Help me get my wii online before I buy another router!
February 9, 2009 7:03 PM Subscribe
Help me get my wii online with a WRTP54G wireless modem.
I have tried everything, read every googled post on this issue, reset my router to factory settings, tried automatic and manual settings on the wii internet connection, put my wii in the DMZ (and learned what that even means). I arranged port forwarding of every port to my wii. I have set my mtu to 0 and 1500, I have changed my channel from 6 to 1 to 11, nothing works. The manufacturer (linksys) doesn't even offer updated firmware for this router! I called nintendo themselves, and customer service told me to buy a new modem, which I will do...unless one of you has any alternatives...
I have tried everything, read every googled post on this issue, reset my router to factory settings, tried automatic and manual settings on the wii internet connection, put my wii in the DMZ (and learned what that even means). I arranged port forwarding of every port to my wii. I have set my mtu to 0 and 1500, I have changed my channel from 6 to 1 to 11, nothing works. The manufacturer (linksys) doesn't even offer updated firmware for this router! I called nintendo themselves, and customer service told me to buy a new modem, which I will do...unless one of you has any alternatives...
According to this page, it looks like this has Ethernet ports on it ...
Buy a Wii Lan Adapter and you are good to go via Ethernet.
That's what we did...
posted by olddogeyes at 7:47 PM on February 9, 2009
Buy a Wii Lan Adapter and you are good to go via Ethernet.
That's what we did...
posted by olddogeyes at 7:47 PM on February 9, 2009
Yeah, I don't see what the problem could be. Are you using WPA2 passwords or anything advanced like that?
posted by rhizome at 9:03 PM on February 9, 2009
posted by rhizome at 9:03 PM on February 9, 2009
Mine works with WPA2 btw. Does it show up at all on Wii and not connect or is it not visible?
posted by ALongDecember at 9:20 PM on February 9, 2009
posted by ALongDecember at 9:20 PM on February 9, 2009
Yeah, it works fine with DD-WRT firmware without any DMZ, port forwarding, MTU changes, channel monkey business, or anything else. You pick the network, give it the WPA2 password, wait a moment, and boom, it's connected.
You've given a fairly good description of what you've already tried and that's valuable in terms of getting people to help you, but you forgot one thing: What actually happens when you try to connect? Does it emit an error message? Is there an error number associated with it? Does it just emit wavy stink lines and make a sad trumpet sound? Those details might actually help people determine what's wrong, as opposed to just giving you a list of yet more random things to try.
If you just want more random suggestions: Try bringing the Wii over to a friend's and connecting. If it doesn't work there, chances are your console is just broken and it has nothing to do with buying new routers.
posted by majick at 7:14 AM on February 10, 2009
You've given a fairly good description of what you've already tried and that's valuable in terms of getting people to help you, but you forgot one thing: What actually happens when you try to connect? Does it emit an error message? Is there an error number associated with it? Does it just emit wavy stink lines and make a sad trumpet sound? Those details might actually help people determine what's wrong, as opposed to just giving you a list of yet more random things to try.
If you just want more random suggestions: Try bringing the Wii over to a friend's and connecting. If it doesn't work there, chances are your console is just broken and it has nothing to do with buying new routers.
posted by majick at 7:14 AM on February 10, 2009
Does the Wii recognize the network? Mine didn't recognize my wireless network (I use the same router), so I had to manually enter the network name and password for it to connect. I did this once, and it's worked ever since.
posted by arco at 7:26 AM on February 10, 2009
posted by arco at 7:26 AM on February 10, 2009
Response by poster: Apologies for not putting the actual error, damn so sorry everyone. My error code is 52230. The wii can see the linksys modem, but connection test errors out with code 52230. This code suggests there is something wrong with my router/firewall/isp. That's why I tried port forwarding and DMZ options, to get away from any firewall issues. I cannot imaging Time Warner being an issue as I don't have to login when I connect as some people have problems with. It's gotta be the router! I turned off all security measures (mac filtering and wep) that didn't work, then I reset the modem to factory spec and still 52230! Sadly using a lan adapter isn't an option, my office is far from my wii and I cannot run a line.
posted by samuel1613 at 7:33 AM on February 10, 2009
posted by samuel1613 at 7:33 AM on February 10, 2009
Response by poster: FYI DD-WRT is not supported on my router at this time.
posted by samuel1613 at 7:36 AM on February 10, 2009
posted by samuel1613 at 7:36 AM on February 10, 2009
Can other devices access the network (notebook computers, other game systems?)
