Nintendo WiFi [FIXED....mostly]

RageMatrix · Post by **RageMatrix** » Sat Jun 24, 2006 2:21 pm 0

So I just went into town to grab a Nintendo WiFi USB Connector, figuring this would be the quickest way to get online seeing as how my router seems not to work (Wanadoo LiveBox) directly.

And I still can't.

With the same fucking errors. (61020, 52001)

The Nintendo USB Connector software says I've connected to it okay, but thats as far as I get.

I'm at a total loss. If I can't get this working I may as well just return the DSLite to the shop....the online play is most of the reason I bought it.

namor7 · Post by **namor7** » Sat Jun 24, 2006 2:37 pm 0

That's nuts

I mean, there's NO reason the wifi connector shouldn't work. I have one, it's never given me a problem. Don't know what to tell you...

When you go to the WFC Settings menu, you choose 'Nintendo Wifi Connector', not the above configurations, right?

RageMatrix · Post by **RageMatrix** » Sat Jun 24, 2006 2:40 pm 0

I know. I'm totally pissed off. I've tried just about everything. Is there some way to find out the settings for the USB Connector....ie. what connection its trying to use/ports or something?

RageMatrix · Post by **RageMatrix** » Sat Jun 24, 2006 4:25 pm 0

RageMatrix wrote:I know. I'm totally pissed off. I've tried just about everything. Is there some way to find out the settings for the USB Connector....ie. what connection its trying to use/ports or something?

Fixed....I think. If I plug the USB Connector into my laptop and join the wireless network, I seem to be able to get online. More research needed, I think....but at least I'm going

disciple · Post by **disciple** » Sat Jun 24, 2006 4:27 pm 0

Firewally type stuff on your desktop?

RageMatrix · Post by **RageMatrix** » Sat Jun 24, 2006 4:36 pm 0

Just the WinXP firewall. But its exactly the same setup on the laptop. Very odd.

Mayhem · Post by **Mayhem** » Sat Jun 24, 2006 6:08 pm 0

You running Norton? The Nintendi wi-fi connector IS a bit fussy about getting through. Got all the proper ports available for access?

RageMatrix · Post by **RageMatrix** » Sat Jun 24, 2006 7:35 pm 0

Mayhem wrote:You running Norton? The Nintendi wi-fi connector IS a bit fussy about getting through. Got all the proper ports available for access?

No.....no Norton. Just the router firewall and the Windows XP one. I think I've opened the correct ports, but I can't find the official documentation about which ports the DS uses. Besides, the same ports are open on the laptop, and that seems to work fine. Its very irriatating.....I have to have the laptop on to play me DS online, whereas it would be far better to have the desktop using it as its on most of the time anyway.

Hopefully I can get rid of all this hassle by getting a decent damned router, but even so...

Bubba · Post by **Bubba** » Sat Jun 24, 2006 7:43 pm 0

RageMatrix wrote:Hopefully I can get rid of all this hassle by getting a decent damned router, but even so...

Yeah, good luck with that. The DS WiFi service is stupidly fucking picky about routers. Compared to any other WiFi enabled device I've used it is a complete joke - bad enough that it *still* doesn't support WPA, but the complete farce of trying to play Mario Kart online with two of my access points / router set up and then a bridged unencrypted network (because wep always goes screwy after an hour or so) resulted in those very errors occuring frequently so in the end I just gave up. Now I just hope that Ninty have learned from this farce and done the Wee's WiFi properly...

Cheers

Bubba

disciple · Post by **disciple** » Sat Jun 24, 2006 8:14 pm 0

Bubba wrote:
RageMatrix wrote:Hopefully I can get rid of all this hassle by getting a decent damned router, but even so...
Yeah, good luck with that. The DS WiFi service is stupidly fucking picky about routers. Compared to any other WiFi enabled device I've used it is a complete joke - bad enough that it *still* doesn't support WPA, but the complete farce of trying to play Mario Kart online with two of my access points / router set up and then a bridged unencrypted network (because wep always goes screwy after an hour or so) resulted in those very errors occuring frequently so in the end I just gave up. Now I just hope that Ninty have learned from this farce and done the Wee's WiFi properly...

Cheers

Bubba

I had a few issues with my DS, nothing major, it would just have to connect to the router twice before being assigned an address. All that's disappeared since I've had a Lite though which makes me think the original DS' nic wasn't quite up to scratch rather than it being anything to do with the service as such.

Of course RageMatrix owns a lite but in this case there seems to be something up with his desktop rather it being anything router related.

Mayhem · Post by **Mayhem** » Sat Jun 24, 2006 10:25 pm 0

My next question was gonna be are you using a router with a firewall, and yeah... highly possibly that's the issue.

RageMatrix · Post by **RageMatrix** » Sat Jun 24, 2006 11:15 pm 0

Well, after about three hours of messing about I have my DSLite, Palm TX and laptop working correctly, along with all the correct ports open for BitTorrent. The DSlite still needs to work through the USB Connector on the laptop, but its better than the situation this morning. The Palm TX went through a phase of not connecting at all, as did the laptop. Now that I have got things semi-working, I don't really dare change any settings on the router

I'll make do until I get a decent wireless router. I've already spend more money than I should've this weekend on account of the DSLite/USB Connector.

Thanks for all the help. This is my first port of call for scary tech problems that confuse me.

DarkElf · Post by **DarkElf** » Sat Jun 24, 2006 11:27 pm 0

Never had a problem neither on my old DS nor my new DS lite on my AirPort Network. By now 2 Ds lite, a MacBook, a PowerBook, a PowerMac G5 and an xbox 360 work together seamless, and my configuration is a bit non standard because I messed up the port forwarding to get Bittorrent, Acquisition, iChat, Conect360, Drop Copy and Remote Desktop to work.

A lot of word to say... maybe the problem was about something on windows, especially with the security stuff?

...sorry for being a

super charlie · Post by **super charlie** » Sat Jun 24, 2006 11:52 pm 0

Router stuff is beyond me, good job i found http://www.portforward.com

Cheers
Charlie

RageMatrix · Post by **RageMatrix** » Sun Jun 25, 2006 12:14 am 0

DarkElf wrote: A lot of word to say... maybe the problem was about something on windows, especially with the security stuff?

...sorry for being a

Thats okay.....I have no problem with Apple Evangelism

It could well be something in Windows......just like when my wireless adaptor every few days, decides its not a USB2.0 connection anymore and switches itself off. You have to turn the machine off (a restart won't do) before it'll come back to life.

To be fair, the desktop machine (Joshua7) is a lot less stable (Windows install approaches two years old) than my laptop (Joshua8) and the machine itself is no longer top spec. But until it breaks entirely, I can't really face re-installing Windows, all my apps and utilities and setting everything up again.
It was a home built machine and its never been totally rock solid. The powerpack exploded 18 months or so back (destroying the graphics card too), and although it was replaced its never really recovered totally.