The Nintendo DS (even the pre-Lite version) has had Wifi capabilities.  it
only supports WEP encryption or no authentication.  it's range is about 30
feet.  But, can connect to play games on the Internet against other players.
There are several games available.  http://www.nintendo.com/wifi

We do not support the DS on our network as we only support WPA/WPA2 which
the DS does not support.  The only option is to purchase the nintendo wifi
connector for the PC.  The DS connects to this and it bridges the connection
through the PC to the internet.

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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Lee Badman [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 
> Sent: Monday, June 12, 2006 11:39 AM
> 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
> 
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