Nintendo Wifi with dial-up Tutorial (Nintendo Wii)

This tutorial is to help you get connected to Nintendo Wifi with a dial-up connection. Even though lots of people think that wifi with dial-up would lag and cause the people with high speed internet to go slow, but that is not true. At normal dial-up speed (56kb) it will go just about as fast as high speed internet; the only thing that will happen if you have a really slow dial-up connection or if you're downloading on the internet at the same time you will just see the other characters of the other people you are connected to go slow or bounce and the other people will just see your character go slow or bounce on their screen.

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Nintendo wifi with dial-up FAQ

If you have a Mac this web site might help you out with the Internet Connection Sharing part, and this post on the Nintendo Forums called Conecting using Apple Share can help you get the IP Address that you need to enter into the Wii.

You can use any wireless router you want just as long as it's compatible with the Nintendo Wii.

Things you need:
1 computer that has access to the internet
1 wireless router or Nintendo wifi USB connector
1 Nintendo Wii

Part 1 installing and/or enabling Internet Connection Sharing:

1. Go to a computer that has access to the internet

A computer with Windows 2000/Xp:

2. Click Start, then Control Panel, then click Network Connections
3. Right click your dial-up connection, then click Properties and then click the Advanced tab
4. Click the Allow other users to connect through this computer's Internet connection checkbox
5. Now connect to your dial-up connection

Note:
If you have connected to your dial-up connection before you enabled Internet Connection Sharing you have to disconnect and then reconnect again.

A Computer with Windows 95/98/98 SE/ME:

In windows 95,98,98 SE and Me you first have to install Internet connection Sharing.

2. Click Start, then Settings, then Control Panel, then click the Add/Remove Programs icon, then Click the Windows Setup tab and then click Communications
3. Click the Internet Connection Sharing check box and then click ok to install it
4. Click Internet Explorer, then click Tools, then click Internet Options and then click the Connections tab
5. Click the Sharing button and then set the settings to share a dial-up connection and pick the Network adapter that you use to connect to your router and then click ok

Note:
In Windows 95,98,98 se and Me you might have to restart you computer after you install Internet Connection Sharing and after you set the settings for Internet Connection Sharing.

Step 2 Finding out the ip and other connection settings for the Nintendo Wii:

1. Click Start, then Programs, then Accessories, then Command Prompt (MS-DOS Prompt in Windows 95,98,98se and me)
2. Type ipconfig and then keep the command prompt window on
3. If you are already connected to the internet through dial-up the ip address settings for the dial-up will show up, but you do not need this information so you can just ignore it.
4. Now keep the command prompt on the computer screen while you go to your Nintendo Wii to enter the information, Remember to enter the Network adapter information and not the dial-up information, if you do enter the dial-up information it will not work

Note:
If you're using a Mac Open Terminal.app and type ifconfig en1, more info about using Apple Share with Nintendo Wifi Connection at Conecting using Apple Share posted on the Nintendo Forums.

Step 3 Enter all of the info on your Nintendo Wii

1. Turn your Nintendo Wii on
2. Go to Wii Options, then Wii Settings, then Internet, then Connection Settings, then pick a connection number you want to use, then go to Wireless Connection and then click Search for a access point
3. Pick the router name that you use, then it will do a connection test, but it wont work because the ip address and other setting are not setup yet
4. Go to the Change Settings then pick No on Auto-Obtain ip address
5. Put the same ip address as the network adapter, but add a 2 or something to make it different (if its the same ip address as the Network Adapter you will get a error on your computer saying that a ip address conflict occurred from another computer on the network)
6. Put the same Subnet mask as the Network adapter
7. Put the ip address of the Network adapter as the Default Router (Gateway) and Primary DNS
8. Go to Save and then the Wii will automatically test the connection to see if it works; if it does then you can now play games on Nintendo Wifi and use the Wii's online features, and if it doesn't check to make sure if you put in the right information from the command prompt