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[cj1976]

I bought a D-Link Wireless router. I've managed to set it up so that both my PC and my laptop have internet access and file sharing. The only problem now is that it is still unsecured. I've tried using the default admin console but it's in Korean. Is there another way to do it?

[tractor]

go to their website support downloads and look for any firmware updates for your model of wireless router. there might be an english version or if you d/l from the north american support site, the firmware should already include the english version of the control panel.

if successful make sure to set your security for WPA as it's more secure than WEP.

[idonojacs]

I encountered the same problem.

I bought a wireless router from EMart that had an English description and specs on the box. So naturally I assumed there would be an English software option on the program disk inside.

Wrong.

I even bought a toaster oven with all English on the box, but not a single word of English inside.

Hey, Korean companies: If you have English on the box, how about putting English instructions inside the box? Is this so hard? You must be making English versions of the stuff.

I eventually found an English instruction PDF online for the router. The trouble was the English version was about 70 pages, and the Korean about 130 pages. They were not simply translations; they were entirely different manuals, with different illustrations, so I couldn't make a match.

I brought the router and laptop to school, but the school's computer person apparently had never attempted to use a wireless router, and was totally clueless, even with the far too lengthy instructions.

I contacted the router's Canadian division e-mail, but got no response.

I couldn't make any sense of their firmware downloads, either. They were listed as in pdf format, which didn't make any sense.

So I returned it.

Someone here should be able to help you, though.

BTW, I bought a DLink pcmcia wireless card and never could get it to work, despite a half-dozen calls to DLink's India-based help line. It seems they like to issue a new version of software and firmware for products about once a month. So that went back, too. I am never buying another DLink product.

I got a Belkin that worked the first time I plugged it in.

But my point is, hey Korea, you're pushing English, you're pushing international trade; how about some English manuals with your products? There are a lot of foreigners here who speak English as a first or second language.

In the U.S. we almost always have multilingual instruction manuals.

[SuperHero]

linksys wrt-54g comes with an English interface