NETGEAR WNDR3300 manual Configuring Quality of Service, Reduce interference

NETGEAR RangeMax™ Dual Band Wireless-N Router WNDR3300 Reference Manual

•Choose placement carefully. For best results, place your router:

–Near the center of the area in which your computers will operate.

–In an elevated location such as a high shelf where the wirelessly connected computers have line-of-sight access (even if through walls).

–Avoid obstacles to wireless signals.

–Keep wireless devices at least 2 feet from large metal fixtures such as file cabinets, refrigerators, pipes, metal ceilings, reinforced concrete, and metal partitions.

–Keep wireless devices away from large amounts of water such as fish tanks and water coolers.

•Reduce interference.

Avoid windows unless communicating between buildings.

Place wireless devices away from various electromagnetic noise sources, especially those in the 2400–2500 MHz frequency band. Common noise-creating sources are:

–Computers and fax machines (no closer than 1 foot)

–Copying machines, elevators, and cell phones (no closer than 6 feet)

–Microwave ovens (no closer than 10 feet)

•Choose your settings.

–Use a scanning utility to determine what other wireless networks are operating nearby, and choose an unused channel.

–Turn off SSID broadcast, and change the default SSID. Other nearby devices might automatically try to connect to your network several times a second, which can cause significant performance reduction.

•Use WMM to improve the performance of voice and video traffic over the wireless link.

Configuring Quality of Service

Quality of Service (QoS) is an advanced feature that can be used to prioritize some types of traffic ahead of others. The WNDR3300 router can provide QoS prioritization over the wireless link and on the Internet connection. To configure QoS, use the QoS Setup screen.

5-14 Fine-Tuning Your Network

v1.0, February 2008