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timetotravel · Joined: 02 Sep 2007 Location: korea

Hi! I am new to Saha-gu Busan and am trying to get my wireless internet connection working. Can anyone help me out and tell me if there are places to go to use it or if I would be able to access from my apartment??? Laptop is new to me so I am really unsure but going nuts without internet at home!!!
Any help would be very appreciated!!

atomic42 · Joined: 06 Jul 2007 Location: Gimhae

I feel your pain.

You can do it now, with or without an ARC. I learned the hard way and suffered unnecessarily for 2 whole weeks.

KT requires only a copy of your passport OR an ARC and I did it myself with an Engrishee speaking operator.

KT phone number for English speakers:
02-520-7800

God speed.

bassexpander · Joined: 13 Sep 2007 Location: Someplace you'd rather be.

Did you pay for a service? Do you already have wired internet at home? What do you have now? Just a notebook that can do wireless?

If you have internet at home, you also need to purchase a wireless router to transmit the signal through the air to your laptop. I would suggest purchasing the Linksys WRT54G. You can get it for around 70,000 or so, and it'll have English menus. From there, there is a lot more to learn.

Another route you can go is to get wireless internet from a Korean company called Nespot. It is the most affordable solution. You can get a Nespot access point put into your home (I think you rent it) also. I have never had the service, and am not sure what it costs. That allows you to also use Nespot anywhere you can find a Nespot AP.

Ask a Korean friend about it.

timetotravel · Joined: 02 Sep 2007 Location: korea

i do not have any connection at home currently. i have a wireless internet button on my computer so i thought if i turned it on i could get online. it shows that its connected but i cant get on any websites!

timetotravel · Joined: 02 Sep 2007 Location: korea

sorry to be a complete idiot, but what is an ARC?

timetotravel · Joined: 02 Sep 2007 Location: korea

i am an idiot! i guess its alien residency card!

bassexpander · Joined: 13 Sep 2007 Location: Someplace you'd rather be.

ARC = Alien Registration Card. It's the card you get from immigration after you get your Visa and everything settled with your job. It has a special number on it that you use to register for stuff.

You need to purchase cable for your home, and buy a router to transmit the signal, as I mentioned above.

Getting internet to your home is your first step.

You can also take your notebook to different areas around town and search for signals. The typical wifi access point/router transmits maybe 50 meters or so from its base location. Using a signally illegally, though, is technically stealing, but people do it all of the time.

Again, first order of business is getting internet for your home. I happen to get a deal with my Cable TV company. They give me 50 channels plus internet via cable modem for about $32 month.

timetotravel · Joined: 02 Sep 2007 Location: korea

okay. so my co teacher has called for me to get it but isnt sure when i can get it. do you know specifically where i can go to get the illegal signals?!

bassexpander · Joined: 13 Sep 2007 Location: Someplace you'd rather be.

No, you have to go "sniff" for them by checking around with your notebook.

Try Starbucks. They often have a signal, but some make you pay.

timetotravel · Joined: 02 Sep 2007 Location: korea

where is there a starbucks in busan close by to saha gu?

colonel sanders · Posted: Thu Sep 20, 2007 10:48 pm Post subject:

Its probably just easiest to go to a pc bang. it will only cost a few bucks and the chairs are so comfy.

Have any of you guys tried setting up a wireless network in your apt buildings? I was planning on splitting the internet bill with my buddy, but heard that thick concrete walls can block the signal.

timetotravel · Joined: 02 Sep 2007 Location: korea

obviously i know nothing about internet!! lol.
do you guys live in busan??? i would love to meet up with some other foreigners!!!

bassexpander · Joined: 13 Sep 2007 Location: Someplace you'd rather be.

If you live next door to someone, and just have one wall between you, you it will work (even through concrete, generally). Some models have more power than others, and can go through more walls.

kat2 · Joined: 25 Oct 2005 Location: Busan, South Korea

Your first order of business should be getting your ARC, if you don't have it already. You only have a set amount of time to do it before you invalidate our visa.

bassexpander · Joined: 13 Sep 2007 Location: Someplace you'd rather be.

Some basic how to videos on setting up a wifi router:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nqj938d90FI&mode=related&search=

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NvGLHppD50o&mode=related&search=

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vSAXMO7aNzg&mode=related&search=