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[panda349]

my nintendo wii does the search for the wireless connection.  it shows the dlink icon and i click on it. i get an error message saying cant connect to internet.  i googled my problem and i found out that i have to change some settings for the router.  i have to change something to AES but i dont know where to find that.  any help would be greatly appreciated.  links with photos how to change the settings would be appreciated.  Thanks

[davevt31]

Log into the router as the admin.
Click the Setup Link on the top of the page.
Click the Wireless Settings on the left side.
Press the Manual Wireless Network Setup button.
Here is where you will change things.

Make sure you have at least G and N in the 802.11 Mode box as the Wii is a G device (at least mine is not sure if newer ones are N).

Security Mode: WPA-Personal

WPA Mode: WPA2 Only
Cipher Type: AES

[panda349]

it asks for a paraphrase under the AES do i leave that blank

[davevt31]

Thats where you put a unique password so that only you can connect to the wireless network.  You will use that password on the Wii when you connect for the first time.

[panda349]

ok when i click on save nothing happens

[davevt31]

Go to your Wii and see if it sees the router.

[panda349]

haven't tried it yet.  i noticed on the left top corner of the page that the router model number isnt the dir 655 model.  i think when i had my computer repaired the person installed his router on my computer.  now i cant find my router cd to reinstall my router.  dont know if i really need to use the cd for that.  i didnt use the cd the first time i installed the router. i called dlink and the helped me with the setup (settings etc).

[Cobra]

Why do all that search?

What I did is reserve an IP for the Wii (MAC address can be found in the networking pages of the Wii) then entered the SSID and security into the Wii to match what I had in the router.

Took all of maybe one minute.

[panda349]

okay now when i try to connect to internet on the wii through the router it asks for a wep or wpa security key  where do i find that in the settings

[FurryNutz]

Setup/Wireless

[panda349]

i am sooooo frustrated right now cause i dont know what and where the wep or wpa security key is.  my wii keeps showing an error code.  even when the router is unsecure i cant get onto internet with the wii

[FurryNutz]

I presume that you have set up the security on the router yet?

You'll find this under Setup/Wireless Settings/Manual Wireless Settings/Wireless Security Mode on the router.

Once you set this up, use the password you entered into the Wii. I would use WPA first to test.

I'm wondering if your Wii isn't set up correctly if it can't even get Internet even without security being set.

[panda349]

if i put the MAC address from the wii into the router settings would that maybe help to connect to the internet?    ive heard that dlink routers have alot of problems too.

[FurryNutz]

You could try that and also try give a static IP address.
Did you try the suggestions?

[davevt31]

okay now when i try to connect to internet on the wii through the router it asks for a wep or wpa security key  where do i find that in the settings

That is what you put into the paraphrase box that you asked about a few posts up.