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"WiFi"

Just want to quickly know what it is and why it is better than the normal internet thing.

Cheers.

Communist Jim wrote:
> Is it built into the router?
> Or is it something you plug into the router, if it is show me a site
> where you can get one from.

Well basically, my router has an ethernet connection and a USB connection.
The USB goes into our single desktop computer while the ethernet cable connects to a wireless device which connects it to any wireless device within radius.

Shouldn't be that hard.
Look for the diagram on the back of the box, or if you're looking online then look at the description to see if it's the same kind of cable that your router connects to! :-)

FinalFantasyFanatic wrote:
> Or you can just wonder the streets with your DS until you stumble upon
> someone's open, unprotected wireless connection and sit in their
> front garden, playing merrily away.

"Get off my garden, hove!"
"I'm using your wireless net connection to play my DS"
"Oh, it's not ours, we nick it from him down the road. Sit in his garden"
"Hove."

Communist Jim wrote:
> Well, I expect the software provided would turn each DS with an
> internet connection into a hotspot. So if you live in a densely
> populated area the need for a Wireless connection shouldn't be that
> high.

Yeah, I heard that you would only be able to use it in Wifi hot spots, but I also heard that there was an Animal Crossing (I think it was that) game in development for the DS that would feature around the world Wifi.

Strafio wrote:
> I've got a wireless device connected to my router.


Is it built into the router?
Or is it something you plug into the router, if it is show me a site where you can get one from.

That is indeed a good plan, and would most likely work.

The thing is, not many people have wireless in their house at the moment so it would be tricky finding a good spot, but if you found one...

:-)

Or you can just wonder the streets with your DS until you stumble upon someone's open, unprotected wireless connection and sit in their front garden, playing merrily away.

I've got a wireless device connected to my router.

I means that I can take my laptop anywhere in the house I want (I've still got to plug it in though - useless battery!).
Nintendo'll probably have a good online service going by the time I get one.

Well, I expect the software provided would turn each DS with an internet connection into a hotspot. So if you live in a densely populated area the need for a Wireless connection shouldn't be that high.

Get a wireless router, holmes.

Ashley_90 wrote:
> Just want to quickly know what it is and why it is better than the
> normal internet thing.
>
> Cheers.

Basicly another way name for WiFi is 4G. So basicly an update of the 3G phones. Saying that, I think it's pretty safe to say that it will be a decent connection.