wirelsss networking?

meno_rocks123 · 09-23-2007, 10:48 AM

I just got a Wii last Friday and I do not have a wireless router (my parents didn't buy one when I told them too, instead they bought an expensive piece of ****) and I have no money to buy a wifi USB connector. Does anyone know any different ways to create a wireless network from your computer other than clicking the "set up a wireless network for your home or office".

thanks in advance

PS metroid prime ftw

fido123 · 09-23-2007, 10:56 AM

I'm confused...do you have a wireless router that you can't get to work or you don't have one?

If you have a wireless router and you can get it to recognize that there is a wireless router you may have to turn your routers security off and if the Wii asks your for a port number you have to open a port from the router being TCP and UPC.

meno_rocks123 · 09-23-2007, 11:08 AM

No I don't have a wireless router, even though I specifically told my parents to buy one.

I'm trying to figure out how to create a wireless network (from my computer) for my Wii to find and connect to.

fido123 · 09-23-2007, 12:12 PM

I don't think it's possible unless you have some pretty tricked out WLAN card.

OrganisM · 09-23-2007, 12:45 PM

...if you don't have a network, you don't have a network. Simple as that.

You can get a wireless router for as cheap as $40.

**gabgabo** · 09-23-2007, 03:18 PM

I got my wireless wii router for 23,99$ CAN without taxes, you can probably get on for the same USA price since CAN and USA are worth mostly the same thing now.

**stretchypanda** · 09-23-2007, 03:21 PM

Wait, what did your parents buy instead of a router?

meno_rocks123 · 09-23-2007, 07:29 PM

an alpha shild (it slows down my internet connection to ~30% of what it should be whereas I could, for $20CDN more, have the best router you can buy (and it's wireless) =(
also, I can buy a wifi adapter for my computer but iut's 35 bucks that I don't have right now.

**Pyroshock** · 09-23-2007, 07:54 PM

I'm assuming that's a wired router.

You need a wireless router to have a wireless network. You can't just have a wireless network out of nowhere.

What you probably want is a Linksys WRT54G. It's 802.11b/g and really easy to set up. It's $40 American I think.

OrganisM · 09-23-2007, 07:58 PM

You can't get the best wireless router around for $20, sorry.

PS: Metroid Prime blows. Played it at the Cube Clubs before it even came out, and then bought the first and second games on their releases. The old Metroid side-scrolling games are so much more better and are actually innovative for their time. There is nothing that Metroid Prime does that hasn't been done, and it doesn't do what it does particularly well. Plus it lacks online support, and the game hardly varies from one iteration to the next.

**Pyroshock** · 09-23-2007, 08:38 PM

I think he meant for 20 dollars more than that Alpha Shield.

PS: You obviously haven't played Metroid Prime 3.

09-23-2007, 10:48 AM	#1
meno_rocks123 FFR Player Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: in a box on the corner of main and broadway Age: 31 Posts: 2,324	wirelsss networking? I just got a Wii last Friday and I do not have a wireless router (my parents didn't buy one when I told them too, instead they bought an expensive piece of ****) and I have no money to buy a wifi USB connector. Does anyone know any different ways to create a wireless network from your computer other than clicking the "set up a wireless network for your home or office". thanks in advance PS metroid prime ftw

09-23-2007, 10:56 AM	#2
fido123 FFR Player Join Date: Sep 2005 Age: 32 Posts: 4,245	Re: wirelsss networking? I'm confused...do you have a wireless router that you can't get to work or you don't have one? If you have a wireless router and you can get it to recognize that there is a wireless router you may have to turn your routers security off and if the Wii asks your for a port number you have to open a port from the router being TCP and UPC.

09-23-2007, 11:08 AM	#3
meno_rocks123 FFR Player Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: in a box on the corner of main and broadway Age: 31 Posts: 2,324	Re: wirelsss networking? No I don't have a wireless router, even though I specifically told my parents to buy one. I'm trying to figure out how to create a wireless network (from my computer) for my Wii to find and connect to.

