Networking a Wii

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Not sure if this should be here or in the console forums, but i think its closer to do with the networking side of things.

Ive been trying to connect my Wii to my wireless router (wrt54gl running tomato) but each time the Wii trys a test it always fails. If i check the device list on tomato and then run a test on the Wii, the mac of the wii shows up but has no IP listed (it cant give the wii a IP as my wireless router isnt my DHCP server, so i set the Wii IP manualy).

My router has been set to only allow the mac address of my laptop and the wii for wireless connections, so thats not whats stopping it from connecting. Ive typed my WPA2 key into the Wii twice to make sure it is correct (i think its 30-40 characters long, letters (upper and lowercase)/numbers, so its quite a pain to retype).

The only 2 settings im unsure about is the default gateway and the DNS settings. The default gateway has been set as the wireless router at one point, and my netgear router (which is connected to the cable modem) at another attempt and neither of them settings solved the problem, but im unsure which is the correct one to be the gateway. As for the DNS settings, my wireless router lists 0.0.0.0 as both primary and secondary DNS, so instead of trying that on my Wii, i copied the 2 IPs from my netgear router and used those DNS servers (they are the ones my ISP let me use by default).

 

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I just checked my routers B/G settings and its set to mixed, so it can use either. Next time i get a chance to test it again i will try disable the mac filter compleatly to see if that works, and also try switch to WPA or WEP instead of WPA2, just to see if it makes any difference (although tbh i would rather not do this, as there is several other WLANs in the area, so i would rather have the best security available).

Just found this:

Edit: Also for the Gateway / DNS Settings: For default gateway, if you've got any computers connected through the wireless, have a look at what they're using for default gateway (with ipconfig) and use the same (Not that it will fix this as you've already said you tried both routers IPs). DNS wise what you've done sounds fine.

Another afterthought: I've never tried setting a Wii up going through 2 routers before (From your post it sounds like that's what you have anyway), can you try it just with the Linksys connected to your modem and see if that works?

At the moment, i have a netgear rp614v3 connected to my cable modem, and a switch, 2 pcs and the wireless router and then connected to that switch, so the wrt54gl is acting as nothing more then an access point realy. Attaching it directly to the cable modem isnt realy viable at the moment, so i just hope that isnt the problem.

After checking ipconfig /all on my wireless laptop, it seems that the neatgear router is the default gateway, not my wireless router, and that the DNS server ips on my netgear router are the correct ones to be used (it works for my laptop after all).

Thanks for the help everyone, ill try a few more things later to see if i can get the Wiis wifi working and report back my progress.

 

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Well i managed to get the connection working, all it took in the end was changing the wireless channel from 5 to 11. Only problem now is that whenever i tried to join a MoH multiplayer game, it just says disconnected from network right after i join the game, and so i cant use it. And without being able to play MoH online, there isnt much point to me having online connectivity on my Wii at the moment.