Originally Posted by
sophiedb
I just found this thread while searching... does anyone know of a way to check whether a UK (or other) wireless router/modem will work in NZ? (short of bringing it over and plugging in? LOL)
I ask because our old one died suddenly last week, so the newbie will only be in use for a month before we move in with my parents.. the plan was to eBay it, if it couldn't be used in NZ.
Whaddayareckon???
People are confusing a router with a modem. Technically as long as you can set up the correct IP addresses on a router it will work. The LAN side or wireless side if it is wireless is your domian so nothing will change there. The WAN side will need to be set to whatever the broadband modem requires.
The boradband modem can come in different typse;
Wireless - 3G or W-CDMA
Cable - if you have cable TV from Telstra
ADSL
ADSL 2+
VDSL
(Naked DSL comes in either ADSL or ADSL2+ but with no ascoaited telephone service)
The most likely situation is that some people bring over ADSL modems and try to ge them to work on ADSL2+ lines.
Depending on how your ISP set up your Internet account, you need one or more of these configuration parameters to connect your router to the Internet:
• Multiplexing Method
• Host and Domain Names
• ISP Login Name and Password
• ISP Domain Name Server (DNS) Addresses
• Fixed or Static IP Address
Your ISP should have provided you with all the information needed to connect to the Internet. If you cannot locate this information, contact your ISP.
Many devices are combined router/modems. Some let you configure the DSL and IP parameters through the GUI but some are locked down.
Most ISP's will provide a DSL modem as part of the service. If you want to add a wireless router to this, you should be able to plug one of the LAN ports into one of the LAN ports of the wireless router.