I've had enough of this now!
I've spent the entire evening trying to get my DS to connect to my Wireless router so I can play Worms: Open Warfare 2 online!
I'm very close to saying fuck it and returning the game back to the store and getting something else instead, or I would if GAME didn't have that stupid fucking "broken sticker" policy in place now for fucks sakes.
The DS is a family friendly console, but its hardly family friendly to get it online... not unless you pay an extortionate fee for Nintendo's USB adaptor, why should I have to buy that when I have a wireless router? Answer? I shouldn't! My fiance's laptop connects to it fine, and I'm sure if I bought the wireless hub for the 360 that wouldn't have any issues (thats wired instead). The PSP auto detected the connection and got me actually browsing the web within minutes. Yet Nintendo's family friendly "Play Animal Crossing instead of going out and getting drunk and raped" handheld is near on impossible to get working.
So whats the issue? You tell me, first off I got a Error Code 52000, so I set a static IP and manually inputted the gateway and DNS, thats fine, I had to do that with the 360 too. Then I get a Error Code 52100, which is supposedly firewall related. Now I'd not long been playing a spot of Guild Wars and the firewalls on my PC conflict terribly with it for some reason (even though I know people with the same setup who have no issues whatsoever)so they were all turned off, so that error shouldn't be happening. But to be safe I added the DS' new static IP to my DMZ list, which should bypass any firewalls, it worked for the 360 when I had that issue.
But does the DS want to play ball? does it fuck, so I've barely touched the handheld in months, the only action its seen is the odd occassion that my missus has fancied playing Pokemon Diamond, but thats been on the rare occassion as she's fed up of them all being exactly the same game give or take a few measly options and a couple of hundred Pokemon that she feels are inferior to those featured in Red and Blue. So I get a new game to play on it, and the main reason I got it (I love a bit of online Wormage, but haven't always got access to means to play it on XBLA) I can't bloody well use!
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The DS itself isn't getting online, just gives me the 52000 or 52100 errors (depending on the settings on the DS, at the moment is 52100). The router's detecting it as it appears in the list of devices in use at that particular point in time so no idea whats going on.
My connection is 2meg so I shouldn't have settings to do with that surely?
Why should I have to pay out again when I've already shelled out for a router that everything else connects fine? I have a right to "bitch and moan" if a particular device wants to fuck me about.
Did check on Nintendo's site, they haven't tested it yet. But its a newer model than the DS and its built with online console gaming in mind (manual tells you how to set up PS2 and 360 for online play with the router), plus the PSP has always connected with no issue whatsoever, so I see no reason why the DS wouldn't be compatible.
If I can't get it working by tomorrow afternoon, I'll contact the manufacturer...