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thekakapo · Joined: 13 Mar 2008 Location: Seoul, Korea

Where do you go to get a wireless router? I kind of have no idea to set it up or anything much else, but I do know that my 3-foot long wire is not going to give me any kind of internet freedom.

So... what neighborhood? How should I ask for it?

JungMin · Joined: 18 May 2005

Well, there's that mythical place called Yongsan that the search button will reveal. I've even heard rumors that you can find them in EMarts, LotteMarts, Samsung Stores, etc.

But I dunno....Router?? I'd say your shit outa luck. Shocked

ttompatz · Joined: 05 Sep 2005 Location: Kwangju, South Korea

thekakapo · Joined: 13 Mar 2008 Location: Seoul, Korea

Sorry, I just realized how woefully unspecific that was.

I did read the post on Yongsan. The thing is, when I tried to explain a wireless router to my co-teacher she seemed to now know what it was. All I want to do is get wireless in my studio so I can talk on my Skype phone.

How am I supposed to explain that, though? Do some of the vendors speak some English? If so, they'd be very different from the clothing vendors in Dongdaemun!

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

In Korean, it sounds like "Moo-Sohn Row-tah" (The "ow" in "row" sounds like "ou" in "ouch").

I suggest a good cheapie to get, if you have a small place, is the Belkin Wireless G. It's around 35,000 won. No, it's not the most powerful, but it's plenty fast, and powerful enough for one place (you don't want your neighbors getting your signal anyway). I've installed 4 for others, and they just plain work, and keep working.

It should give you the choice of English menus, too, I think. Disable the firewall though (this won't leave you totally unprotected). Belkin firewalls are very agressive, and will screw up messenger programs and other stuff when on.

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ttompatz · Joined: 05 Sep 2005 Location: Kwangju, South Korea

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thekakapo · Joined: 13 Mar 2008 Location: Seoul, Korea

Thanks for the info on the router- I'm off today to find it! Wish me luck!

Re: Skype phone: so far it's seeming like a waste of money. It doesn't work most places. I'd rather have gotten the $50 cordless phone, which should work once I get the router. Cross your fingers!

spliff · Joined: 19 Jan 2004 Location: Khon Kaen, Thailand

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thekakapo · Joined: 13 Mar 2008 Location: Seoul, Korea

Hi!

I bought a D-Link DIR-300 that seems pretty legit, only their set-up page is in Korean and I am utterly flummoxed. I got to the page where I had to enter the MAC ID and something seems to have gone horribly awry after that.

If I offered someone an asian pear, a cold Cass, and a bag of pistachios is there any way I could get some Korean-speaking good Samaritan to help me out in this jam? I'm located in central Seoul.

I suck at technology.

spliff · Joined: 19 Jan 2004 Location: Khon Kaen, Thailand

Why don't you go to there website and download their manual in English. Anyhow, unless ur running multiple coms or need port forwarding for p2p it should just plug and play.

thekakapo · Joined: 13 Mar 2008 Location: Seoul, Korea

I have the manual - it says I have to register it. It didn't automatically work- the signal showed up but I still couldn't get online. I can read the manual and follow it, but the registration site doesn't work.

Could this be another instance of being cursed by my Apple laptop?

spliff · Joined: 19 Jan 2004 Location: Khon Kaen, Thailand

You don't have to register it. I haven't done mine yet after 4 months. You'll just get a start up window asking u to do so but u can choose don't show again and that's it. I reckon a 4th grader could do a card installation. Hope u have it done by now. Did u download a program the totally wipe ur former drivers? That's probably ur problem. Don't know about MAC as I couldn't be bothered shelling out all the extra cash. Wouldn't own an Ipod as well.

thekakapo · Joined: 13 Mar 2008 Location: Seoul, Korea

All I know is this:

I accepted the DLINK wireless connection, and my wireless bars show full connectivity.

Regardless, I cannot get on the internet with the router.

The manual, which is in English on the start-up CD, says that I need to do an installation process. The installation site, however, is in Korean.

So now I have a router which apparently works fine that I can't connect to. It's very frustrating, since now I have a piece of electronics sitting to the left of me and I'm still tethered to this cable internet connection.