from large metal surfaces.
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Interference Reduction Table
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on page 24.