conectin to eircom bband

padyman23

sup evry1, i just bought mario kart ds and have since been trying to get online wit it. im using eircom broadband and a netopia 802.11b usb router. when i search for access point or test my manual settings nothing happens it just says sumthin about error code 50099. cud sum1 please tell me wat 2 do!? much appreciated:cool:

d22ontour

Evil txt spk.

There is a thread just a few threads down about which routers are compatible.

Rew

Yeah give over on the txt speak, you have more then a 160 letters here!

What are the details of the error your getting (not just the number)?

padyman23

it says theres no access point in range, even tho the routers working fine

Rew

Stupid question but are you 100% sure it is a wireless router?

padyman23

ye pretty sure...der was another lad on with the same problem but he fixd it..
http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2054854398

Rew

There are netopias that arn't wireless thats what I ask

danbhala

my origional problem was that when i searched for access points i could see the eircom one. but when it was testing its connection i got an error code.


here is what i did to get it working:

go to
http://192.168.1.254/
(or what ever your default address is for your router settings)

for my wireless at home i have it encrypted with WEP-Automatic, and i got an encryption key of 10 charecters. (take a not of this key as you have to enter it in in the ds wfc settings).

also, in my home, i have the wireless restricted to only allow machines with certain mac addresses through. to do this i went to: "wireless" from the menu on the left, then clicked "Advanced Configuration Options" on the right, then scrolled down to "Limit Wireless Access by MAC Address:"

you can find your your ds's mac address in the options>options of nintendo wfc settings. simply just add your ds mac address to the list.

after all that i still had trouble.... i had to set a manual ip address for the ds.


im sure there is a simpler way of doing this but it worked for me!

whitetrash

My DS doesnt pick up my eircom neotopia router at all.

Anyone know the best place in town to try and get the usb dongle nintendo have brought out?

Laguna

Get the USB dongle thing from Play.com.

danbhala

whitetrash wrote:

My DS doesnt pick up my eircom neotopia router at all.

Anyone know the best place in town to try and get the usb dongle nintendo have brought out?

do you have any other devices that work?? like do you have a laptop that connects??

you possibly may not have wireless even enabled on your router! are you sure its wireless? is there a little antenna sticking out of its side?

whitetrash

Yes I'm sure its wireless. I use two computers wirelessly with it. The ds doesnt see it at all however.

I've found a temporary solution in moving my airport express (which the ds does pick up) down beside my other router and setting it up as a base station. But I'd still prefer to find some other way of doing it, like getting the dongle - but its sold out on play.com

badrobot

danbhala wrote:

after all that i still had trouble.... i had to set a manual ip address for the ds.


im sure there is a simpler way of doing this but it worked for me!

How do you set the IP manually? Do you just edit the last digits of your IP to a random number or something?