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Installing Your Wireless Router
Setting Up a New Network (LAN & WLAN)
Follow these instructions if you are including your Wireless Router
in a new network that includes both wired and wireless stations—
a combination LAN and WLAN.
To connect your Wireless Router:
1
Find a suitable location to install your Wireless Router.
For maximum performance, install it in the center of your
network, in a place that has a line of sight to all the devices
connecting to it.The higher you place your Wireless Router, the
better the signal coverage will be, especially if you have
wireless stations upstairs from your Wireless Router.
Caution:
Keep it as far away as possible from potential
sources of interference, such as microwave ovens, 2.4 GHz
wireless telephones, baby monitors and other wireless
devices.
2
If desired, attach your Wireless Router to the wall, using the
mounting screws provided.
3
Connect the power cord to the DC-IN port on your Wireless
Router, then plug it into a power outlet.
4
Plug your broadband modem into the WAN port on your
Wireless Router, using the Ethernet cable provided. (See the
Figure in
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: Connect the
power adapter.
Connect the LAN.
Connect the WAN.