Airport Extreme to Wii U

[kloda]

Trying to connect my new Wii U to the ABSE's 5GHz but it's not connecting. Nintendo says 802.11n is supported on the Wii U.

My iPad (3rd Gen) works just fine with 802.11n 5Ghz.

Any suggestions?

 

[lixuelai]

Wii U is 2.4Ghz only.

 

[PerformaGuy]

It looks like the Wii U uses a 5Ghz radio to transmit video between the Wii U and the game pad:
http://www.geek.com/articles/games/...-repairable-mostly-childproof-wii-u-20121119/

But yes, 802.11n comes in both 2.4 and 5 Ghz variants.

See also this post:
http://www.joystiq.com/2012/11/19/how-to-connect-a-stubborn-wii-u-to-wi-fi/

 

[lixuelai]

There is a lot of confusion because of the 5GHz radio used to communicate with the Gamepad. However that is handled by a different Broadcom chip. Ifixit did a teardown of the Wii U and the WiFi chip is BCM4336 which is 2.4GHz only. It is also pretty obvious from the specs as the Wii U is advertised as BGN which is nearly always 2.4GHz only.

 

[majordude]

So, how do I get it to connect?!

EDIT: After an hour, I called Nintendo. They solved it.

It's really close to http://j.mp/SiaJmr