Nintendo doesn't do the internet thing very well.....and in my opinion, should have just stayed off of there altogether.
On Sun, Jun 22, 2008 at 6:12 PM, Jim Davis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > My son is getting older, wants to connect his DS to our WiFi so he can > trade > Pokeman with friends in Massachusetts. > > So I ask him for the DS so I can add the MAC address to the filter. After > going through every screen I could find I couldn't find anything related to > wireless. > > So I hit Google. > > The ONLY way to see the MAC address of a DS is to insert a game that uses > WiFi. You then have to launch the game, get to the options screen and > access WiFi settings. So to just see the Mac address I had to sit through > the opening screens of "Pokeman Pearl". Anyway I get the MAC address, add > it to the router and then try to figure out how to connect. I couldn't. > > So I hit Google. > > Turns out the DS can only connect to unsecured or WEP secured (which is > essentially the same as unsecured) networks. That's it. Nothing else. > The > ONLY advice from Nintendo is to remove security from the network. > > So I hit Google. > > You can't upgrade the firmware. You can't use the Wii as an access point. > I found no help, but what I did find were a bunch of apologists bugging > anybody who asked about this "why are so concerned about security on the > DS?" or "WEP is secured!" or whatever... Nintendo cultists are as bad as > Apple cultists sometimes. > > Suffice to say the boy's not going to connect his DS to the network anytime > soon. > > I'm still convinced that nobody at Nintendo has actually ever BEEN > online... > > Jim Davis > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;203748912;27390454;j Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:262476 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
