Wireless

Maximize Your Wireless Network
Wireless networking, for all its value and simplicity, can sometimes be frustrating. Stated performance is not always achieved. Coverage gaps and connection drops can sometimes occur for seemingly no reason. It can be hard to determine whether a link is secure. And sometimes adding another access point makes things worse, not better.

It is commonly accepted that wireless LANs rarely perform at specified rates. There are many reasons for this, including interference from non-network devices such as microwaves and cordless phones, and interference from overlapping access points—yours as well as others. In addition, scores of users are often competing for the same network channel. In larger wireless LAN installations, a best practice is to undertake a site survey to determine the optimal physical location of each access point as well as channel selection. Site surveys are expensive and time consuming, so they do not happen as often as they should. (Some users try to fix coverage issues by installing more access points, which can increase interference and compound the problem.)

NETGEAR offers value priced, reliable wireless access points and client adapters with state-of-the-art embedded RF management technology that maximizes the performance and eases deployment of your wireless network.

Lower Costs
Since AutoCell is completely self-organizing, and requires minimum human intervention, this reduces employee overhead associated with deployment, management, and maintenance, such as site surveys and channel maps. With ever-increasing usage of wireless devices, interference and resulting poor performance are more prevalent. A NETGEAR Wireless Access Point maximizes performance automatically, and adapts to ever-changing conditions.

Stronger Security
The NETGEAR ProSafe Wireless Access Points offer many standards-based security features, such as (802.11i) Wi-Fi Protected Access (WPA2), and Wired Equivalent Privacy (WEP). AutoCell creates an additional level of privacy by providing self-organizing micro cells for businesses. In the Enhanced Privacy mode, AutoCell shrinks the size of coverage to the minimum to reach clients, while also shrinking the size of the beacons that announce its presence. This mode, which requires AutoCell in both the client and access point, makes the wireless LAN nearly invisible to users outside an office building, as it transmits only to the most distant AutoCell-enabled PC. AutoCell clients such as the NETGEAR ProSafe Wireless PC Cards are highly recommended for enhanced RF Security.