Hi All,
After years of having low and no security on the wireless router because of the clients poor implementation of the security protocols, I recently noted that all the clients are now N or G, and shouldn't have issues connecting with security.
That led me to look at re-implementing my router and wireless setup. Among the G devices is a Nintendo Wii. After turning off SSID broadcasting (I know, not really helpful, but..), enabling WPA2 + AES and picking a reasonably long and strong password, everything but the Wii connected with no issues.
After a little googling, I came across a link, which basically said that the Wii can't really deal with long passwords, but there's a workaround of entering the hexadecimal key directly into the password area:
http://eddorre.com/posts/connecting-a-wii-using-wpa2-and-a-complex-password
I gave it a shot and it worked! Then I took notice of the suggestion not to include personal information in the SSID or password (which I did in both cases so they'd be easy for family members to remember), so I changed them, then re-entered the hex key, and... it didn't work any more!
Has anyone come up with a consistent way to get the Wii to accept a WPA2+AES setup with a reasonably secure password (in my case I mean 30+ characters, with at least 1 alpha, 1 numeric and 1 non-alphanumeric).
Any help appreciated. In the meantime, off to try more hex keys.
After years of having low and no security on the wireless router because of the clients poor implementation of the security protocols, I recently noted that all the clients are now N or G, and shouldn't have issues connecting with security.
That led me to look at re-implementing my router and wireless setup. Among the G devices is a Nintendo Wii. After turning off SSID broadcasting (I know, not really helpful, but..), enabling WPA2 + AES and picking a reasonably long and strong password, everything but the Wii connected with no issues.
After a little googling, I came across a link, which basically said that the Wii can't really deal with long passwords, but there's a workaround of entering the hexadecimal key directly into the password area:
http://eddorre.com/posts/connecting-a-wii-using-wpa2-and-a-complex-password
I gave it a shot and it worked! Then I took notice of the suggestion not to include personal information in the SSID or password (which I did in both cases so they'd be easy for family members to remember), so I changed them, then re-entered the hex key, and... it didn't work any more!
Has anyone come up with a consistent way to get the Wii to accept a WPA2+AES setup with a reasonably secure password (in my case I mean 30+ characters, with at least 1 alpha, 1 numeric and 1 non-alphanumeric).
Any help appreciated. In the meantime, off to try more hex keys.