DS Lite in Wi-Fi hotspots

quad_red

Has anyone tried using their DS Lite in wi-fi hotspots? eg. Starbucks

Has it worked?

And are there any official Nintendo sponsored hotspots in Dublin? (like the ones mentioned in the link below)

quad_red

Ok,

Found this.

http://www.siliconrepublic.com/news/news.nv?storyid=single5952

Still, no mention of when the service will start or when those Openzone booth thingies will be installed into game shops.

monument

http://www.btopenzone.ie/find/hotspots_ireland.html

parsi

Works fine in Cork Aiport which is a BT Openzone Hotspot.

corblimey

Heh. I was travelling to the UK last week from Cork airport and was just about to take mine out for a spot of WiFi Tetris when I noticed a 6 year old girl sitting 2 seats away evidently playing Nintendogs. I didn't want to give the wrong impression

tba

haven't tried that pico chat thing is it anygood?

flogen

what about DS Download kiosks?? Any in Dublin, weren't they supposed to be in Game and Gamestop??
I suppose I could wait for the Wii :rolleyes:

CombatCow

Theres one in houston station, i think the last time i try'd it the signal was too poor to connect or something, must give it another bash soon.

Those download kiosks are in japan and maybe the US too....


CC

zilog_jones

Why do some random Maxol stations have BT Openzone? O_o

Cardinal

So, you can stop at a petrol station when you start getting road rage and have a quick game of mario kart?

Fad

dont play it in McDonalds, scumbags comes up to you ''Lookin fer a go''.


so trust me dont.

rip2roar

McDonalds in Blackrock have it
Officialy sponsored by Nintendo

im...LOST

My local Mc donalds have wifi but it does not work with the ds.
They use a password security thing not a wep key or anything like that.

zilog_jones

WPA, possibly? The DS has no support for that.

ShiverinEskimo

Does the DS do an Ad-Hoc (direct) connection for multiplayer or do you need an access point/router?

The girlfriend is getting a DS and we would be keen on mario kart multiplayer - but not if it means having to buy wireless networking kit which would be useless in my house (old, victorian, thinnest wall is 9" solid brick.)

tba

most multiplayers will let you connect directly to another DS, no extra hardware needed, 10m range

ShiverinEskimo

happy days - and what's your average airline pilots opinion on usage of such a network at 40000 feet?

tba

treatment as a terrorist