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#1 {lang:macro__useroffline}   Res {lang:icon}

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Posted 12 November 2007 - 03:38 AM

Okay, I just got my hands on a Wii today. For a limited amount of time.

My question. What piece of hardware to I need to get this little toaster online? And how much would this little thing run me?

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Posted 12 November 2007 - 05:42 AM

If you have wifi at home, it can connect to that. If that's not an option, there's some sort of wifi USB adaptor thing you can buy. I don't really know details about it, but I think you plug it into your computer and it creates a DS/Wii specific wireless network so that the Wii can connect to your internet connection that way. Pretty sure you need broadband for that to work, but that's fairly standard these days. Pricing I haven't got a clue about, google is your friend there though.
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Posted 12 November 2007 - 05:33 PM

I myself bought a wireless range extender for my router and scanned for internet conections on the Wii. Works perfectly thumb.gif

And Goto pretty much explained everything.

Edit: Except for fees. I'm pretty sure the Wii costs normal internet connection fees, nothing lke annual payments. At least for the Internet, Shop and Everybody Votes Channels.
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Posted 13 November 2007 - 12:48 AM

Okay, thanks. Here's my difficulty now.
My house IS WiFi hotspot. We host wireless internet, though our provider is based somewhere in Texas. Now then. I connect and find the spot, but when I go to log in, I get some other errors. Do I need to log in with some specific username or something?
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Posted 13 November 2007 - 01:04 AM

There isn't some specific username for the Wii or anything, but if you've got some sort of encryption on your wifi network then you'll need to enter those details. Not really sure of the specifics, since I suspect things might be a little more complicated at your end than the average home network. Normally you'd just need to know the network ssid and WEP/WPA key, if it wasn't auto-detecting and configuring correctly.


And yeah, no fees for going online. I think they're now charging a one-time payment to download the web browser for it (it used to be free), and of course you have to pay if you want to download Virtual Console titles, but the online connectivity itself has no subscription fee.
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#6 {lang:macro__useroffline}   Res {lang:icon}

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Posted 13 November 2007 - 02:10 AM

<3, thanks. I'll have my technobabble brother figure it out.
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Posted 13 November 2007 - 04:03 AM

Hahahaha, what else did you expect from Wii online?
You should always call them. I find that to be the most helpful thing.

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Posted 13 November 2007 - 04:16 AM

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Hahahaha, what else did you expect from Wii online?

Actually a lot. Because I've played online before. It's actually quite fun, all things considered. Wii is something that I could easily see myself buying in the future when I have the spare cash. It's not a wallet breaker, and it's a pretty good system when you break it down. I've THOROUGHLY enjoyed myself with only two games. Keeping me busy for hours on end.


It's not really the Wii. It's my network setup. It's been found to be impossible to connect the Wii to the internet at my house through Wireless, for the sole reason that Tengo internet (That provides our services) require login and passwords at a webpage to which the Wii does not have. Elsewhere, the Wii will work fine, but the fact that I have so very many connections to work through means that it will be next to impossible to connect to wireless as our connection runs, now.

Unless I went to buy an $80 dollar wireless adapter that would create our own wireless network, but THAT would sufficiently screw up Tengos configurations to cater to my own. I just don't have that kind of patience.

We provide wireless internet to about 12 acres of campers. We have like literally a CLOSET full of wires, routers, switches, cables, and modems that keep a satellite on our roof working. We do not mess with the wires, as it jacks our service up greatly, and causes us a good day or so trying to reconfigure everything again.
Difficult to explain.

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Not happening. Not Wiis fault. Service provider is a pain.
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Posted 14 November 2007 - 10:50 AM

Yeah, I guessed it might be something complicated like that... The Wii works fine with the everyday kind of home wireless networks that most people would use, but they went for simplicity of setup so it doesn't handle complexity such as yours very well. Bit of a pity, it'd be nice if they provided some more advanced optional settings. I guess it's only a fairly small minority that would actually need them though. sad.gif
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Posted 14 November 2007 - 12:39 PM

Later today, I may go ahead and try to fiddle with a lot of the workings to see if I can get it to work.

Highly doubtful, though. Thanks for the help.
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Posted 14 November 2007 - 06:12 PM

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Hahahaha, what else did you expect from Wii online?


You'd expect a lot, and you'd get it.

And Res, I wish you the best of luck. TheSmile.gif
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Posted 14 November 2007 - 08:02 PM

Can I use you as a proxy/VPN?
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Posted 14 November 2007 - 10:30 PM

Nintendo's first crack at online in a system (stationary). That was the second biggest mistake they have made right under not letting Sony make CDs for the N64 (or maybe it was the NES, cant remember).

I expected a lot more from its online.

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Posted 14 November 2007 - 10:41 PM

Of course, because 'Only Microsoft knows how to handle online gaming'.
To be honest, I had more trouble getting Xbox Live connected and working that I do with the Wii.

I'm going to try it soon, and hell, I may end up calling Tengo to see if it's even possible.

Unlike so many people that actually have online consoles, there are more to games than playing online. Most actually come with a... omg, story mode or campaign or something that doesn't require internet connectivity, and some of them are actually pretty decent. ö

So with online play or not, I'm still set on saving money and buying a Wii. If for only the fact of how you PLAY the damn thing. That in itself is just freaking awesome.
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Posted 15 November 2007 - 02:37 AM

I also think all this online gaming stuff nowadays takes away a lot of the fun from getting together with friends to play. I mean sure it's convenient, but it's not really comparable to being in the same room.

Gamecube had online functionality, it's just that it never really got the support from game developers it needed to go very far. The Wii and DS online capability is fine though, unless your situation is a lot more complicated (like Res) or you're computer illiterate (and even then it'll auto-configure correctly provided your wireless isn't encrypted). To be honest I'm not sure how long Microsoft can get away with being the only one to charge fees for online...
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