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DS WiFi On The Way

Posted by Zonk on from the ground-control-to-the-big-N dept.

Edge Online reports that Nintendo's DS WiFi service will be launching in Europe as soon as November 25th. From the article: "As explained a few weeks back, Nintendo plans for the system to be safe, secure and easy to access. Players will be able to access the WiFi Connection service via hotspots in their local shop, their internet service at home (shared with the USB dongle) or via public hotspots. Nintendo Europe is still in the process of signing a deal with a telecomms operator to make the latter work, with an official announcement due shortly." Gamasutra has coverage of the WiFi announcement as well, with details on a Nintendo branded adaptor and new wireless titles.

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  1. Sooo... by chudgoo · · Score: 2, Insightful

    ..this is a solution for people that do not yet have wireless in their homes? (single computer with an internal PCI DSL modem, for example) It seems that it merely performs the wired-wireless bridging, unless there is something else that I'm missing...

    1. Re:Sooo... by Gr33nNight · · Score: 2, Informative

      Thats exactly it. If you already have wireless setup, you should be good to go. I am curious how the DS will respond to SSIDs and excryption keys and so forth though.

  2. Re:The DS doesn't work by Zangief · · Score: 3, Informative

    What? Mario Kart DS will be compatible with plain old wifi.

    The USB dongle is just a bridge for people who don't have or cannot set up a wifi router. They haven't screwed anyone.

  3. Homebrew by Zed0 · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Sgstair from the DS homebrew scene has already cracked this Wifi and is currently working on his demo prjoect to claim the massive DS Wifi bounty we should have it in under a week.

  4. Re:Just one question by tepples · · Score: 2, Insightful

    I'd like to be able to play online at home but I'm not about to turn off encryption to do it.

    Then allow only Nintendo's range of MAC addresses to connect without encryption. Your router does support that, right?

    if you're playing on an untrusted network, how easy would it be for people to grab your username and password?

    If authentication data is encrypted (for example, SSL with Nintendo Co Ltd as the root CA), then there shouldn't be much of a problem. The public Internet isn't "trusted" either.

  5. America First? by Blue_Nile · · Score: 2, Interesting

    It's interesting that the US release date for Mario Kart is November 14, yet Japan waits till December 8th. Even Europe gets it before Japan... Weird

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  6. Open it only when you're using your DS by tepples · · Score: 2, Interesting

    At which point a quick sniff and anyone can be on your network.

    And then you kick them off and change the SSID when you turn off your game. Then wardrivers will have to 1. predict when you will want to use your DS and 2. sniff every time to get the new SSID.

  7. Re:Wi-Fi security? by Zangief · · Score: 2, Informative

    Nintendo has stated that you will be able to create different profiles to work with WEP or WPA, so it should be no problem.

    I don't see why trolls attack a product they haven't tested yet.