Wii Update (56k) ?

EyesOnly

Has any tried updating with 56k?
if you have how long did it take..

how long does it take on dsl ?

tnxs
Eyes

Creamy Goodness

is there a way of connecting it through 56k? don't think so.

the updates take about 2-3 minutes on 3mbit. so not too long.

EyesOnly

Cremo wrote:

is there a way of connecting it through 56k? don't think so.

hmm i have a wireless router with a 56k modem in it, i can get it to pass the test connection but don't wanna leave it downloading if its gonna take a week to download :P

qwertplaywert

dial up might work................
look at this:to get a wired broadband conection working,you need to buy a special usb apoter and plug it into your computer?
couldnt you just do this,and it would work,even on dial up?

Winters

Cremo wrote:

the updates take about 2-3 minutes on 3mbit. so not too long.

If it takes 2 to 3 minutes to download and update itself I'd imagine the updates themselves to be somewhere in the region of 20 -> 50MB or thereabouts (judging from download time / speed).

Over 56k you generally seem to pull down maybe 10 -> 12MB per hour (at 4/5 KB/s). So, either way it may take you about 2 hours or more to update, and thats at full speed on your telephone line....

qwertplaywert wrote:

look at this:to get a wired broadband conection working,you need to buy a special usb apoter and plug it into your computer?
couldnt you just do this,and it would work,even on dial up?

Why would he do that? He already stated he has a Wireless connection which is all his Wii needs.

As useful as it might be to get the extra updates. Id probably not be bothered waiting a minimum of at least 2 hours for the Wii to update itself. Thats 2 hours f fun you would be missing out on and also a nice increase in the phone bill
Maybe use one of your mates broadband connections or wait till you get one yourself (Highly reccomended tbh, bring on multiplayer Wii)

EyesOnly

Thanks for advice Winters, still on the old iol Nolimits package
so dont have to worry about phone bills over the weekend.

might let it update next weekend

scrapland

TheRealEyesOnly wrote:

Thanks for advice Winters, still on the old iol Nolimits package
so dont have to worry about phone bills over the weekend.

might let it update next weekend

The only thing I'd worry about is if it took a couple of hours to update and somthing fecked up the connection or disconnected you, you could end up with a bricked wii.

EyesOnly

hmm true. Might try the lan cafe in athlone see if they'll let me update it

KdjaCL

Opera is 12mb
Gunstar is 8mb
R type is 3mb
Weather channel update is 2mb.

So me router says anyway.


kdjac

EyesOnly

thnx for the info kdjac, was gunna try it today but we got lightning here atm

thc4me

Did it last night on 56k, first update was around 32mb and then it got another one id say about 45-50mb.
I dont think theres any issues with bricking the wii, I had to turn the power off a couple of times when i got disconnected (had to hold power button in on the wii to turn it off) only problem is it has to start from the start again on whichever update your on

Star Lord

thc4me wrote:

Did it last night on 56k, first update was around 32mb and then it got another one id say about 45-50mb.
I dont think theres any issues with bricking the wii, I had to turn the power off a couple of times when i got disconnected (had to hold power button in on the wii to turn it off) only problem is it has to start from the start again on whichever update your on

How long did that take??? :eek:

1huge1

^^ wow i wouldnt of gone near that
ive isdn and the most ive ever downloaded in one go was like 40mb and i would never do that again

awhir

sorry but whats

Gunstar is 8mb
R type is 3mb

KdjaCL

Virtual console games.


kdjac

qwertplaywert

with dial up speeds,if virtual games are that small in size,i could see myself downloading a few.........................

does anyone know how much the usb adaptor is?

Winters

qwertplaywert wrote:

does anyone know how much the usb adaptor is?

It has not been released over here yet. There are other USB Lan adaptors which people have found to be working, a quick google will give you more information on this.

EyesOnly

well i set it off at 9:30 this morning and finnished at 5:30 . it took 2hrs for the first and 6hrs for the second . and i keep getting an error now when i try to connect to the net. so im of to play zelda now

Star Lord

qwertplaywert wrote:

with dial up speeds,if virtual games are that small in size,i could see myself downloading a few.........................

does anyone know how much the usb adaptor is?

Just so ye know, a telephone cable wont work with the adaptor. You NEED a router to take a network cable from, and only if you know how to set up a router and a modem.
And if you have to buy a router why not get a wireless one, and then you don't need the usb adapter.

thc4me

out of interest can you get into the wii shop channel on 56k? keeps just timing out after a short while, or there is a problem with the shop itself?

EyesOnly

i tried connecting to the wii shop channel too ,but just sat their doing nothing

solas

i had this problem at first and eventually got someone to reconfigure the settings manually, i had to change my mtu settings to 1500. dunno why it wasn't default on my internet connection settings to begin with. updated in four or five minutes after that.

qwertplaywert

anyone on dial up trie and download anything yet?

how fast did the speeds go at?

thebman

Dial up is usually 5-8KB/s so I presume you'd get those speeds.

Your not really supposed to connect the Wii on 56K, the minimum required is broadband.

Vote Fianna Fail, I'm sure they'll get their act together next time we vote them in /naive.

1huge1

As long as we get demphsy out...

anyways I would only ever use dial up for downloading nes games on the virtual console other than that its madness
(well maybe one firmware update just to see what its like but it woudl take ages..........)

solas

solas wrote:

i had this problem at first and eventually got someone to reconfigure the settings manually, i had to change my mtu settings to 1500. dunno why it wasn't default on my internet connection settings to begin with. updated in four or five minutes after that.

should have stated that was with digital bb, although maybe increasing packets might help anyways.

qwertplaywert

brim4brim wrote:

Dial up is usually 5-8KB/s so I presume you'd get those speeds.

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the fatest mine has ever went is like 4.5

thebman

Okay good 56K is 8KB/s which is what we get here.

It depends on a few factors including your ISP and quality of your line. I live about a 30 second drive from the exchange and use Perlico as the ISP and seeing almost nobody else seems to use perlico as an ISP, we get a decent connection.

Winters

Dial-up will generally only give you about 4 -> 5 KB/s. Maybe a little over 5 if your sitting right ontop of the exchange.

qwertplaywert

im very near my exhance..........only like half a mile up the road

by yeah,i live in the middle of nowhere and hey,im with eircom..............