Nintendo Wii Wifi and Vista......

[Conan The Politician]

For those who don't know, the nintendo wifi usb pc adapter doesn't work with vista:

http://www.nintendo.com/consumer/systems/wii/en_na/onlineUSBTSsetup.jsp
Please note that at this time, the Nintendo Wi-Fi USB Connector software is not compatible with Windows Vista (all versions). Please check back for future updates, as our engineers are currently working on a potential solution.

However, I'm curious to know if there's alternative methods, via software, to installing this device through a vista pc. Obviously, it isn't going to be supported by nintendo, but I would still like to find a way around this before I shell out more cash for something I thought I took care of.

[Effef]

wireless router +1

They are probably going to release a driver update soon for this thing, just wait a little bit.

[The Damned]

Yeah, I got a USB wifi adapter sitting in my desk because once I got my new computer (and new version of Windows), it never worked right.

Basically, the drivers for it are only compatible with one or two versions of XP. And I mean, just XP version. If you update your XP system, you may lose the use of it. And if you're running XP 64-bit, you're equally fucked.

Seriously, just buy a damn wireless router. The USB dongle thing is just worthless. It only runs while your computer is on, and it's not as fast or stable as a router.

That said, any one want a Nintendo WiFi USB Adapter? I'll sell it to you cheap.

[atmuh]

how cheap

[Imagist]

unless you can go lower than $2 I'm not buying

because I got my router for $2 after rebates, seriously folks just buy a router

[atmuh]

i have a router but its a gay actiontec router that fios makes you use
there are no cheap routers with a co ax out

my router works with my wii but not ds

[Conan The Politician]

I'd love to use a wireless router, but every router I've installed in my apartment has burned out in 2 months.

As for the problem, it seems that you can get around it by going into the compatibility options in properties for the setup.exe file, change the compatibility to Windows XP (Service Pack 2), and that fixes the problem. Just updated my Wii browser and all.

[DarkeSword]

i have a router but its a gay actiontec router that fios makes you use
there are no cheap routers with a co ax out

my router works with my wii but not ds

You know you can use any router with FiOS, right?

[DjSammyG]

Funny. It works fine on my machine. That's really weird.

[atmuh]

You know you can use any router with FiOS, right?

needs a co ax out though
i tried another one with it but then the on demand + all the guides on my tv stopped working

is there another solution?

[Hawkwing]

Well i use the WiFi USB stick with my DS because the DS cannot connect to a router using WPA, only WEP or Open. And using the WiFi stick is an easy work around to keep my wireless network secure.

Can the Wii connect through WPA?