Wii wireless compatiblity

miracleboy · 23 Jan 2007 at 17:44

I'm presuming here that the Wii has built-in wireless networking...but does anyone know if it as fussy about router as the DS is?

I have a Vigor 2600 and my DS doesn't like it - will it be the same with the Wii?

ThieveryCorp · 23 Jan 2007 at 19:28

I have had trouble setting it up with my old Netgear 802.11b wireless router.

I've tried pretty much everything I can think of but can't get the Wii to connect...

miracleboy · 23 Jan 2007 at 22:04

In that case, as I'm probably going to have to buy a USB wireless thing for the DS will this also work with the Wii or am I just better off buying a new router altogether!

AndyBorzi · 23 Jan 2007 at 22:06

I use a Belkin 802.11g and the wii picked it up first time, 2 rooms and a stairwell away!

exodus · 23 Jan 2007 at 23:02

I have a linksys wrt54g and the wii worked flawlessly with it from day one.

Kreeeee · 23 Jan 2007 at 23:03

The Wii is far less fussy than the DS. I have a WRT54G with third party firmware without it's case though

djay · 23 Jan 2007 at 23:19

miracleboy said:
I'm presuming here that the Wii has built-in wireless networking...but does anyone know if it as fussy about router as the DS is?

I have a Vigor 2600 and my DS doesn't like it - will it be the same with the Wii?

My Wii connects up fine to my Vigor 2800vg, so yours should be fine.

miracleboy · 24 Jan 2007 at 08:42

Cool thanks for the replies guys, just need to find a Wii now!

Pug · 24 Jan 2007 at 09:52

never managed to get it working with my Netgear DG834G jobbie

Kreeeee · 24 Jan 2007 at 09:53

Pug said:
never managed to get it working with my Netgear DG834G jobbie

Tried channel 11?

Pug · 24 Jan 2007 at 10:01

yep, defaults to 11.

signal strength isnt the issue, its about 8 foot away, and it sees the signal strength in the connection screen, just fails to connect

any more tips gratefully received...

Hilly · 24 Jan 2007 at 10:12

Pug said:
yep, defaults to 11.

signal strength isnt the issue, its about 8 foot away, and it sees the signal strength in the connection screen, just fails to connect

any more tips gratefully received...

I had problems with the WPN824, channel 11, fully settup.

if you turn of encryption (WEP) does the Wii work ? If yes, then that's the problem, instead of generating a key when you use Wep, SPECIFY one. Netgear routers generally don't work when specifying, add a key your self, and you should be fine.

Broken Arrow · 24 Jan 2007 at 10:12

I hooked mine up to a new DG834G last night without any problems. What error message are you getting? Have you upgraded the router firmware to the latest version?

Pug · 25 Jan 2007 at 14:54

missed this...

Error no, i forget, pretty generic one i think. i'll find out tonight for definite. As for my WEP i set it manually to like 1234567890 on both, no joy that way - the lappy still connected. I suspect it won't work without wep either, but as i say i'll investigate tonight.

Havent upgraded router, don't really want to as i'm afraid we'll lose the net connection details (shared house, guy who's account it is, is out of the country).

Broken Arrow · 25 Jan 2007 at 15:15

You can export the router config settings via its control panel. It spits out a cfg file which you can stick back in after upgrading the firmware so you shouldn't have a problem if the upgrade does wipe out the details.

Also what wireless mode do you have it set on? A common misconception is the the Wii is wireless g but the card in it is in fact b only so you need it either on mixed b&g or just b mode.

Raymond Lin · 25 Jan 2007 at 15:16

Pug said:
never managed to get it working with my Netgear DG834G jobbie

I got v3 of the same router, works fine here.

I am using Channel 1 thou, check mac addy filtering, that was my problem when i couldn't figure out why it wouldn't connect.

Pug · 25 Jan 2007 at 15:19

Raymond Lin said:
I got v3 of the same router, works fine here.

I am using Channel 1 thou, check mac addy filtering, that was my problem when i couldn't figure out why it wouldn't connect.

cheers fellas, will do..