10-06-2008, 06:52 PM
Internet Connection Sharing (ICS) Not Working with Nintendo USB Wifi Connector?
Try Bridging instead.
Folks, I know this is quite late in the game, but if you're like me and have purchased a Nintendo Wifi USB Connector way back when and couldn't get it to work at all due to one reason or another but you refuse to use WEP with your wireless router, try this method instead.
Today I learned a way to make the damn thing work. It's by bridging the connection with your current internet connection. The best part is, you can bridge two or more connections if say for instance you bridge a connection between your computer and Xbox 360 (like I do), where-as if you had used Internet Connection Sharing (ICS) you'd be up a creek without a paddle because ICS can only work with one shared set.
1) Install the software from the CD that came with your Nintendo Wifi USB Connector. Don't have the CD or lost it? Go to http://www.nintendo.com/consumer/wfc/en_...oadUSB.jsp to download the driver.
2) Plug in your Nintendo Wifi USB Connector into any available USB port when the installation tells you to. Wait for the software to finish installation.
3) Go to your Network Connections list in Windows.
Start > Control Panel > Network and Internet Connections > Network Connections
-or-
Start > Control Panel > Network Connections (if you use "Classic View")
4) Depending on your setup, you might have one main internet connection among the listed LAN or High-Speed Internet. By this point, Windows will have one of those icons with an icon of a hand overlayed. That's your main internet connection which is currently set up to be shared with your Nintendo Wifi USB Connector. Double-click on this guy to bring up the status of this connection. Then click the Properties button near the bottom on the left.
5) In the Properties window, click the Advanced tab, and in the middle you will see Internet Connection Sharing is currently enabled. Disable by clicking the box with the check mark, then click OK at the bottom.
6) Now back in the Network Connections window, highlight (select) both your main internet connection (the one you just disabled ICS with) and the Local Area Connection for the Nintendo Wifi USB Connector. (Either click+drag on white space to create a box to highlight which icons you want or hold the CTRL key on your keyboard and single-click each icon.) Now single-right-click on your selection and choose "Bridge Connection".
7) This will take a little while as Windows bridges the connections for you. It will create a new category called Network Bridge and list all your connections that are associated with the bridge. It will also create a new icon that looks sort of like a bridge. Once the notice clears from your screen, you may need to wait just a little while longer for the connections to activate themselves. You'll know when it's all done when the bridge icon doesn't have that red "X" on it anymore.
[nobbc]8) [/nobbc]Now go into any Wifi-enabled DS game and get to your WFC Connections screen. Each game is slightly different in how it gets to this screen.
9) Select Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection Settings, then "Connect to your Nintendo Wi-Fi USB Connector" near the bottom.
10) As you follow the prompts, make sure you "Grant access to this user" in the Nintendo WFC Tool, which is located in your system tray (those icons next to the clock). Double-click the familiar little blue circle icon (it'll look like the official Nintendo WFC logo) to bring up the tool, then right click on the DS that is trying to establish a connection and select "Grant access".
11) You should now have a working connection! Huzzah!
If you have more than one connections you want to bridge, make sure to highlight those as well before creating the bridge. Every connection selected will now become part of the bridge.
Try Bridging instead.
Folks, I know this is quite late in the game, but if you're like me and have purchased a Nintendo Wifi USB Connector way back when and couldn't get it to work at all due to one reason or another but you refuse to use WEP with your wireless router, try this method instead.
Today I learned a way to make the damn thing work. It's by bridging the connection with your current internet connection. The best part is, you can bridge two or more connections if say for instance you bridge a connection between your computer and Xbox 360 (like I do), where-as if you had used Internet Connection Sharing (ICS) you'd be up a creek without a paddle because ICS can only work with one shared set.
1) Install the software from the CD that came with your Nintendo Wifi USB Connector. Don't have the CD or lost it? Go to http://www.nintendo.com/consumer/wfc/en_...oadUSB.jsp to download the driver.
2) Plug in your Nintendo Wifi USB Connector into any available USB port when the installation tells you to. Wait for the software to finish installation.
3) Go to your Network Connections list in Windows.
Start > Control Panel > Network and Internet Connections > Network Connections
-or-
Start > Control Panel > Network Connections (if you use "Classic View")
4) Depending on your setup, you might have one main internet connection among the listed LAN or High-Speed Internet. By this point, Windows will have one of those icons with an icon of a hand overlayed. That's your main internet connection which is currently set up to be shared with your Nintendo Wifi USB Connector. Double-click on this guy to bring up the status of this connection. Then click the Properties button near the bottom on the left.
5) In the Properties window, click the Advanced tab, and in the middle you will see Internet Connection Sharing is currently enabled. Disable by clicking the box with the check mark, then click OK at the bottom.
6) Now back in the Network Connections window, highlight (select) both your main internet connection (the one you just disabled ICS with) and the Local Area Connection for the Nintendo Wifi USB Connector. (Either click+drag on white space to create a box to highlight which icons you want or hold the CTRL key on your keyboard and single-click each icon.) Now single-right-click on your selection and choose "Bridge Connection".
7) This will take a little while as Windows bridges the connections for you. It will create a new category called Network Bridge and list all your connections that are associated with the bridge. It will also create a new icon that looks sort of like a bridge. Once the notice clears from your screen, you may need to wait just a little while longer for the connections to activate themselves. You'll know when it's all done when the bridge icon doesn't have that red "X" on it anymore.
[nobbc]8) [/nobbc]Now go into any Wifi-enabled DS game and get to your WFC Connections screen. Each game is slightly different in how it gets to this screen.
9) Select Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection Settings, then "Connect to your Nintendo Wi-Fi USB Connector" near the bottom.
10) As you follow the prompts, make sure you "Grant access to this user" in the Nintendo WFC Tool, which is located in your system tray (those icons next to the clock). Double-click the familiar little blue circle icon (it'll look like the official Nintendo WFC logo) to bring up the tool, then right click on the DS that is trying to establish a connection and select "Grant access".
11) You should now have a working connection! Huzzah!
If you have more than one connections you want to bridge, make sure to highlight those as well before creating the bridge. Every connection selected will now become part of the bridge.