Thanks for this information! I may be taing a trip to London, so this is great to know! I continue to be impressed with all the global support out there for voiceover, and the increasing number of VO users world wide! This is great! Olivia On Apr 15, 2010, at 7:20 AM, Dónal Fitzpatrick wrote:
> Hi all, > > I intended to post this months ago and forgot. On a trip to the States back > in January I decided to take advantage of the excellent exchange rate and > buy a 13" MBP. I saved a fortune I assure you. > > However, on returning home I discovered something I wasn't previously aware > of. The wireless card in the US models is actually configured differently > from those sold in Europe. The reason is this. FCC regulations in the > States means that wireless routers only broadcast on channels 1-11. In > Europe, we can broadcast on channels 1-13. So, wireless cards on Mac > machines purchased in the US are only set up to operate on channels 1-11. > All of my routers were configured to broadcast on channel 13, so my nice > shiny new machine purchased in the US didn't see any of my routers. > > It was a very simple fix to adjust the channels downwards, and all is now > fine. However if you go to, say a public WIFI area, or are using your > machine on a network where you can't control the channel on which the > wireless signal is broadcast, it might, just might, be a problem for you to > purchase your machine in the US. As an aside, for anyone travelling to > Europe (or Japan) with a US machine, if you can't pick up a wireless signal > that others can, this could be a reason. > > This may, and probably will, affect only a few people but I pass it on for > what it's worth. > > Cheers > > Dónal > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en.
