My router is no longer incapable with the wii, despite nothing changing.

[civic sparrow]

I keep on getting error code 51330, so I tried doing a connection test to see if I can get back online. However, it looks like that I can't. I don't know why my wii can no longer get access to the internet despite my router not changing. Is there any way I can fix this?

[civic sparrow]

just tried rebooting it with no luck

[civic sparrow]

I just realized what I put as the title

what I meant to say was: My wii cannot connect to the wifi, despite nothing changing with my router

[untold garnet]

your router probably updated itself and changed the config

they do that for some reason

try to configure the wireless settings for the 2.4ghz band to include 802.11 b/g

[civic sparrow]

how would i go about doing that? I have no idea how to configure anything with my router

[civic sparrow]

it was unplugged and replugged briefly due to some renovation happening in my house

[hot plover]

I have the same issue

despite me doing nothing

my Wii all of a sudden can't connect to my WiFi

or can't hold the connection and disconnects

[hot plover]

I don't have other Wii's

The problem only persists on this Wii

All other network devices are fine on my network

so yeah

I did it and ordered the ethernet adapter

Nope, just some random one with the ASIX AX88772 chipset

I'm the one managing my network, my ISP's router is in bridge mode

my router's 2.4GHz WiFi is in b/g/n mode

20MHz and channel set to auto

it was working and all of a sudden it stopped

nothing changed in the configuration

there's nothing to change anymore

it's set correctly

to the same settings I was recommending people to set it to

furthermore

my phone's hotspot also refuses to work

so the WiFi chip must be dying

good thing I'll have the ethernet adapter

[civic sparrow]

I have no idea how to get my router to support 802.11 b/g if anyone can help me with that. Searching it up gets me nowhere

[untold garnet]

what router / isp do you have?

[civic sparrow]

i think it’s an AT&T BGW210-700

it says that the status both 2.4 GHz and 5 GHz are disabled (?)

[hot mirage]

If 2.4 GHz is off, there’s your problem most likely

[maiden wolf]

wouldnt get 51330 if 2.4ghz was off entirely

[untold garnet]

if you head to the router's web admin panel and send a screenshot, i should be able to walk you through configuring it for use with the wii

[mossy sedge]

Sometimes my Wii straight up refuses to detect my router. I use a hotspot when that happens

[hot mirage]

I personally use an old WRT54G router for legacy devices that don’t support modern wifi, Wii is one of them

You can find them very cheaply online, sometimes even as new old stock, because they sold so many of them

[hot mirage]

Now, I don’t have it set up as an open network because I don’t want my neighbours stealing my wifi. Instead what I do is WEP

And before you start screaming at me, I have the router set to only allow certain MAC addresses to connect to it for security reasons

[hot mirage]

The goober

[hot plover]

DON'T MIND THE SETUP BUT

GOD DAMN

THANK YOU UGREEN 🤸‍♂️🕺🕺

[lime zenith]

167.235.229.36 should be your primary DNS.
1.1.1.1 should be your secondary DNS.

[untold garnet]

literally my setup 😭

[hot plover]

Hehehe

Oh how I missed having the ethernet adapter

Connects to network in 3 seconds

And does so successfully every time

And the connection doesn't fail

Finally played first game of MKWii in a long time without disconnects

Matchmaking works so fast

I have DMZ set to my Wii

It's... so good finally

A perfect networking setup for Wii

[hot plover]

It connects in few seconds, the connection is stable

On WiFi I always feared how long it will stay connected for

I can say in Mario Kart Wii it's really good

I'd recommend but only if you have issues with WiFi

And I had severe issues on Wii

I spent more time troubleshooting than just doing what I wanted to

It won't magically make your Wii download/upload stuff at 10MB/s

For some reason whether you're using ethernet or wifi on Wii you're still gonna max out at ~350KB/s

But it's about the connection being stable, not fast

[untold garnet]

fortunately my wifi works fine

but if you get constant disconnect errors it's 100% worth it

[civic sparrow]

where would i find the web admin panel? is that like a physical sticker on the box?

[gleaming frigate]

Depending on your ISP you should know. Try typing 192.168.0.1 in your browser which might pop up

[gleaming frigate]

The router on the back might tell you the admin password and where the panel is

[mossy sedge]

It tends to be 192.168.1.1

[untold garnet]

it really depends on the router

@civic sparrow refer to the back of your router, the admin ip is usually written there

[civic sparrow]

you want me to get my ip and paste it into the search bar?

[untold garnet]

yeah

[civic sparrow]

i remember i did this a while ago

the ip isn’t on the box, has to use a terminal command to get it

[untold garnet]

ah

[civic sparrow]

ok, i dix it, now what

it takes me to a page where it says that the 2.4 GHz and 5 GHz is disabled

this is AT&T btw

[untold garnet]

send a screenshot?

[civic sparrow]

hoping this doesn't contain any personal info

[untold garnet]

wait so do you actually have wifi?

[civic sparrow]

yea

it's how i'm talking to you now

my laptop is connected to the wifi

[untold garnet]

huh

[civic sparrow]

also should i delete the screenshot?

[untold garnet]

do you use your router's wifi or some other mesh network or something?

[untold garnet]

there's nothing confidential dw

[civic sparrow]

wdym by mesh network

sorry, i'm kinda dumb when it comes to this stuff

[untold garnet]

so like

for wifi

do you connect to your router directly

or to something else

cause atm your router itself doesn't broadcast any wireless signals

so i'm assuming that you don't use it for wifi

[civic sparrow]

i mean, i have these extenders

that can extend the signal to the back of my house

so i guess i connect indirectly? idk

[untold garnet]

yeah they're probably what provide the wireless signal then

see if there's an admin panel ip on the extenders

[civic sparrow]

it's kinda hard to see that since the extenders are literally on the ceiling

[untold garnet]

ah that's problematic

do you know the brand or model?

[civic sparrow]

the logo is a U

[untold garnet]

ah ubiquity

[civic sparrow]

if worse comes to worse, i can call my IT guy

[untold garnet]

so where exactly is this lol

are you in school or an office or something

[civic sparrow]

i’m in my home

[untold garnet]

you have an IT guy for your house??

[civic sparrow]

well, it’s kinda complicated

i mean not really complicated

[untold garnet]

but yeah, if you have an IT guy who manages this stuff, ask them to configure your network to allow 2.4ghz 802.11b/g/n connections

[civic sparrow]

yea i’ll ask them later

[civic sparrow]

my IT guy couldn’t make it 😞

[civic sparrow]

i’m configuring it right now

[civic sparrow]

I was able to get back online

but what’s weird is that my wii is being very stubborn. It can only connect to a connection that only supports 2.4 and not 5

[maiden wolf]

18 year old console

[hot mirage]

That’s to be expected

2.4 GHz is the original wifi standard

[untold garnet]

i mean, my router works with 2.4/5ghz dual mode

[civic sparrow]

my router does too, but the wii won’t connect to a connection that is in dual mode, only in 2.4

[untold garnet]

no like my wii connects to it just fine

[civic sparrow]

weird how it doesn’t do it with mine…

or it used to, but not anymore

[red tapir]

I have ATT too, I managed to get my Wii on WiiLink about 3 months ago

You go to home network then on the second column press wifi and on your router look for an access code, the website will tell you