Official Wi-Fi Help thread

[thunderblade12]

okay dumb question...but how do you accomplish the connection? aim the DS at your router?

[pokefan]

you just have to be near the relatively near the damn thing

[thunderblade12]

ok thank you

[wad11656]

Hey, guys! I'm actually on the internet on my Wii talkin' to you guys right now! *Gasp* 0.o Anyway, can you get Micromedia flash on the Wii internet? I ask this because Pokémon won't show up 'cause I'm on my Wii...thanks!!

$wad11656$

(That took a really long time to type on my Wii!)

[shadow94]

hey ummm dumb question but how do you find your WEP key?

[Wig]

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The little Wi-Fi Adaptor thingy is blinking green and I don't know if that's a good or not. And I'm right by the adaptor and it' not freakin' working. I'm frustrated with this little thing. >_>

Whenever I try to go Wi-Fi with AC: WW, Rover couldn't give me my friend code. ._.

A cookie goes to whoever helps.

[Bauer_Hour]

I plan on getting a wireless router SOLELY for the DS, and maybe for notebooks later on. But can all routers connect to the DS? Or can only some? Because I plan on getting a Linksys WRT54G or the WRT54GL, I heard the GL was better, but can anyone give me advice on which one to get and even if those 2 are compatible with the DS?

[*~Water Lover~*]

Sorry for repeating myself, but nobody's answered my question:

I have a scratch on my Nintendo WiFi USB connector, and I think it's affecting the signal. It's not a big scratch, just a small line.
But my connection isn't working well. Everytime it picks up a signal, it just disconnects again.

Also, the green light is blinking rapidly, is it supposed to do that?

[Romeo]

Yeah where do I enter my SSID into my DS so I can go on wifi...do I have to restart my ds someway or something?

[Hassamu]

Hmm, not really about thie Wi-Fi but,
I try to install the toolkit from the CD, works fine untill the end when it says application error. Has anyone experienced that? I use the normal XP. Help would be really appreciated.
Thanks

[Saph]

Okay, I used to have Wifi MAx, but after learning that certain product does not do what it is supposed to do, I decided to get an actual Wireless Router.

I brought an EDIMAX BR-6216Mg. I have it installed, and frequently use it to browse on my laptop. The connection works.

My DS seems to disagree with it however. The problem is with the WEP key. The router shows my WEP as **********. This is a problem. Nintendo Connection Support tells me that if this happens, you have to enter a new one. So I do. But it always reverts back to the stars. So my DS can not access WiFi.

What the hell am I supposed to do?

[Bauer_Hour]

Yeah where do I enter my SSID into my DS so I can go on wifi...do I have to restart my ds someway or something?

You could look for an access point and make sure you have "broadcast" your SSID checked on your router GUI.

[omega-Quad-X]

umm does a usb connector have more lag than a router

[Bauer_Hour]

umm does a usb connector have more lag than a router

No, and this is from experience. Though even if it does, you probably won't notice it.

[omega-Quad-X]

No, and this is from experience. Though even if it does, you probably won't notice it.

ok its probly just me I was wandering because at my friends house he had an router and I could get head shots with
imperialist but with my usb i ccould shoot right through the top of their skull and it counted as a miss but I can miss by a long shot and it would count or they woud just disenegrate and I didnt hit them

[Mr. Marill]

Hey! I lost both my DS Wi-Fi games and now I've got nothing! Waa! 'T's not fair!

[Saph]

No-one can sort out my problem?

[Bauer_Hour]

Okay, I used to have Wifi MAx, but after learning that certain product does not do what it is supposed to do, I decided to get an actual Wireless Router.

I brought an EDIMAX BR-6216Mg. I have it installed, and frequently use it to browse on my laptop. The connection works.

My DS seems to disagree with it however. The problem is with the WEP key. The router shows my WEP as **********. This is a problem. Nintendo Connection Support tells me that if this happens, you have to enter a new one. So I do. But it always reverts back to the stars. So my DS can not access WiFi.

What the hell am I supposed to do?

You should just enter a new WEP key, write it down, and then input it onto the DS. The reason it's in asterisks is for privacy reasons.

[Saph]

You should just enter a new WEP key, write it down, and then input it onto the DS. The reason it's in asterisks is for privacy reasons.

Yeah, it doesn't even work when I enter in the new one.

EDIT: In a recent development I discovered that my router was blocking the connection, so I added its MAC address and is no longer being blocked. But now I have a delightful new error message, 51100, telling me my WEP key is wrong. Now EVERYBODY is telling me that I should just type in a new WEP key on my router settings and use that, but the thing is it just doesn't work.

[Poke doll]

I have a problem with wi-fi on Mario Kart it keeps saying that opponents have disconnected. Ive done it about 50 times to. Please help.

Please anyone...?

[Poke doll]

I have a problem with wi-fi on Mario Kart it keeps saying that opponents have disconnected. Ive done it about 50 times to. Please help.

Please anyone...?

[Absolitude]

First of all don't tri-post. And second of all if they keep in dis-connecting then they get off. It's not you, it's them, you just need to find better and more committed people to play with.

[Chrono]

Please anyone...?

meh...noob :P it means the other persons connection messed up they mightve disconnected cuz they were losing

[Evil_Lathander]

K, here's my problem.

I go sit next to my dad's router... have the DS with Mario Kart in it scan for acces points(non of the three defined yet)

It finds one, but I know from experience it isn't the one from my dad's router. I try the WEP(whihc I have) on it and gives 51099 error code. Yet the router is the correct one for Philips...

Then I look up the data I need on my router's own IP and find What I need to know, enter it and still doesn't work (SSID and WEP are correct, 100% sure)

Only thing left is fact that my dad has de-activated the MAC profiles option...

Do I need to input my DS'es MAC code or not?

Also, I found a couple of hotspots near me which I'll be trying soon enough.

[Saph]

I have an EDIMAX MIMO WIRELESS ROUTER BR-6216Mg.

My Wifi settings are fully configured with the correct information, including the WEP key I assigned to it myself.

I continue to get Error Code 52100. When I check this on nintendowifi.com, it basically tells me 'Do you have the Internet, you complete retard?'

My laptop and my cousin's PSP manages to pick up the wireless signal just fine. But Nintendo Wifi has to be different, so it requires a WEP encryption to work.

The problem is when I switch to WEP security on my router the internet just stops working. I don't see anything in the router options that can fix this.