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2007.04.04 - Wifi DS Belkin Router Help

How to get your DS working with your Belkin router

Wow after MONTHS and only a crappy wi-fi "help" page from nintendo I finally found the answers I was looking for by chance at the EuroGamer forum!

The problem as most folks may or may not know is that the DS only supports 802b and doesn't support WPA encryption.

For anyone thinking "whachoo talkin' 'bout, Willis?!?!?" don't worry the likelihood is your router supports the features the DS needs.

OK so I found a threaed on EuroGamer™ and found this comment ...

I got mine sorted even though I ran into that problem. The solution as I found it:

01.
Enable DHCP server on the router but set the IP address lease to "never expire"

02.
Let the DS try to find the access point (after setting WEP key and SSID)

03.
DS fails to find point, but looking in the DHCP clients list on the router reveals the allocated IP address.

04.
Set this IP address manually in the DS, along with the subnet mask and the gateway (the IP of the router)

05.
You need to find/set the address of the DNS server provided by your ISP

The EuroGamer Thread

OK So if you got to step 5 of that you're probably thinking by now ... "how do I find my ISP's DNS!???!" the answer? "FFS USE GOOGLE N00B!"

01
Type "DNS Settings" and your ISP's name into google

02.
PROFIT!

My ISP is TalkTalk™ ... quality service! To save you going to the link basically TalkTalk's DNS settings are here stick them in then try hooking your DS up: -

Primary: 62.24.199.13
Secondary: 62.24.199.23

TalkTalk DNS Settings

All in a day's work for Bicycle Repair Man™
[w00t]

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