[villalobos]

Is there anything apart from the obvious voltage issue that would make a US wireless router not work in Europe? I can't think of anything but I just wanna make sure.

villa

[OreoCookie]

Europe = 220 V
USA, Japan = 110 V

But: many power supplies adjust automatically to the voltage. (E. g. for digital cameras.)

[Sherwin]

Originally posted by OreoCookie:
Europe = 220 V
USA, Japan = 110 V

UK (+ Ireland?) = 240 v.

What is this router? Straight ethernet or ADSL?

AFAIK, ADSL connections vary from country to country - i.e. a lot of Europe uses PPPoE whereas the UK uses only PPPoA.

Whether you'll be able to use your existing router or not depends on where you're going in Europe and what your router will do. Europe is a continent, not a country!

[villalobos]

Originally posted by Sherwin:
UK (+ Ireland?) = 240 v.

What is this router? Straight ethernet or ADSL?

AFAIK, ADSL connections vary from country to country - i.e. a lot of Europe uses PPPoE whereas the UK uses only PPPoA.

Whether you'll be able to use your existing router or not depends on where you're going in Europe and what your router will do. Europe is a continent, not a country!

Thanks for that insightful answer. Imbécile.

villa

[Sherwin]

Originally posted by villalobos:
Thanks for that insightful answer. Imbécile.

If you'd have given us more information, like what model router it is, we could have given you better answers.

If you'd have given us better information about where in Europe you're going, we could have given you better answers.

Stuff which works in France doesn't work in the UK and vice versa. That's a 22 mile distance between working and not working. And they're both in Europe.
So you're expecting us to help you with the crappy information you gave?

So screw you, you stupid ****.

[The Godfather]

Wireless Communications by Rappaport, figure 2.12, page 48

The U.S.A. uses WiFi channels 1 through 11
Europe uses WiFi channels 1 through 13
France uses WiFi channels 10 and 13
Spain uses WiFi channels 10 and 11 (sucky)

That means:
If you bring a US router to Europe, all European laptops will see it.
If you bring a US laptop to Europe, it will not see a wireless router set on channel 12 or 13.
If you bring a US router to France or Spain, set it to channels 10 or 11.

[Mastrap]

Originally posted by Sherwin:


AFAIK, ADSL connections vary from country to country - i.e. a lot of Europe uses PPPoE whereas the UK uses only PPPoA.

That is not the case, to the best of my knowledge. All my UK connectivity is PPPoE, same as in Germany.

[Sherwin]

Originally posted by Mastrap:
That is not the case, to the best of my knowledge. All my UK connectivity is PPPoE, same as in Germany.

AFAIK, BT ADSL doesn't support PPPoE. Are you on cable or something Mas?

There's so many variables that the original question is invalid. Like where's the guy going? Are we talking Portugal, Russia or Germany? What's he hooking the router up to? What service will he be using? Does he intend to use AOL or other such services? What kind of router is it? How long will the guy last before getting stabbed if he brings his friendly US attitude with him?

Anyways. Shouldn't this be in the networking forum?

[Spheric Harlot]

btw: Germany, at least, is no longer at 220V. We switched to 230V a couple of years ago (well within the tolerance of everything but the oldest power supplies).

-s*

[villalobos]

Originally posted by The Godfather:
Wireless Communications by Rappaport, figure 2.12, page 48

The U.S.A. uses WiFi channels 1 through 11
Europe uses WiFi channels 1 through 13
France uses WiFi channels 10 and 13
Spain uses WiFi channels 10 and 11 (sucky)

That means:
If you bring a US router to Europe, all European laptops will see it.
If you bring a US laptop to Europe, it will not see a wireless router set on channel 12 or 13.
If you bring a US router to France or Spain, set it to channels 10 or 11.

You da man!!!!

Thanks

villa