Connecting Wii to Apple Airport Extreme Base Station (AEBS) 802.11g
Dec 28, 2008 Uncategorized
There seems to be a lot of frustration out there from connecting a Wii to an Apple Apple Airport Extreme Base Station (AEBS) 802.11g. The issue is most likely your password.
I live in a crowed area and need to keep my Airport encrypted. I set it to WEP 40 bit. There killer issue that will stop you in your tracks is that you can’t use you Airport password. The password that your laptop needs and uses is made to connect to the AEBS. But the password that your Wii needs is the “Equivalent Network Password.” DO NOT USE YOUR REGULAR PASSWORD. IT WILL NOT WORK!
Instead
- Open AirPort Utility, in Mac OS X from Applications/Utilities or in Windows from the Start Menu > All Programs > AirPort.
- Select your base station from the list.
- Select “Equivalent Network Password” from the Base Station menu.
It will give you some garbbled 10 or more digit password. THAT is the password you need to use.
December 28th, 2008 at 11:52 pm
Yup!
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By the way, the Wii Fit board is fun fun fun (just got one…)!! Much more sensitive than I thought it would be, really cool to “ski” with it, for instance.
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I wonder if Netflix will come to Wii……
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And in case you wonder, my younger son found out that you CAN be lazy and still sit on the couch, keep your feet on the Wii Fit board, and ski… just that you have to keep some low level constant pressure on the board, or it goes into “pause” mode (so it is not actually all that easy)….these kids always push the envelope, eh?
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December 30th, 2008 at 10:30 am
Pushing the envelope of laziness!
My seven year old is (currently) swinging the bat and tennis racket like his life depends on it. I love it.
January 2nd, 2009 at 10:52 am
Wow. Didn’t check that post for typos didja?
Good info though. If the Google gets ahold of this post, I bet LOTS of people need this helpful hint.
January 10th, 2009 at 1:26 pm
Another Idea: Some say that you need to configure Airport so that the Channel option is set to 1 instead of Automatic. I did not find this to be the case but it’s is something to try.