N750 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit Router WNDR4000 User Manual

Away from any large metal surfaces, such as a solid metal door or aluminum studs. Large expanses of other materials such as glass, insulated walls, fish tanks, mirrors, brick, and concrete can also affect your wireless signal.

With the antennas in a vertical position to provide the best side-to-side coverage or in a horizontal position to provide the best up-and-down coverage, as applicable.

When you use multiple access points, it is better if adjacent access points use different radio frequency channels to reduce interference. The recommended channel spacing between adjacent access points is 5 channels (for example, use Channels 1 and 6, or 6 and 11).

Cable Your Router

The installation guide that came in the box has a cabling diagram on the first page. This section walks you through cabling with detailed illustrations.

1.Connect the wireless router, the computer, and the modem.

2.Turn off and unplug the modem. If your modem has a backup battery, remove it as well.

3.Locate the Ethernet cable (1) that connects your computer to the modem.

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Figure 4. Disconnect the modem from your computer

4.Disconnect the cable from the modem (2). You will connect it to the router later.

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NETGEAR WNDR4000, N750 user manual Cable Your Router, Disconnect the modem from your computer