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Nintendo Announces Wii Wireless Router

Posted by Soulskill on from the send-data-through-the-wiither dept.

CVG reports that Nintendo has announced a wireless router, the purpose of which is to "streamline the process of getting your console online." It will be released later this month in Japan. No word was given regarding when the rest of the world will see it. Pictures of the router are available at Famitsu, though the text is in Japanese. 1Up also points out statements from Nintendo execs discussing the limited storage for the Wii. They say there will be a "better solution" than a hard drive.

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  1. About time by renegadesx · · Score: 0, Troll

    They didn't lift a finger to do something about home security. Encouraging people to switch their wifi networks to WEP! And for security issues "switch your computer off"? WTF? Doesn't solve the problem of internet leeching and the fact that its just bad security practice.

    Lets hope this actually has a secure layer (that identifies the device other than the MAC address) and is not just a repackaged WEP based WAP.

    And also, a better solution than a hard drive? I am interested in that one, I just hope it's not releasing new models with 4Gb of storgage that will make us buy new Wii's or live with the storage issues. I am wondering what they have up their sleave to solve this issue.

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