Hacking TCPGecko stumps me. :/

[N7Kopper]

Using the forum search, I did manage to at least get a connection to my Wii U - but attempts to actually read from and poke to my Wii U always seem to fail. Just to be clear about my setup:

1. I run all my games off of the Not-Blu-Ray discs that the Wii U has, and - if it makes a difference - usually load patch data and stuff off of USB. But not always. (Basic Pack, you know) No Loadiine piracy backups here. Not that I have any problems with that.
2. I've tried both the normal TCPGecko loader (using loadiine.ovh) and Onion_Knight's modded version (I don't even own Splatoon anyway) - maybe there's an updated version I'm missing? Hm.
3. I know that it helps to open the web browser after loading the homebrew - that's how I can get it to connect at all.
4. Other network stuff works fine, such as Devolution and WiiXplorer - so either there's some bizarre router problem with TCPGecko specifically, or I'm missing something in my setup. Honestly, the latter's probably more likely.
5. Yes, I do have a fixed IP. I also am entering it in correctly.

Forum search turned up a few helpful things, but not enough to get it actually working. Google was outright unhelpful. Maybe I'm missing something like a huge klutz (I probably am) but meh. Thanks in advance.

 

[Deleted member 369977]

Is there any error you could provide to us?
So you said it does connect to your wii u, but reading memory and poking fails. Did you start a game first?

 

[N7Kopper]

To answer your questions in order: No and yes.
Or, the long version, errors I get from trying to poke data - if they exist - are painfully generic. So generic that they don't even have error codes. And, yes, I did boot a game before trying to mess with memory. And I tried loading TCPGecko both before and after loading the game. And I made sure to only ever connect only after the game had loaded.

Maybe I'll have another, harder look sometime. But not right now... exhausting day..