User guide
3G Wireless N150 Mini Router m1-User Guide YMLM1WN
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Avoid obstacles and interferences
Avoid placing your NetComm m1 near devices that may emit radio “noise,” such as microwave ovens. Dense objects can also inhibit your
wireless signal. Some examples of dense objects that can inhibit wireless communication include:
• Refrigerators
• Washers and/or dryers
• Metal cabinets
• Large aquariums
• Metallic-based, UV-tinted windows
• If your wireless signal seems weak in some spots, make sure that objects such as these are not blocking the signal path between
your devices and your NetComm m1.
Cordless Phones
If the performance of your wireless network is impaired after considering the above issues, and you have a cordless phone:
• Try moving cordless phones away from your NetComm m1 and your wireless-enabled computers.
• Unplug and remove the battery from any cordless phone that operates on the 2.4GHz band (check manufacturer’s information).
If this xes the problem, your phone may be interfering with the WiFi of your NetComm m1.
• If your phone supports channel selection, change the channel on the phone to the farthest channel from your wireless network.
For example, change the phone to channel 1 and set your NetComm m1 to channel 11. See your phone user manual for detailed
instructions.
• If necessary, consider switching to a 900MHz or 5GHz cordless phone.
Choosing the “Quietest” Channel for your Wireless Network
In locations where homes or ofces are close together, such as apartment buildings or ofce complexes, there may be wireless networks
nearby that can conict with your wireless network.
Use the site survey capability found in the wireless utility of your wireless adapter to locate any other wireless networks that are available
(see your wireless adapter’s user manual for assistance with this), and switch your NetComm m1 to a channel as far away from other
networks’ channel as possible.
Hint: Most WiFi routers set their Wireless G networks to channel 6. Changing the channel to something other than 6 may help improve your
wireless network performance.
• Experiment with more than one of the available channels in order to nd the clearest connection and avoid interference from
neighbouring cordless phones or other wireless devices.
LED Indicators:
LED color Description
USB LED Blue 3G/3.5G is on
Flashing Blue Data access
WiFi LED Blue WLAN is ON
Flashing Blue Data access
Fast Flashing Blue Device is in WPS Mode