posted by ALongDecember at 7:45 AM on February 10, 2009
posted by ALongDecember at 7:45 AM on February 10, 2009
Response by poster: Thanks for asking! I have a dozen or so devices that regularly connect to my network, a few laptops that connect daily as well as my cellphone. I used to have my 360 connected, but haven't done that in a while but it DID connect last time I checked (8 months ago), and lots of friends who come over and connect. The network is perfect for everything but the wii :(
posted by samuel1613 at 7:55 AM on February 10, 2009
posted by samuel1613 at 7:55 AM on February 10, 2009
The thing probably making this hard is the encryption settings. How about you tell us those? Have you tried a hard reset of the router (hit the button on the back to restore it to factory settings?).
Based on online reviews, it looks like this router is a pretty buggy one. This product may turn you off to Linksys routers, but I'm pretty happy with my WRT54G, and it can be used for a lot of different things with custom firmwares, including an advanced QOS mode which sorts the traffic on your network by priority, which is great for VOIP and gaming. Even stock, it's pretty solid, and it's fine if you leave it that way.
I'm assuming you're using Vonage, since that's what your router's key feature is. So long as your current router works for Vonage phone service, you can just plug it into the new router and just turn off all the features but phone service on the WRTP54G. You'll want to set up QOS to give the Vonage router priority for better voice quality.
posted by mccarty.tim at 9:42 AM on February 10, 2009
Based on online reviews, it looks like this router is a pretty buggy one. This product may turn you off to Linksys routers, but I'm pretty happy with my WRT54G, and it can be used for a lot of different things with custom firmwares, including an advanced QOS mode which sorts the traffic on your network by priority, which is great for VOIP and gaming. Even stock, it's pretty solid, and it's fine if you leave it that way.
I'm assuming you're using Vonage, since that's what your router's key feature is. So long as your current router works for Vonage phone service, you can just plug it into the new router and just turn off all the features but phone service on the WRTP54G. You'll want to set up QOS to give the Vonage router priority for better voice quality.
posted by mccarty.tim at 9:42 AM on February 10, 2009
Response by poster: Thanks again, I have no encryption settings (if by that you mean WEP WPA, or whatever) I turned those off first thing to try and correct the problem. Then I did a soft factory reset by accessing the factory reset option within the router's browser GUI. I haven't tried the physical reset button on the router, as I thought the software reset did the same thing (I confirmed that did erase all my settings). I am no longer using vonage, so I could just buy a new wireless modem, but I wanted to see if anyone had another solution. I feel like some other unknown setting or the way I am inputting the manual stuff into the wii may be the problem, but I cannot figure it out. I followed nintendo's instructions on manual settings and they aren't working.
posted by samuel1613 at 9:50 AM on February 10, 2009
posted by samuel1613 at 9:50 AM on February 10, 2009
Have you changed the name from "Linksys" to something unique? Just guessing, but maybe there's more than one near you with that name and you're accidentally connecting to the wrong one.
posted by ALongDecember at 11:16 AM on February 10, 2009
posted by ALongDecember at 11:16 AM on February 10, 2009
Response by poster: I see another linksys in the neighborhood which is pretty far from me, so I connect to the high powered one. Auto connect doesn't work that way (52330 error). My one thought was if I do manual connect, tell it to connect to "linksys" then it picks the wrong one every time, my manual settings would be no good. I guess I could try a custom name and see what happens. So physical reset button will be attempted, and then a custom name. Will report my findings in each case, other suggestions appreciated!
posted by samuel1613 at 11:42 AM on February 10, 2009
posted by samuel1613 at 11:42 AM on February 10, 2009
Response by poster: I doubt anyone is still following this post, but I used the hard reset button, and confirmed the reset had taken place (well at least the login/password to the router was reset to default). I again attempted to connect and got the 52230 error, no surprises. Unfortunately I didn't have time to rename the router and try again. My question is (if anyone is still listening) what exactly is anyone putting in their manual settings? Nintendo said to run ipconfig/all from a connected computer and then make the IP of the wii exactly 10 higher, so instead of 192.168.15.107 I should use 192.168.15.117, and then to take the gateway, subnet mask, dns 1, and dns 2 from the ipconfig info as well. I did all that, and still I get 52230. If anyone is still reading this do you have any last suggestions?
posted by samuel1613 at 7:54 AM on February 11, 2009
posted by samuel1613 at 7:54 AM on February 11, 2009
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posted by unSane at 7:38 PM on February 9, 2009