So, I did some more searching. Apparently you can identify your Wii's mac address, then spoof your laptop's mac address with the Wii's mac address, open your browser on your laptop to accept the terms, and then your Wii *should* be able to connect to the internet. I am headed back to my hotel...
i have had my wii hacked for well over a year and i keep telling friends & family that they should do the same. even though i take my wii over to their house to copy their games. they say, look at all those games you have, and i say that i copy them from "you" or download them from online. at...
although i ended up accidentally changing my nand with no way of going back bc i didn't know you needed a gamecube controller to restore it (i have a wii minus/1.1, which doesn't have gamecube controller support)
and if i find the sd card i have my NAND backed up on, i can not only restore the NAND if i solder the right part in, but i can also put my NAND on dolphin, then i can play dolphin online, like PMEX Remix or MKWii Riibalanced