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Optimizing the Performance of Your Home Network
To get the best performance from your home network, optimize each portion of the network, and
place files in the network where they will get the bandwidth their use will demand.
Optimizing Wireless Performance
The speed and operating distance or range of your wireless connection can vary significantly based
on the physical placement of the wireless router. Choose a location for your router that will
maximize the network speed.
Tip: To find the best location, start the Network test (from the Supervisor Functions
screen) running on the Coax-Ethernet Adapter, and then move the Coax-Ethernet
Adapter and the wireless router. Monitor the Network test results to determine
which location maximizes network speed.
Note: Failure to follow these guidelines can result in significant performance
degradation or inability to wirelessly connect to other devices. See
"Technical Specifications and Factory Default Settings"
performance specifications.
To optimize wireless router performance:
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Identify critical wireless links.
If your network has several wireless devices, decide which wireless devices need the highest
data rate, and locate the router near them. Many wireless products have automatic data-rate
fallback, which allows increased distances without a loss of connectivity. This also means that
devices that are farther away might be slower. Therefore, the most critical links in your
network are those where the traffic is high and the distances are great. Optimize those first.
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Choose placement carefully.
For best results, place your router:
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Near the center of the area in which your computers will operate.
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In an elevated location such as a high shelf where the wirelessly connected computers
have line-of-sight access (even if through walls).
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Avoid obstacles to wireless signals.
Understanding Home Networking
Coax-Ethernet Adapter MCA1001 User Manual
v1.0, December 2008
Appendix A,
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