NETGEAR RangeMax™ NEXT Wireless Router WNR854T User Manual
6-16 Fine-Tuning Your Network
v1.1, January 2007
3. Click Apply to save the new configuration.
Optimizing Your Network Bandwidth
As your network grows, it may consist of several segments of different networking technologies,
each providing different throughput. In planning your network, you should first consider which
devices will have the heaviest traffic flow between them. Examples are:
• A media center in one room streaming high-definition video from a server in another room
• A storage device that is used for backing up your computers
Next, consider the throughput of your network devices. Where possible, make the heaviest-traffic
connections using higher-speed technologies, with no lower-speed bottlenecks in the path.
Figure 6-6