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7IRELESSTECHNOLOGYISRADIOBASEDWHICHMEANSCONNECTIVITY
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WHENTHEDISTANCEBETWEENDEVICESINCREASES/THERFACTORS
THATWILLCAUSESIGNALDEGRADATIONMETALISGENERALLYTHEWORST
CULPRITAREOBSTRUCTIONSSUCHASWALLSANDMETALAPPLIANCES!S
ARESULTTHETYPICALINDOORRANGEOFYOURWIRELESSDEVICESWILLBE
BETWEENTOFEET.OTEALSOTHATCONNECTIONSPEEDMAY
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ACCESSPOINT
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FEETFROMTHEWIRELESSROUTERORACCESSPOINT
#HANGINGTHEWIRELESSCHANNELn$EPENDINGONLOCALWIRELESS
TRAFFICANDINTERFERENCESWITCHINGTHEWIRELESSCHANNELOFYOUR
NETWORKCANIMPROVEPERFORMANCEANDRELIABILITY4HEDEFAULT
CHANNELTHEROUTERISSHIPPEDWITHISCHANNELBUTYOUMAY
CHOOSEFROMSEVERALOTHERCHANNELSDEPENDINGONYOURREGION
SEEYOURROUTERSORACCESSPOINTSUSERMANUALFOR
INSTRUCTIONSONHOWTOCHOOSEOTHERCHANNELS
,IMITINGTHEWIRELESSTRANSMITRATEn,IMITINGTHEWIRELESS
TRANSMITRATECANHELPIMPROVETHEMAXIMUMWIRELESSRANGE
ANDCONNECTIONSTABILITY-OSTWIRELESSCARDSHAVETHEABILITY
TOLIMITTHETRANSMISSIONRATE4OCHANGETHISPROPERTYGOTOTHE
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ANDDOUBLECLICKONYOURWIRELESSCARDSCONNECTION)NTHE
PROPERTIESDIALOGSELECTTHEh#ONFIGUREvBUTTONONTHEh'ENERALv
TAB7INDOWSUSERSWILLHAVETOSELECTTHEWIRELESSCARDIN
THELISTBOXANDTHENCLICKh0ROPERTIESvTHENCHOOSETHE
h!DVANCEDvTABANDSELECTTHERATEPROPERTY7IRELESSCLIENT
CARDSAREUSUALLYSETTOAUTOMATICALLYADJUSTTHEWIRELESS
TRANSMITRATEFORYOUBUTDOINGSOCANCAUSEPERIODIC
DISCONNECTSWHENTHEWIRELESSSIGNALISTOOWEAKASARULE
SLOWERTRANSMISSIONRATESAREMORESTABLE%XPERIMENTWITH
DIFFERENTCONNECTIONRATESUNTILYOUFINDTHEBESTONEFORYOUR
ENVIRONMENTNOTETHATALLAVAILABLETRANSMISSIONRATESSHOULDBE
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YOURWIRELESSCARDSLITERATURE
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