Will this work with our setup?

[TheNiceGuy]

Hi all!
My wife just bought a new Lenovo 550 laptop that has WiFi capability. Until now, we have used 2 desktop PCs with the cable type internet. We have Hikari fiberoptic cable internet service here in Japan. It's really fast for our needs. To use the WiFi ability, I understand we need to buy some hardware. Can I just buy this, and plug it into out existing internet cables, and voila - we have WiFi service? Can I use both the cable and Wifi at the same time on our existing internet plan? Thanks for any help!
Oh ya, here's the item I was looking at getting. Its about $50. :
http://corega.jp/prod/wlr300nm/

And here are the available WiFi routers, there are hundreds of them on this page (hope I have the terminology correct):
http://kakaku.com/pc/wireless-router/

 

[imagoon]

こにちは！

Typically you just plug in the AP and configure it to work.

Is the Lenovo 550 using an the Japanese wifi range? If so when you attach the AP you will log in to it via the wire, configure and secure it then connect with the lenovo and enter the pass code you set.

If the Lenovo is an American unit you may run in to issues where the channels don't quite line up. This can sometimes be fixed by installing the Japanese drivers for the wireless card as the radios are typically generic.

I am pretty sure that one you linked to will work but I am not all that great at reading the kanji yet. It has both a wan, multiport switch and wifi in one.

You may be able to buy an access point (only wireless no router / network ports) that will hook up to your current setup with minimal changes.

 

[JackMDS]

Whether you can plug it to the existing service depends on what hardware is used at the end of the fiber.

If there is a router between the fiber feed and your computers (LAN) any Wireless Router that is configured as an Access Point would do.

Using a Wireless Router as a switch with an Access Point - http://www.ezlan.net/router_AP.html

 

[TheNiceGuy]

どうぞよろしくお願いします　アイマぐーん！

Thanks guys!

All stuff bought in Japan, thanks.

I just checked, and there are 3 separate boxes. One for the incoming line, one for the phone, and the third I assume is teh router. The router has 2 interface points used for teh line and phone. The last 3 outlets, 2 are used to plug into our PCs, so there is one free outlet. So I buy a Wifi router and plug that to the free one and follow the setup?
Here's the routers from cheapest. From that specs page, they all look the same, but I don't understand the differences, ie the "b/g" vs "b/g/n" references.

http://kakaku.com/pc/wireless-router/ma_0/p1001/

Will any of them work? Say this one? :

http://www.planex.co.jp/product/router/blw-54cw3/index.shtml

or this one? :

http://www.planex.co.jp/product/router/mzk-mf150/index.shtml


Thanks again!

 

[imagoon]

どうぞよろしくお願いします　アイマぐーん！

I never tried to convert my nickname to katakana before it took me a second to figure that out.

アイマグーン！　

Glad to help

 

[JackMDS]

I can not make sense from the info.

Many of the items on the pages are not even sold in the US.

But if this, http://kakaku.com/item/00774010872/

Is this, http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...-134-_-Product

Then it is an excellent Wireless Router.

 

[TheNiceGuy]

Ahh, sorry, I thought you might recognize some of the tech abreviations in the chart in this link:


That Newegg link for example has the "IEEE 802.11b/g" spec on it. I noticed some with "IEEE 802.11b/g/n". just wondering if teh difference was important. If there is no real difference in specs, I'll just go with one of these cheap ones for $25.

http://kakaku.com/pc/wireless-router/ma_0/p1001/

I assume range is all about the same? How far can we expect?

 

[imagoon]

b/g/n just specify the type of wireless. N is the current "fastest" out there and can run in a 5ghz range (at least in the US, I am unsure what the N 5 ghz channels (if any) are in Japan. Range varies on the power level (sorry I don't know that spec either for overseas.)

Get me job where they need an IT guy with a Masters and I will set it up for you. /wink

 

[RadiclDreamer]

Basic quick and dirty of wireless standards and the differences

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IEEE_802.11

 

[JackMDS]

Basic quick and dirty of wireless standards and the differences

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IEEE_802.11

This a nice info page provided you add that some of the info concerning the Wireless Performance is a Theoretical One, and in most cases Not the real outcome.

I am yet to see a normal indoor environment with a single AP providing 230 feet. :thumbsdown:

 

[TheNiceGuy]

Awesome guys!
So I take it the "n" and "1000mbps" modems for a bit more are redundant for a laptop and an iphone?