MN-500 in Europe?

Will the wireless MN-500 router work with European
(Italy) DSL providers?

Microsoft's Broadband Networking hardware is only supported in North
America. Not only would different electrical connections be required, but
you'd need to make sure you weren't interfering with other electrical
equipment on 2.4 Ghz where it broadcasts.
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"camillo" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> Will the wireless MN-500 router work with European
> (Italy) DSL providers?

Most folks in Europe have long ago solved the AC 110 volt issue ... I would
not think that would be a problem. Interference with other 2.4Ghz equipment
might be a problem to be sure (I have no idea).
Whether the broadband networking GUI would operate on an Italian version of
Windows is another question, but is largely moot because the GUI setup is
not really needed.


"Chris H." <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:%(E-Mail Removed)...
> Microsoft's Broadband Networking hardware is only supported in North
> America. Not only would different electrical connections be required, but
> you'd need to make sure you weren't interfering with other electrical
> equipment on 2.4 Ghz where it broadcasts.
> --
> Chris H.
> Microsoft Windows MVP
> Tablet Creations - http://nicecreations.us/
> Associate Expert
> Expert Zone - www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone
>
>
> "camillo" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:85e001c4321c$7abee360$(E-Mail Removed)...
> > Will the wireless MN-500 router work with European
> > (Italy) DSL providers?
>
>

different channels are used on the European side - the device is not
approved for use there.

Kerry Liles wrote:
> Most folks in Europe have long ago solved the AC 110 volt issue ... I
> would not think that would be a problem. Interference with other
> 2.4Ghz equipment might be a problem to be sure (I have no idea).
> Whether the broadband networking GUI would operate on an Italian
> version of Windows is another question, but is largely moot because
> the GUI setup is not really needed.
>
>
> "Chris H." <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:%(E-Mail Removed)...
>> Microsoft's Broadband Networking hardware is only supported in North
>> America. Not only would different electrical connections be
>> required, but you'd need to make sure you weren't interfering with
>> other electrical equipment on 2.4 Ghz where it broadcasts.
>> --
>> Chris H.
>> Microsoft Windows MVP
>> Tablet Creations - http://nicecreations.us/
>> Associate Expert
>> Expert Zone - www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone
>>
>>
>> "camillo" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
>> news:85e001c4321c$7abee360$(E-Mail Removed)...
>>> Will the wireless MN-500 router work with European
>>> (Italy) DSL providers?


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There's no telling what it might interfere with in other countries or
jurisdictions, and outside the supported North American markets where the
testing has been done by the appropriate regulatory agencies, they're not
approved for use.
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"Kerry Liles" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> Most folks in Europe have long ago solved the AC 110 volt issue ... I
> would
> not think that would be a problem. Interference with other 2.4Ghz
> equipment
> might be a problem to be sure (I have no idea).
> Whether the broadband networking GUI would operate on an Italian version
> of
> Windows is another question, but is largely moot because the GUI setup is
> not really needed.

I thought 802.11b was 2.4GHz.... only the channels may changes from one
location to another... like in North american, it is 1 to 11... would only
making sure to use one of the available channels in the other contry fix the
problem?


Chris H. wrote:
|| There's no telling what it might interfere with in other countries or
|| jurisdictions, and outside the supported North American markets
|| where the testing has been done by the appropriate regulatory
|| agencies, they're not approved for use.
|| --
|| Chris H.
|| Microsoft Windows MVP
|| Tablet Creations - http://nicecreations.us/
|| Associate Expert
|| Expert Zone - www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone
||
||
|| "Kerry Liles" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
|| news:(E-Mail Removed)...
||| Most folks in Europe have long ago solved the AC 110 volt issue ...
||| I would
||| not think that would be a problem. Interference with other 2.4Ghz
||| equipment
||| might be a problem to be sure (I have no idea).
||| Whether the broadband networking GUI would operate on an Italian
||| version of
||| Windows is another question, but is largely moot because the GUI
||| setup is not really needed.

It uses a range of channels around 2.4 ghz.

http://www.qsl.net/vk6zse/802_11channels-ar-freqs.htm
That lists the central frequency for each channel

However, the channels overlap (due to the lower and upper frequencies
overlapping)
See here for more of an illustration of the overlap
http://www.qsl.net/vk6zse/802_11channels-ar-freqs.htm


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"Maxx" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> I thought 802.11b was 2.4GHz.... only the channels may changes from one
> location to another... like in North american, it is 1 to 11... would only
> making sure to use one of the available channels in the other contry fix
the
> problem?
>
>
> Chris H. wrote:
> || There's no telling what it might interfere with in other countries or
> || jurisdictions, and outside the supported North American markets
> || where the testing has been done by the appropriate regulatory
> || agencies, they're not approved for use.
> || --
> || Chris H.
> || Microsoft Windows MVP
> || Tablet Creations - http://nicecreations.us/
> || Associate Expert
> || Expert Zone - www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone
> ||
> ||
> || "Kerry Liles" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> || news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> ||| Most folks in Europe have long ago solved the AC 110 volt issue ...
> ||| I would
> ||| not think that would be a problem. Interference with other 2.4Ghz
> ||| equipment
> ||| might be a problem to be sure (I have no idea).
> ||| Whether the broadband networking GUI would operate on an Italian
> ||| version of
> ||| Windows is another question, but is largely moot because the GUI
> ||| setup is not really needed.
>
>

So,
Do you think just using the router within the contry's range of channels
would be sufficient? I might be traveling in Asia and wanted to bring my
MN-700.

Jason Tsang wrote:
|| It uses a range of channels around 2.4 ghz.
||
|| http://www.qsl.net/vk6zse/802_11channels-ar-freqs.htm
|| That lists the central frequency for each channel
||
|| However, the channels overlap (due to the lower and upper frequencies
|| overlapping)
|| See here for more of an illustration of the overlap
|| http://www.qsl.net/vk6zse/802_11channels-ar-freqs.htm
||
||
|| --
|| Jason Tsang - Microsoft MVP
||
|| Find out about the MS MVP Program -
|| http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/default.aspx
||
|| "Maxx" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
|| news:(E-Mail Removed)...
||| I thought 802.11b was 2.4GHz.... only the channels may changes
||| from one location to another... like in North american, it is 1 to
||| 11... would only making sure to use one of the available channels
||| in the other contry fix the problem?
|||
|||
||| Chris H. wrote:
||||| There's no telling what it might interfere with in other
||||| countries or jurisdictions, and outside the supported North
||||| American markets where the testing has been done by the
||||| appropriate regulatory agencies, they're not approved for use.
||||| --
||||| Chris H.
||||| Microsoft Windows MVP
||||| Tablet Creations - http://nicecreations.us/
||||| Associate Expert
||||| Expert Zone - www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone
|||||
|||||
||||| "Kerry Liles" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
||||| news:(E-Mail Removed)...
|||||| Most folks in Europe have long ago solved the AC 110 volt issue
|||||| ... I would
|||||| not think that would be a problem. Interference with other 2.4Ghz
|||||| equipment
|||||| might be a problem to be sure (I have no idea).
|||||| Whether the broadband networking GUI would operate on an Italian
|||||| version of
|||||| Windows is another question, but is largely moot because the GUI
|||||| setup is not really needed.