#89968 - Vasco - Tue Jun 27, 2006 6:05 pm
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If you want to use the official Nintendo Wi-Fi USB Connector as a standard SoftAP or put it into Infrastructure or Ad-Hoc modes, then you can download the drivers from here: http://users.on.net/~kabeyas/nin_wifi.rar
Before you continue, make sure you have removed the Nintendo software and drivers as they will no longer be needed.
Inside the Drivers folder of my RAR file, you will find modified Buffalo drivers. Install these drivers for the USB Connector. Then download the ASUS software from here: http://dlsvr01.asus.com/pub/ASUS/wireless/WL-167g/eng_2371.zip and install that. When it prompts you to restart, select No. I have found that there is no need to.
Now from the RAR file I made, extract the six EXE files in the into the ASUS folder (default: C:\Program Files\ASUS\WLAN Card Utilities). Make sure you overwrite the existing files. Then click Start -> All Programs -> ASUS Utility -> WLAN Card -> ASUS WLAN Control Center. You will get a dialog asking if you want to use the Windows configuration utility or the ASUS one, select the option that uses ASUS one and disables the Windows one. Then there will be a wizard. Click Cancel to close the wizard.
Now copy the file "C:\Program Files\ASUS\WLAN Card Utilities\Driver\WinXP\AP\rt2500usb.sys" to "C:\WINDOWS\system32\drivers". Make sure you overwrite the existing file. Right-click on the ASUS software icon in the System Tray (bottom-right corner of screen) and select Wireless Settings. When the settings dialog opens, on the left select Config, then go to the SoftAP tab, and select Soft AP Mode. Then un-tick the Enable ICS checkbox. Then on the left click Apply. You will get a message box asking if you really want to change to SoftAP mode, click Yes. A message will come up saying something like "add the adapter to the network bridge", just ignore it and click OK. If all has gone well, there will be no error messages. Now close the ASUS Wireless Config utility or it will start conflicting when we manually set ICS.
Now go to Control Panel -> Network Connections (this may have opened automatically opened up when you Applied the SoftAP settings). Right-click on the Network Adapter you are currently accessing your Internet through and open the properties for that connection. Go to the Advanced tab, and click "Allow other network users to connect through this computer's Internet connection". Then click OK. If you get an error message saying the IP address is already in use, disable the Network adapter you are trying to share then try again - be sure to enable it again afterwards. It can take a long time for ICS to be enabled so wait patiently.
Now right-click on the Wireless Network Connection and click Properties. In the middle of the dialog there will be some protocols, select Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) and then open the properties for that. Windows would have assigned a static IP address if ICS was successfully enabled, check to make sure this IP address does not conflict with other IP addresses on your network. Also, it should be on a different subnet to the Local Area Connection (for example, my computer's IP address is 192.168.0.2, I assigned the wireless network connection the IP address of 192.168.1.1 - which is on a different subnet). If it is on the same subnet, ICS will not work correctly.
With that done, open the ASUS Wireless Config utility again. On the left select Config, in the Basic tab set a SSID. In the encryption tab, select Shared for Network Authentication and WEP for Data Encryption - I have found that this works with the DS. Now enter a WEP key. Go back to the Basic tab, and at the bottom click on Advanced, change the 54g Mode setting to 802.11b only. Click Apply on the left to save the settings.
Now turn on your DS, play a Wi-Fi Connection game, go to the Nintendo WFC Settings, and select Manual Setup. Enter the SSID and WEP Key (both of these are case-sensitive) you entered to the ASUS Config utility before. Select No to Auto-obtain IP Address (you must do this because the Nintendo DS doesn't seem to DHCP correctly with ICS for some reason). Now give your DS an IP Address (this must be on the same subnet as the USB connector, I gave my DS the IP address: 192.168.1.2). For subnet mask enter 255.255.255.0. For gateway and primary DNS, enter the IP address of the USB connector. Now try and test connection, and if all has gone well the connection should be successful!
Now with the ASUS Wireless Config utility, you may want to hide your SSID, and use MAC Address filtering to improve the security of your wireless access point.
If you have a different USB adapter that uses the RT2500 chipset (there is a list here: http://ralink.rapla.net/), install the normal drivers for your USB adapter. Then get the PID and VID numbers from Device Manager - right-click on the device and click properties, then go to the Details tab. The device ID would look something like this: USB\VID_0411&PID_008B. Now follow the steps above until you get to the point after where you have copied my six modified EXE files. Open them in a HEX editor and do a search for "USB\VID_0411&PID_008B" (without quotes) and replace all search occurrences you find with the VID and PID of your own USB adapter. |
http://dlsvr01.asus.com/pub/ASUS/wireless/WL-167g/eng_2371.zip ---? This isn?t woking anymore...can anyone upload the file pleaseee ?
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#89970 - josath - Tue Jun 27, 2006 6:19 pm
this link worked for me, which i found in 30 seconds googling for 'eng_2371.zip'
ftp://dlsvr02.asus.com/pub/ASUS/wireless/WL-167g/eng_2371.zip
#89998 - tepples - Tue Jun 27, 2006 9:00 pm
"Hacked for homebrew"? Or is this just a soft access point?
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#90008 - Dudu.exe - Tue Jun 27, 2006 9:24 pm
| tepples wrote: |
| "Hacked for homebrew"? Or is this just a soft access point? |
its not a hack .. its just a driver from asus.. ( that use same chipset ) with Softap ..
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#90036 - TJ - Wed Jun 28, 2006 12:52 am
Just go on the Drivers section of the ASUS website, and find the WL-167g page. It took me all of 2 minutes to navigate there.