09-23-2007, 12:12 PM	#4
fido123 FFR Player Join Date: Sep 2005 Age: 32 Posts: 4,245	Re: wirelsss networking? I don't think it's possible unless you have some pretty tricked out WLAN card.

09-23-2007, 12:45 PM	#5
OrganisM FFR Player Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Nesoi, Olympus System Posts: 2,644	Re: wirelsss networking? ...if you don't have a network, you don't have a network. Simple as that. You can get a wireless router for as cheap as $40. __________________ . Originally Posted by jewpinthethird[link]: "If you get stung by enough bees you turn into a bee, because the venom gets into the blood stream which spreads bee DNA throughout your entire body... changing your genetic structure into a bee's. Every year roughly 125 people in America are turned into bees this way." Originally Posted by MrRubix[link]: "Do you basically bukkake-paint your walls every time you jack it?" Originally Posted by All_That_Chaz[link]: "My pity-sex depreciates at a rate of 5% annually."

09-23-2007, 03:18 PM	#6
gabgabo FFR Veteran Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Canada Age: 31 Posts: 1,811	Re: wirelsss networking? I got my wireless wii router for 23,99$ CAN without taxes, you can probably get on for the same USA price since CAN and USA are worth mostly the same thing now.

09-23-2007, 03:21 PM	#7
stretchypanda shock me shock me Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Texas Age: 39 Posts: 4,123	Re: wirelsss networking? Wait, what did your parents buy instead of a router?

09-23-2007, 07:29 PM	#8
meno_rocks123 FFR Player Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: in a box on the corner of main and broadway Age: 31 Posts: 2,324	Re: wirelsss networking? an alpha shild (it slows down my internet connection to ~30% of what it should be whereas I could, for $20CDN more, have the best router you can buy (and it's wireless) =( also, I can buy a wifi adapter for my computer but iut's 35 bucks that I don't have right now.

09-23-2007, 07:54 PM	#9
Pyroshock ε=-dΦ/dt Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: College Station, TX Age: 32 Posts: 1,170	Re: wirelsss networking? I'm assuming that's a wired router. You need a wireless router to have a wireless network. You can't just have a wireless network out of nowhere. What you probably want is a Linksys WRT54G. It's 802.11b/g and really easy to set up. It's $40 American I think. __________________ http://pyroshock.bandcamp.com http://soundcloud.com/pyroshock

09-23-2007, 07:58 PM	#10
OrganisM FFR Player Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Nesoi, Olympus System Posts: 2,644	Re: wirelsss networking? You can't get the best wireless router around for $20, sorry. PS: Metroid Prime blows. Played it at the Cube Clubs before it even came out, and then bought the first and second games on their releases. The old Metroid side-scrolling games are so much more better and are actually innovative for their time. There is nothing that Metroid Prime does that hasn't been done, and it doesn't do what it does particularly well. Plus it lacks online support, and the game hardly varies from one iteration to the next. __________________ . Originally Posted by jewpinthethird[link]: "If you get stung by enough bees you turn into a bee, because the venom gets into the blood stream which spreads bee DNA throughout your entire body... changing your genetic structure into a bee's. Every year roughly 125 people in America are turned into bees this way." Originally Posted by MrRubix[link]: "Do you basically bukkake-paint your walls every time you jack it?" Originally Posted by All_That_Chaz[link]: "My pity-sex depreciates at a rate of 5% annually."

09-23-2007, 08:38 PM	#11
Pyroshock ε=-dΦ/dt Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: College Station, TX Age: 32 Posts: 1,170	Re: wirelsss networking? I think he meant for 20 dollars more than that Alpha Shield. PS: You obviously haven't played Metroid Prime 3. __________________ http://pyroshock.bandcamp.com http://soundcloud.com/pyroshock

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