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Will an R7800 router from China work in NZ?
I have all-but bought a R7800 router from TradeMe (NZ online shopping). The packaging is written in Chinese. The private seller says it was an unwanted gift from a friend who bought it within China...
I wonder if the seller has much idea as to how these things work.
The R7800 is a router.It connects to a modem.
The bit where they say "you would still need the default router that provided by your ISP" is odd. ISPs don't provide "routers" in the sense that most people understand it. They provide modem/routers. The modem bit is what matters.
I could understand it if they said "you would still need the default modem that provided by your ISP".
Your first message said that your connection would be:
"Chorus Modem -> ISP's router -> This router ->"
Does that mean that your ISP supplies two boxes? A modem and a router?
The usual pattern is to supply a single modem/router. You then plug your router into that.
A daisy chain of two routers can cause a headache in its own right. (A similar discussion on that is now in progress.)
Doesn't Netgear make most of its stuff in China?
Hello michaelkenward.
You may be right. Although my Chinese wife searched online and found that within China, one Chinese seller is selling two versions. One version for China and one version for US. We couldn't establish if the only difference is the writing on the box or not.