Nintendo, on they're support forum, Has stated, and I quote: http://forums.nintendo.com/nintendo/board/message?board.id=tech_question s_wifi&message.id=4196#M4196
We have no plans for WPA at this time. If your concerned about WEP, turn your computers are OFF after you've switch to WEP for the DS. I don't care if The Lone Gunmen are parked outside your door with a van full of equipment trying to bust in your computer files, they can't do it if your computers are off. And, yes, your wireless router will still work if your computer is off. Um, unless it's plugged into the same power strip and you power the whole strip off. If that's not an option for you, you may want to get the Nintendo USB WiFi Connector, as it works ONLY with the Nintendo DS, and you can leave your other WiFi router with WPA. NOTE: The reason the Nintendo DS is compatible with WEP, and not WPA, is that we found WEP to be the most prevalent standard for securing wi-fi connections. End Quote. So forget getting them to work easily, the company has no understanding of WiFi, or they're target audience > -----Original Message----- > From: Lee Badman [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Monday, June 12, 2006 12:39 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: [WIRELESS-LAN] Nintendo DS on the WLAN > > Have been asked if we will "allow" the New Nintendo DS to use > the campus WLAN for gaming... Has anyone else started looking > at this sort of thing? Here's what I know so far: > > - The Old version of DS had a wireless (true Wi-Fi) dongle > available, it provided wireless connectivty between the game > console and the PC, then Internet connectivity was through > the PC. Only real implication here is one more noise-making > device contending for the 2.4 GHz spectrum. > > - The new DS (Lite) has built in 802.11b, but can go no > better than 2 Mbps. It may use the 802.11 protocol, or the > proprietary "Nintendo Low Latency Protocol" that wireless > sniffers have a hard time correctly classifying. > > - They are just now starting to come out with games that rely > on a TCP-IP stack, before it was just using the Wi-Fi for > layer 1 and 2 functions, and some sort of funky tunneling was > used to get games accross the Internet through an otherwise > connected PC. > > I'm sure I'm way behind others that actually play these > things, but am curious how other wireless folks feel or worry > about the impact of these things both on the wireless > networks and the campus Internet edge? > > Thanks- > > Lee > > ********** > Participation and subscription information for this EDUCAUSE > Constituent Group discussion list can be found at > http://www.educause.edu/groups/. > ********** Participation and subscription information for this EDUCAUSE Constituent Group discussion list can be found at http://www.educause.edu/groups/.
