IBM WRT-410 User Manual

 

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The following information will help you utilizing the wireless performance, and operating coverage of 

WRT-410. 

To avoid interferences, please locate WRT-410 and wireless clients away from transformers, 

microwave ovens, heavy-duty motors, refrigerators, fluorescent lights, and other industrial 

equipments. Keep the number of walls, or ceilings between AP and clients as few as possible; 

otherwise the signal strength may be seriously reduced. Place WRT-410 in open space or add 

additional WAP-4000 as needed to improve the coverage. 

The wireless network is easily affected by many environmental factors. Every environment is 

unique with different obstacles, construction materials, weather, etc. It is hard to determine the 

exact operating range of WRT-410 in a specific location without testing. 

The bundled antenna of WRT-410 is adjustable. Firstly install the antenna pointing straight up, then 

smoothly adjust it if the radio signal strength is poor. But the signal reception is definitely weak in 

some certain areas, such as location right down the antenna. 

Moreover, the original antenna of WRT-410 can be replaced with other external antennas to extend 

the coverage. Please check the specification of the antenna you want to use, and make sure it can 

be used on WRT-410. 

If WRT-410 is installed in an 802.11b and 802.11g mixed WLAN, its performance will reduced 

significantly. Because every 802.11g OFDM packet needs to be preceded by an RTS-CTS or CTS 

packet exchange that can be recognized by legacy 802.11b devices. This additional overhead 

lowers the speed. If there are no 802.11b devices connected, or if connections to all 802.11b 

devices are denied so that WRT-410 can operate in 11g-only mode, then its data rate should 

actually 54Mbps and 108Mbps in Super G mode.