I admit, I can't even remember the last time I went online with the DS but 
I'm hankering for some Animal Crossing action but I really am not in the 
mood for dropping my Wi-Fi router down to WEP just so I can do it. Just in 
case you weren't aware of how broken WEP is

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/7052223.stm

Short of spending cash on a USB Wi-Fi access point, is there any possibility 
of Nintendo offering a firmware update or maybe using the Wii as an access 
point? I know the Wii already offers WPA and theres rumours of being able to 
download DS demos from the Wii shop soon so it's not that much of a stretch, 
surely?

Ah Sod it, I'm just going to play AC offline for now!

Lord Deckard.

PS As an aside, I've just done a search for access points and there are at 
least 15 near me, 5 are running WEP and 2 have no protection at all! And one 
of them is a business with the SSID set as it's name. Oh dear.....

On Fri, 19 Oct 2007 11:42:37 +0100, "Lord Deckard"
 wrote:

>I admit, I can't even remember the last time I went online with the DS but 
>I'm hankering for some Animal Crossing action but I really am not in the 
>mood for dropping my Wi-Fi router down to WEP just so I can do it. Just in 
>case you weren't aware of how broken WEP is
>
>http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/7052223.stm
>
>Short of spending cash on a USB Wi-Fi access point, is there any possibility 
>of Nintendo offering a firmware update or maybe using the Wii as an access 
>point? I know the Wii already offers WPA and theres rumours of being able to 
>download DS demos from the Wii shop soon so it's not that much of a stretch, 
>surely?
>
>Ah Sod it, I'm just going to play AC offline for now!
>
>Lord Deckard.
>
>PS As an aside, I've just done a search for access points and there are at 
>least 15 near me, 5 are running WEP and 2 have no protection at all! And one 
>of them is a business with the SSID set as it's name. Oh dear..... 
>
i *think* there's a 3rd party firmware update for the DS that
implements WPA support, but don't take my word on that, nor if it does
exist, do i accept responsibility if it bricks your DS! ;)
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Soni tempori elseu romani yeof helsforo nisson ol sefini ill des Fri, 19 Oct
2007 11:42:37 +0100, sefini jorgo geanyet des mani yeof do
uk.games.video.handheld, yawatina tan reek esk "Lord Deckard"
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>Short of spending cash on a USB Wi-Fi access point, is there any possibility 
>of Nintendo offering a firmware update

No chance.  Nintendo have stated the DS doesn't have the grunt to do real-time
WPA en/decryption as well as play games.

> or maybe using the Wii as an access 
>point? I know the Wii already offers WPA and theres rumours of being able to 
>download DS demos from the Wii shop soon so it's not that much of a stretch, 
>surely?

It's not a rumour - it's confirmed!  As for using it as an access point - I'm
not sure that's possible?

>PS As an aside, I've just done a search for access points and there are at 
>least 15 near me, 5 are running WEP and 2 have no protection at all! And one 
>of them is a business with the SSID set as it's name. Oh dear..... 

Well, there's your solution ;)

deKay
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On 2007-10-19, Lord Deckard  wrote:
> I admit, I can't even remember the last time I went online with the DS but 
> I'm hankering for some Animal Crossing action but I really am not in the 
> mood for dropping my Wi-Fi router down to WEP just so I can do it. Just in 
> case you weren't aware of how broken WEP is
>
> http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/7052223.stm
>
> Short of spending cash on a USB Wi-Fi access point, is there any possibility 
> of Nintendo offering a firmware update or maybe using the Wii as an access 
> point? I know the Wii already offers WPA and theres rumours of being able to 
> download DS demos from the Wii shop soon so it's not that much of a stretch, 
> surely?
>
> Ah Sod it, I'm just going to play AC offline for now!
>
> Lord Deckard.
>
> PS As an aside, I've just done a search for access points and there are at 
> least 15 near me, 5 are running WEP and 2 have no protection at all! And one 
> of them is a business with the SSID set as it's name. Oh dear..... 

Why not use one of your neighbour's WEP networks for your DS in the mean time? ;)

-- 
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Add the word afiduluminag to the subject to circumvent my email filters.

Combine WEP with a MAC address filter, and things shouldn't be so bad.

Lord Deckard  wrote:

> I admit, I can't even remember the last time I went online with the DS but
> I'm hankering for some Animal Crossing action but I really am not in the
> mood for dropping my Wi-Fi router down to WEP just so I can do it. Just in
> case you weren't aware of how broken WEP is
> 
> http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/7052223.stm
> 
> Short of spending cash on a USB Wi-Fi access point, is there any possibility
> of Nintendo offering a firmware update or maybe using the Wii as an access
> point? I know the Wii already offers WPA and theres rumours of being able to
> download DS demos from the Wii shop soon so it's not that much of a stretch,
> surely?
> 
> Ah Sod it, I'm just going to play AC offline for now!
> 
> Lord Deckard.
> 
> PS As an aside, I've just done a search for access points and there are at
> least 15 near me, 5 are running WEP and 2 have no protection at all! And one
> of them is a business with the SSID set as it's name. Oh dear..... 

I'd love to play if you're game. I simply have an access point dedicated
to AC which I firewall and turn off when I'm not playing online DS
games.
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Fry <me@privacy.invalid> wrote:

> Combine WEP with a MAC address filter, and things shouldn't be so bad.

Indeed. There are ways to lock down WEP. It's not _100%_ secure, but who
cares? It's enough to frustrate most script kiddies. It's not like we're
doing online banking in AC, after all.

Regards,
 Jamie Kahn Genet
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