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Offline Madcat221

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Wire-based net connection?
« on: November 24, 2006, 04:37:01 PM »
My dad, being a masterful network engineer, has umpteen layers of security on the wireless network.  The wire network, however, may be a fair bit easier to access for the Wii... with one problem: how does one acquire an ethernet adapter for the Wii?  Also, is it possible to set up the connection to go through a proxy server?  That's another security feature, one that's caused me no end of grief in the past.
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RE:Wire-based net connection?
« Reply #1 on: November 24, 2006, 05:53:32 PM »
We know that there's an official Nintendo ethernet-to-usb converter that'll come out in Japan...sometime? launch maybe? Maybe it can be imported when it does come out... I'm pretty sure third party ethernet to usb converters don't work...

Or maybe one of those Nintendo USB-to-wireless adapters first released for the DS? Those also work for the Wii!

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RE: Wire-based net connection?
« Reply #2 on: November 24, 2006, 10:05:56 PM »
It should come out Dec. 2nd, when Wii releases in Japan.

The DS adapter that hooks into your PC will work, so you can still have a wired connection except have your PC be a wireless access point for only DS and Wii.
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RE:Wire-based net connection?
« Reply #3 on: November 25, 2006, 03:04:33 AM »
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The DS adapter that hooks into your PC will work, so you can still have a wired connection except have your PC be a wireless access point for only DS and Wii.


Seeing as how that creates a hole in the home net, you may want to run such a plan by your folks.

You may just want to check with them though.  The Wii can handle most standard wireless security schemes, including WPA and WPA2.  On top of that you may need to give him the MAC address of your Wii, in case he does MAC filtering.
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RE:Wire-based net connection?
« Reply #4 on: November 25, 2006, 03:35:54 AM »
It will be available online in early January.
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RE: Wire-based net connection?
« Reply #5 on: November 25, 2006, 03:48:43 AM »
Alas, I am not a network expert like my dad.  How do I learn the MAC address for my Wii?
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RE: Wire-based net connection?
« Reply #6 on: November 25, 2006, 10:08:17 PM »
There's an option under the Wii Settings > Network Settings > MAC Address. I dunno, it's there, trust me, you can find it in 10 min even if you look at every single option.
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