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VMG3926-B10A User’s Guide
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Building Materials: metal doors, aluminum studs.
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Electrical devices: microwaves, monitors, electric motors, cordless phones, and other wireless
devices.
To optimize the speed and quality of your wireless connection, you can:
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Move your wireless device closer to the AP if the signal strength is low.
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Reduce wireless interference that may be caused by other wireless networks or surrounding
wireless electronics such as cordless phones.
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Place the AP where there are minimum obstacles (such as walls and ceilings) between the AP and
the wireless client.
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Reduce the number of wireless clients connecting to the same AP simultaneously, or add
additional APs if necessary.
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Try closing some programs that use the Internet, especially peer-to-peer applications. If the
wireless client is sending or receiving a lot of information, it may have too many programs open
that use the Internet.
What is a Server Set ID (SSID)?
An SSID is a name that uniquely identifies a wireless network. The AP and all the clients within a
wireless network must use the same SSID.
40.5
USB Device Connection
The VMG fails to detect my USB device.
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Disconnect the USB device.
2
Reboot the VMG.
3
If you are connecting a USB hard drive that comes with an external power supply, make sure it is
connected to an appropriate power source that is on.
4
Re-connect your USB device to the VMG.
40.6
UPnP
When using UPnP and the VMG reboots, my computer cannot detect UPnP and refresh
My
Network Places > Local Network
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