Nintendo wi-fi assistance

LORD APOCALYPSE · 17 Feb 2008 at 15:30

Ok, have my wireless router with 2 laptops using wireless for it. My wii connects for updates, but it seems to drop the connection quite easily. It's not that far away from the router, through a fairly thin wall. It's a buffalo airstation i'm using, recommended for the nintendo wifi.

I also have the usb dongle from before i wifi'ed the house, however, it doesn't seem to work well plugging the usb wifi dongle into a laptop that has another wifi dongle to connect to the router.

Any one have any ideas or suggestions? I haven't found the ninty wifi site too helpful.

p.s. My wii seems to connect mostly ok for the channels but simply won't connect if it's through a game online, ie battalion wars.

NokkonWud · 17 Feb 2008 at 15:34

I have a similar problem with my Wii, it takes me forever to grab updates because the signal drops. The wi-fi in the Wii is a total piece of garbage. It's right next to my PS3 which hasn't dropped a connection in months and months, the Wii will do it every time I try to do something online. I just don't bother any more.

barnettgs · 17 Feb 2008 at 15:40

What router are you using?

Kreeeee · 17 Feb 2008 at 15:48

NokkonWud said:
I have a similar problem with my Wii, it takes me forever to grab updates because the signal drops. The wi-fi in the Wii is a total piece of garbage. It's right next to my PS3 which hasn't dropped a connection in months and months, the Wii will do it every time I try to do something online. I just don't bother any more.

Works perfect for me with my WRT54G, unlike my PS3.

Werewolf · 17 Feb 2008 at 17:16

i've yet to ave a problem with my wrt54gs, iirc the wii tends to work best on a couple of particular wireless channels.

NokkonWud · 17 Feb 2008 at 17:24

Kreeeee said:
Works perfect for me with my WRT54G, unlike my PS3.

I use a BT Home Hub and it's a bloody nightmare.

barnettgs · 17 Feb 2008 at 17:32

NokkonWud said:
I use a BT Home Hub and it's a bloody nightmare.

Get rid of it.

NokkonWud · 17 Feb 2008 at 17:35

barnettgs said:
Get rid of it.

Have the whole phone set thing that's part of it.

Kreeeee · 17 Feb 2008 at 17:36

Werewolf said:
i've yet to ave a problem with my wrt54gs, iirc the wii tends to work best on a couple of particular wireless channels.

11 is what they always recommend.

McManicMan · 17 Feb 2008 at 17:55

Kreeeee said:
11 is what they always recommend.

yep mines on that and no probs with my wrt54gs with PS3 or wii or 360 or pc

barnettgs · 17 Feb 2008 at 18:06

NokkonWud said:
Have the whole phone set thing that's part of it.

Thats the problem, BT Home Hub got you hooked!

muppet · 17 Feb 2008 at 18:22

yep wrt54gs here and everything is fine .

i have my lads pc , 2 ds"s and the wii. even a daft lad like me managed to set it up

cheers

GarethDW · 17 Feb 2008 at 18:28

Another WRT54GL user here (running dd-wrt)... channel 11 too, iirc.

Linwig · 17 Feb 2008 at 20:44

And yet another WRT54G user here. On Channel 11 also, WPA2 and using the MAC filter. Most of my neighbours wireless networks security levels are so low I don't even know why I bother subscirbing to broadband I should just connect to their networks!

Have not experienced any problems with the Wii dropping so far. I am guessing you have the latest firmware installed? Would port forwarding apply to the gaming problem you mention? :confused:

james.miller · 17 Feb 2008 at 20:49

most routers default to channel 6 which does cause problems with wii's for some reason

ZG002 · 17 Feb 2008 at 20:55

Im forced to use a home hub also.. Its the biggest pile of **** ive used to date. Hate the thing.

LORD APOCALYPSE · 18 Feb 2008 at 10:32

I have it on channel 1 now and i could connect to the wfc last night but the connection dropped during data transfer all the time.

Just wanted to give battalion wars a bash online.

Edit: updated the usb software and it's working perfect! Gonna try moving my wii a bit closer for normal router connection.