Nintendo Wi-Fi USB Connector - $27 shipped
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paintball745
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what are the advantages of this because the wii can already do wifi.
pitfallharry219
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[quote name='paintball745']what are the advantages of this because the wii can already do wifi.[/quote]
It's for people without wireless routers or people who can't get their wireless router to work with the Wii/DS.
It's for people without wireless routers or people who can't get their wireless router to work with the Wii/DS.
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That's a good price, but it's a shame the product is garbage.
Nintendo's support for this POS is downright atrocious. I actually bought one of these things almost 2 years ago to play some online DS games. The only way I was eventually able to use it was to completely shut off any and all anti-virus and firewall software (or else buy new compatible software). I kept hoping for them to improve compatibility, but they didn't.
I eventually gave mine to my brother when he moved into a place which didn't allow personal wireless networks (he gave me his wireless router), and then he proceeded to spend a ton of time trying to get it to work with his setup (of course at the time he couldn't even use it on his good computer since it took them a couple of months to get Vista support for the device).
Anyways, according to Nintendo's official website http://www.nintendo.com/consumer/systems/wii/en_na/onlineUSB.jsp
It's now a discontinued item, to be honest I wish it was discontinued ages ago considering how poorly it was supported.
Nintendo's support for this POS is downright atrocious. I actually bought one of these things almost 2 years ago to play some online DS games. The only way I was eventually able to use it was to completely shut off any and all anti-virus and firewall software (or else buy new compatible software). I kept hoping for them to improve compatibility, but they didn't.
I eventually gave mine to my brother when he moved into a place which didn't allow personal wireless networks (he gave me his wireless router), and then he proceeded to spend a ton of time trying to get it to work with his setup (of course at the time he couldn't even use it on his good computer since it took them a couple of months to get Vista support for the device).
Anyways, according to Nintendo's official website http://www.nintendo.com/consumer/systems/wii/en_na/onlineUSB.jsp
It's now a discontinued item, to be honest I wish it was discontinued ages ago considering how poorly it was supported.
Yeah, the Wii has a G card and uses a B driver, so it doesn't work on pure G networks; and forget WPA2. I bought the wired ethernet adaptor and ran a cable. Nintendo doesn't understand networking to save their lives. I don't get all the pissing and moaning about the 360's lack of built-in WiFi; Micro$oft didn't put in a major security hole for once and people are upset.
pitfallharry219
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I've had mine for a good while now and I've never had a problem with it working.
coolbho3000
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It's a great dongle, if you modify it:
http://forums.afterdawn.com/thread_view.cfm/390312
This turns your PC into a full fledged wireless router!!
Now it works fine with my DS, Wii, PS3, and any other WiFi device I throw at it. Working perfectly at 24mbps wireless G. The only problem is you give up security because it only supports WEP in the above mode.
http://forums.afterdawn.com/thread_view.cfm/390312
This turns your PC into a full fledged wireless router!!
Now it works fine with my DS, Wii, PS3, and any other WiFi device I throw at it. Working perfectly at 24mbps wireless G. The only problem is you give up security because it only supports WEP in the above mode.
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