WiFi Warpstar Up!
WiFi is up and running! If you are looking for an access point in the village formerly known as Niihari and now part of the great lakeside town of Tsuchiura we have one. Happy war driving.
A bit of a mission, and it seems to cut out intermittently but I am sure we will get that sorted out over the next few days. We ended up going with a NEC wireless broadband router (ATerm WR6650S) over a couple of Buffalo routers, as the support is better. Took a bit of thinking to realise we had to connect to the router via 192.168.0.1 and set up our connection through that. The whole thing is quite complex, with the ADSL line through NTT and then Plala as the provider.
The joys of deregulation. Getting the internet hooked up was a whole lot easier in China, despite the guy who set it up never having seen a Powerbook before, let alone one in English.
16 Comments, Comment or Ping
Cody
Hi,
I’m trying to setup my wireless router (the same as yours – WARPSTAR Aterm WR6650S).
My instructions are in Japanese, and I’m having trouble trying to understand it.
Can you tell me how to go about setting up the router.
I’m using Yahoo BB as my ADSL internet provider.
Thanks, Cody.
Dec 27th, 2007
Ant
I’m having the exact same problem as Cody.
Can you enlighten us?
Thanks.
Wireless-less in Tokyo!
Jan 21st, 2008
psymeg
hi ant and cody,
sorry i havent gotten back to you – havent had much time for this blog recently. my WR6650S is in a box somewhere, as our apartment here in tokyo is a little smaller than our house in ibaraki, so i am not using the router here.
i will try and dig it out tomorrow and see if i can put together a post. there doesnt seem to be much documentation in english… also, i am using ubuntu linux so if you guys are still using windows then what i put up might not be of much use to you.
simon
Jan 26th, 2008
james
hi cody,
i know how to set up your aterm WR6650S because i am using aterm WR6650S too and im using it now just email me if you need my help….
Mar 19th, 2008
Bob
i need help with the warpstar too!! can i get your email address?
Mar 26th, 2008
psymeg
@bob – i sent you an email. it is from a gmail account so you may have to check your hotmail spam folder!
Mar 28th, 2008
Thamu
Could you pleae forward me the mail to setup WR6650S. I too have the same problem. Thanks in advance.
Apr 19th, 2008
psymeg
The setup for windows XP is as follows:
Windows Xp
1. From the start menu, click on the control panel.
2. Click on Network and Internet Settings, then click on Network Settings.
3. Right click on Local Area Networking, then click on Properties.
4. Click on the General tab. Then make sure Internet Protocol (TCP/IP)
is chosen. Then click on the Property button.
5. Check the radio buttons for Automatic IP Address detection, and for
Automatic DNS detection.
6. Click Ok
7. Click Ok.
There are some other things you might have to do depending on whether you are using Internet Explorer or Firefox.
Apr 21st, 2008
andrew
can you send me instructions too? thanks so much
Jul 31st, 2008
simon
Hi Andrew,
I take it from your email address you are using OSX. Will send you an email over the weekend and then post instructions for mac here.
s
Jul 31st, 2008
andrew
thanks so much!
Aug 1st, 2008
andrew
by the way, if you happen to see this before tomorrow, if you could send me the instructions that would be great. i want to help a japanese family install it before i leave, they are unfamiliar with this kind of process. arigatou!
Aug 1st, 2008
simon
the WR6650S manual (in japanese) can be found here: http://121ware.com/product/atermstation/manual/download_bb01.html#wr6650.
For Mac OSX setup is as follows:
1. From the application menu, click on system settings and then on the network icon.
2. Check that the IP address it displays starts with 192.168.0.
3. Open up a browser like firefox and go to http://web.setup/
4. Look for something like ????????. This means administrator password and it will ask you to enter a password twice. You should note this down, although you can reset the box if you need to. Then click on ?? which means save.
5. Then click on the PPPoE (there are other options here, but this is the most common although it depends on your provider). Enter the details your ISP has provided. Where is says ????? this means user name and this should look like an email address eg. XXXX@biglobe.ne.jp. Then at ????? – password enter the password they provided.
6. Then click on ?? again.
7. Click ok.
If you want more than one computer, you might have to set their IP address to 192.168.0.2, 192.168.0.3, 192.168.0.4, etc.
Hope that helps!
Aug 3rd, 2008
hh
http://web.setup/ [enter]
admin [enter]
(your password when you enter number 4 sequence) browser password need; same password. (sorry I dont speak english very well).
Jun 25th, 2009
hh
Se você me entender em português. É assim, a mesma senha que você colocou quando entrou no navegador (browser); que foi definida por você e colocou duas vezes. Então:
1- http://web.setup/ [Enter]
2-Aparece para colocar nome do administrador e senha, coloque:
2.1-admin;
2.2-mesma senha definida por você(duas vezes antes);
Espero ter ajudado. Traduz no google. Boa sorte!. Mas a configuração pode esta em japonês. Pois meu problema era o mesmo e eu estou no Japão. Mesmo assim dará para deduzir olhando o manual.
Jun 25th, 2009
Regarding HH
The router password is the one you use for you Internet service (for your modem) since the router needs that to access the modem. So, mine changed after I switched providers. The name is always “admin”.
Dec 13th, 2009
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