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niwat
Jul 01, 2023Aspirant
raxe300 buy from EU would like to change region to singapore, how to do ?
i order raxe300 from EU and bring router to use in south east asia, i would like to change wireless region from EU to singapore (region selection is gray) i know firmware base on where is the manufa...
niwat
Jul 02, 2023Aspirant
it's gray area cannot do anything
Tigerwife
Sep 25, 2023Guide
Hi
I have bought RAXE300 and RAXE500 from Hong Kong authorized dealer.
RAXE500 can change region code to other Asia Pacific countries, e.g. Japan, Korea, Hong Kong...etc
But the RAXE300 which I bought from Hong Kong with same distributor, it is LOCKED to Europe.
I cannot change the region code. the label at the back is Netgear UK. (RAXE300)
I just found Wifi6E frequency channel in UK is the same as Hong Kong.
Those government blocked reserved frequency is the same in HK and UK.
RAXE500 which don't have Netgear UK label at the back, it do not specify country as RAXE300.
but region locked to Asia Pacific countries. I cannot change it to Europe or USA.
If I want to use ALL frequency in WiFi6E, I can change the region code to Korea in the RAXE500
but seems NO solutions in RAXE300.
Best Regards,
Tiger 🙂
- schumakuSep 25, 2023Guru - Experienced User
Tigerwife wrote:
I have bought RAXE300 and RAXE500 from Hong Kong authorized dealer.
RAXE500 can change region code to other Asia Pacific countries, e.g. Japan, Korea, Hong Kong...etc
But the RAXE300 which I bought from Hong Kong with same distributor, it is LOCKED to Europe.
Talking of the European regulations only, I don't know if using an European LPI device in other regulations would allow higher power - however it's certainly in place on the European/UK device - regardless of the same channels availability.
From the interpretation of the European regulations, equipment operating in this frequency band are divided into two categories:
- Equipment of type "Low Power Indoor (LPI) WAS/RLAN" with a transmit power up to a maximum of 200 mW e.i.r.p. whose use is restricted exclusively to the interior of buildings (indoor). Caution: Use in vehicles is not permitted.
- Equipment of type "Very Low Power (VLP) WAS/RLAN" with a transmit power up to a maximum of 25 mW e.i.r.p., which can also be operated outside buildings, but whose use in drones is not permitted.
Said that, without having the bigger picture of HK or Korean regulations: I would think there was possibly a mishap distributing European/UK regulatory in HK. These might be legal in HK, but the e.i.r.p. and the reach might be limited. Talk to the HK distributor/reseller on this subject.
- TigerwifeSep 25, 2023Guide
WiFi6E standard in UK and Hong Kong are same. I believe this is the reason why RAXE300 have a Netgear UK label at the bottom
- michaelkenwardSep 25, 2023Guru - Experienced User
Tigerwife wrote:
WiFi6E standard in UK and Hong Kong are same. I believe this is the reason why RAXE300 have a Netgear UK label at the bottom
I wonder if we are seeing a Brexit effect here?
My experience of Netgear devices is that those sold into Europe with the EUS model suffix are not region locked.
If it has UK, that is now outside the EU so they may have different setting