Wireless-G Broadband Router

I'm planning on buying the router in the US before I
return to the UK, and wondered if anyone who has one of
these had access to the DC power supply requirements of
the base station. I'm assuming if I get the correctly
rated dc transformer, I should be able to plug it into our
240V AC supply.

You will have problems if you try to connect UK wireless hardware to it
because each country uses a different section of the 2.4 Ghz. frequency.
Also if you call Microsoft they will not help you as you are outside
the support boundaries.

Phil Scordis wrote:

> I'm planning on buying the router in the US before I
> return to the UK, and wondered if anyone who has one of
> these had access to the DC power supply requirements of
> the base station. I'm assuming if I get the correctly
> rated dc transformer, I should be able to plug it into our
> 240V AC supply.

Dear Phil,

DYI is key. This is what I have learned from many trips
to the EU.

I have seen various postings on this subject. And there
are great people with great advice (all MVPs and
the "joker" on this newsgroup, for example). I have not
found the specifications for this in the published
manuals for the MN-500 or MN-700 base stations.

You can get a correctly rated transformer for all your
needs in the UK from many online sources. The current
for small appliance-oriented transformers range from 100
mA to 5 A ( A = amperes).

For a small device like the Linksys or Microsoft base
station a maximum current output of 500mA - 1.5A is
sufficient. The key is the voltage you need to run the
base station. DYI - you can measure this yourself. With
a simple Volt-Ohm meter (VOM) or its digital equivalent
(DVM), place the leads at the output of the base
station's US DC transformer. Read the voltage. That is
is the voltage which you wish to transform.

Measuring the actual current is tricker, not really
necessary, but doable. With short leads attaching the DC
power supply to the base station, across which you can
measure the current while it is in operation.

You can apply this to all the portable DC devices you
want to run in the UK.

>-----Original Message-----
>I'm planning on buying the router in the US before I
>return to the UK, and wondered if anyone who has one of
>these had access to the DC power supply requirements of
>the base station. I'm assuming if I get the correctly
>rated dc transformer, I should be able to plug it into
our
>240V AC supply.
>.
>

Be aware that

i) routers designed for the European market will have access to more
wireless channels.
ii) routers designed for the Eurupoean market will have additional
connection types that are not common in North America.

--
Jason Tsang - Microsoft MVP

Find out about the MS MVP Program -
http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/default.aspx

"Phil Scordis" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> I'm planning on buying the router in the US before I
> return to the UK, and wondered if anyone who has one of
> these had access to the DC power supply requirements of
> the base station. I'm assuming if I get the correctly
> rated dc transformer, I should be able to plug it into our
> 240V AC supply.