Misc Ds wifi failed to connect!

[johno!!&]

Hi there, I'm not a total noob, i know how to work a computer but this has really got me stuck.
I have just purchased a brad new Imac and at the moment a am using this as my wifi router.
I have no problem playing games like mario kart and pokemon diamond on wifi bt when I launch Dsorganize and open the web browser it says failed to connect. Also when using bunjallo i have the same problem with the page not loading sticking on the license screen. Then when i try to load the sever on dshobro on my windows xp partition through bootcamp it says zero configuration is down plaese try again later.
I have no idea what i am doing wrong!!!
Please halp me!!

 

[toh_yxes]

Yes i have this problem as well. If you use a WEP key, your homebrew applications don't work. For DSHobro, that depends on your computer and which version you download. I downloaded 4, didn't work, tried 3 and it worked. Unusual I know.

 

[johno!!&]

Hi there thanks for your help. It now works but is there anyway of having a wep password on my network so no one can hack it?

 

[toh_yxes]

It depends. What internet server do you have? As in Telstra, Virgin etc

 

[johno!!&]

I'm with tpg intenet.

 

[toh_yxes]

never heard of it. but you should be able to go into router settings and setup a WEP key or a WPA key. but stick with the WEP or you won't be able to connect. once you add a WEP key, you will need to setup a connection again. but here is something from the TPG internet website.

A common problem that people experience while setting up a wireless network is to do with WEP (the wireless security protocol). The problem usually stems from setting up the pass-key on multiple machines that use different hardware and software.

An alternative way to set up your wireless security is via the use of MAC address filtering. The idea is to collect a list of the MAC addresses of all your wireless devices and set them up in your router so that only they can connect. This method is just as secure as WEP and as a bonus uses less overhead which allows slightly better speed over your wireless connection! (Note: a compatible wireless router is required)

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hope I helped.

 

[Clean Sanchez]

Previous post in this thread was a little while ago but thought this might be useful:

You don't want to compromise security on a home wireless network. You could get targeted by bandwidth leechers or your files snooped.

I use two wireless routers. Put simply, the first is connected by wire to the internet, uses the 2.4GHz bandwidth, and has security acceptable to game consoles like the NDS. In other words not much security. The second router bridges to this one and operates on 5GHz and has bulletproof security. Computers connect to the second router.

Both routers allows connections only by MAC address.

Yep, if a new friend comes around I need to feed their MAC address in. A small inconvenience but everyone is comfortable with my setup - it's secure.

Without going into personal details, I have a dual PC and Mac setup here and one of the routers is Apple branded so for the benefit of the OP I say - enjoy the experience!