Also, like it has been said, this is only for a soft AP, not homebrew. It also seems like it would have made more sense for you to bump the topic this was original from, rather than making a whole new one, but that is just me.
#90038 - Deku - Wed Jun 28, 2006 12:58 am
This will allow me to use the Nintendo USB connector to use sylphirc and other homebrewed programs that use the wifi right?
PS: How do i install the drivers that are in your *.rar file?
Thanks
#90040 - HeinzHarald - Wed Jun 28, 2006 12:59 am
| TJ wrote: |
| Also, like it has been said, this is only for a soft AP, not homebrew. |
To clarify you can't stream applications to the DS with them, but you can go online with homebrew applications with the SoftAP.
#90042 - Lynx - Wed Jun 28, 2006 1:17 am
Wow.. talk about a lot of confusion over nothing. Cliff Notes version.. If you have an Official Nintendo USB adapter, you can "convert" it from being Nintendo only to a standard USB SoftAP. That's it. It really has nothing to do with the Nintendo DS or what you can do with it. When you get done, it'll work like any other AP. So, even your WiFi enabled laptop will be able to use it.
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#90043 - Deku - Wed Jun 28, 2006 1:28 am
Yeah, sorry. How would i install the drivers in that rar file? Theres a few .sys files, .inf, and .CAT i dont really know what to do with them. Thanks in advance
#90044 - HeinzHarald - Wed Jun 28, 2006 1:42 am
Unrar them. Find your USB device in Device Manager, and update the drivers manually (point Windows to the folder where you unrared the files).
Edit: or perhaps it's best to uninstall the old ones first, and point Windows to the new drivers when you plug the device in and Windows needs drivers for it.
#90046 - HeinzHarald - Wed Jun 28, 2006 1:48 am
| Lynx wrote: |
| When you get done, it'll work like any other AP. |
Which in turn doesn't work for installing stuff on the DS via the air (wifime style), but there are special drivers for that if someone should wish to use that particular function. I don't think they work for anything else though.
DHCP doesn't seem to work with SoftAP btw, but that's a minor issue.
#90047 - Deku - Wed Jun 28, 2006 1:53 am
ok, i uninstalled the old drivers and went to the extracted directory with the drivers, now its asking for an "rt25usbap.sys" that is supposedly in the CD i recieved with the USB connector, i have the cd. Should i insert it or do something else?
#90050 - HeinzHarald - Wed Jun 28, 2006 2:38 am
I don't know how it works with the Nintendo Wifi thingamabob, but I've got the Asus WL-167g, and havn't got that particular driver.
Try installing the application before connecting the USB device (which btw I had to do to get it running, although I never had it asking for that file).
There are also drivers at ralinktech.com.
#90059 - Deku - Wed Jun 28, 2006 3:53 am
well i think i have everything working ok except when i try to change 54g auto to 802.11b only it changes back to 54g auto even after i hit apply or ok. Any ideas on whats wrong?
#90072 - Halo_DS - Wed Jun 28, 2006 6:05 am
Yeah, does anyone know where I can get the drivers to use the Firefly multiboot to work with this? (if it's even possible) Thanks.
#90076 - TJ - Wed Jun 28, 2006 6:48 am
You can use the Wi-Fi Connector for WMB under Linux, but not Windows.
#90077 - Halo_DS - Wed Jun 28, 2006 6:53 am
On the DS Linux boards someone posted that it is possible without linux
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| In Windows it does, too, however the drivers need to be modified; there are tutorials (even download links of modified driver software) over @ gbadev |
Thats how I ended up here.
#90080 - Waffle - Wed Jun 28, 2006 7:01 am
Ok, there seem to be some people that have difficulty installing the drivers. The correct way to do this is as follows:
Extract the Drivers folder from the RAR file.
Open Device Manager (Control Panel -> System -> Hardware -> Device Manager).
Under Network Adapters, right-click on your USB dongle, and select Update Driver....
Depending on the way your system is configured, you may get a dialog asking if you want to search Windows Update for a driver, select No.
Now select Install from a list or specific location (Advanced) and click Next.
Select Don't search. I will choose the driver to install. and click Next.
Click the Have Disk... button. Then click the Browse button and go to the folder to where you extracted the drivers from the RAR file before, and select the INF file. Then click Next and follow the rest.
If when installing the drivers, you are prompted for "rt25usbap.sys" on the CD for the official WiFi USB connector, then you have done something wrong!
Last edited by Waffle on Mon Jul 17, 2006 1:03 pm; edited 1 time in total
#90085 - Waffle - Wed Jun 28, 2006 8:06 am
| Halo_DS wrote: |
On the DS Linux boards someone posted that it is possible without linux
| Quote: | | In Windows it does, too, however the drivers need to be modified; there are tutorials (even download links of modified driver software) over @ gbadev |
Thats how I ended up here. |
Using a Ralink USB dongle, under Windows it is NOT possible to use WMB with it. It is possible to make the USB dongle function as a SoftAP (which makes it behave much like a normal access point). Under SoftAP, you can play online WiFi enabled games (such as Mario Kart DS, Tetris DS, etc.) and use homebrew apps (DSOrganize, SylphAMP, DS2Key, etc.). Also when it is functioning as a SoftAP, other devices such as PSP and laptops, can connect to the access point.
To use WMB with the USB dongle, it needs to be done under Linux. Another option is to use VMWare and set up a virtual machine of Knoppix, that runs in Windows.
#90121 - HeinzHarald - Wed Jun 28, 2006 2:51 pm
| Waffle wrote: |
| To use WMB with the USB dongle, it needs to be done under Linux. |
It will work under Windows however if you've got a Ralink 25xx based PCI card.
http://www.aaronrogers.com/nintendods/wifime.php