SuperKoopa Posted October 18, 2005 Share Posted October 18, 2005 Nintendo WiFi $50 Dongle or good $50 Router? Router advantages:+ Could be more useful because it can route.. anything+ May last longer, not as easy to lose? Router disadvantages:- Would be hard to setup in infrastructure mode (although it looks like Mario Kart DS is in Ad-Hoc.) Dongle advantages:+ USB+ Just plugin, window, and go Dongle disadvantages:- Costly for a little USB thing that can only route to the DS- Easy to lose -+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+- So, do you think I should be a $50 Router or a $50 Dongle? What would you buy? Answers appreciated! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sgstair Posted October 18, 2005 Share Posted October 18, 2005 The only real disadvantage to using a router is if you don't know how to set it up, it'll be less secure... It of course won't be as easy as the usb stick, but it's also has other advantages. Whatever, it's your money - pay a little more or learn a little more -Stephen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuperKoopa Posted October 18, 2005 Author Share Posted October 18, 2005 I could probably bum a router off of my Grandpa.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dudu.exe Posted October 19, 2005 Share Posted October 19, 2005 I could probably bum a router off of my Grandpa.. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Just buy a cheaperr USB dongle ! =] it will work too! i only want to know if we will need some specific Nintendo Program o something.. or juts make the IP settings Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oshisama Posted October 19, 2005 Share Posted October 19, 2005 I alreayd have a router.. But I will probably get a dongle aswel. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NoComply Posted October 19, 2005 Share Posted October 19, 2005 Ya, dongle might be cool since you can just go over to a friends house and plug it into their computer's usb slot. Would be quite annoying to do that with a router, and you will have a tougher time convincing your friend that you are gonna hook up your wireless router which needs a plug in, another lan cable, and you have to disconnect their net just to hook it up. Mind you I have a router so I don't think I need to worry. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobM Posted October 20, 2005 Share Posted October 20, 2005 Router. It's much more universal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GrupstraNDS Posted October 20, 2005 Share Posted October 20, 2005 Yeah, I want a router, but thinknig about how I'm always switching computers and at school and back home and always someplace else, I find a dongle will be easier. I can easily set up a router and have it going, but my parents might not want me to hook up another router or rip out the other one for this, just for my DS. With the dongle, I can throw it on my computer in my room, or the living room computer, play, and then goto the college, plug it into their computers with blazingly fast t3 connection, sit and play my lunch hour away. (I spend my entire day over there in one computer lab anyway, so it'll make working even harder ) Well, thats my decision. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sgstair Posted October 20, 2005 Share Posted October 20, 2005 ...plug it into their computer with blazingly fast t3 connection....piped over a blazing slow 2mbit wifi connection Won't gain much from that upgrade, I'm tellin' ya. -Stephen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GrupstraNDS Posted October 20, 2005 Share Posted October 20, 2005 Maybe not, but its the thought that counts. Hehe, Yeah, your right, but I think I'll feel that much more confident then when I play on my low speed cable connection. ;P One of those psychological things. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Samor Posted October 21, 2005 Share Posted October 21, 2005 I wonder if the Nintendo WiFi Dongle will be able to run WMB as well..? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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