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weg
Jan 28, 2007, 06:59 AM
Hi,
does anybody already have some experience with the new Airport extreme and the Nintendo DS? I'll need a new WLAN router, soon, and I'd like to get one that is compatible with my Nintendo DS lite, AND I do very much like the network disk feature of the new Airport extreme router.


iW00t
Jan 28, 2007, 07:19 AM
No reason for it not to be :)
weg
Jan 28, 2007, 07:44 AM
No reason for it not to be :)

Well, if I find out that it's incompatibel FOR NO REASON, it would suck just as much as if there was a reason :D
hcuar
Jan 28, 2007, 11:28 AM
The only thing about the DS that creates a problems is that it only supports WEP. i prefer to run WPA, so i don't use the wifi ability in the DS.
holamiamigos
Jan 28, 2007, 01:24 PM
no reason why it shouldn't
SLJ
Feb 21, 2007, 11:05 AM
there is some WEP security issues which I have not figure out... is not working with the new Extreme base station with DS
BRUUUCE
Feb 21, 2007, 03:30 PM
No reason for it not to be :)

doesn't work wit airport express.
SilentPanda
Feb 21, 2007, 03:32 PM
The PSP didn't work with some version of the firmware for Airport Extreme. That was a while back. So even though there isn't a reason it shouldn't... it doesn't mean it will work. :)
uselessnobody
Mar 3, 2007, 07:08 PM
I have the new Apple Airport Extreme (802.11n compatible). I have it set up to distribute 802.11b/g/n. Has anyone successfully connected their Nintendo DS Lite to the new Airport Extreme? If so, could you tell me the steps you took to set up your Airport & DS. I tried manual setup on my DS and it still won't connect.

Thanks

(On a side note, I can connect to the Airport Extreme with my Wii. But when I put the same settings into my DS (I used a different IP address, of course) I can't seem to connect)
SLJ
Mar 17, 2007, 11:11 AM
the NDS support an older WEP encryption which is not compatible with new AE(n).... unless you disable the security, otherwise it will not connect.
Haoshiro
Mar 17, 2007, 11:58 AM
Why not just run without WEP/WPA and just limit connections to specific MAC addresses? This has always worked fine for me with other routers.

I recently ordered the new Airport Extreme and will post here if I have any success! :)