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GameBoy Wireless Adapter Help

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The Wireless Adapter that comes with most Pokemon Firered and Leafgreen cartridges (I got the players choice version, so I didnt get it), how far is it's range? Also, does it hook up to the DS. If it doesn't then do they have one other then the Wi-Fi?
 
Just like link cables, it won't work in the DS. Its range is about ten feet. The DS's wireless capabilities won't work with FR/LG/E.
 
Oh, I thought the Wireless Adapter's range went a couple miles, that's what it sounded like when I read about it, and I can't get Wi-Fi because I don't have a wireless router, is there anything I can hook up to my router to use Wi-Fi?
 
Wi-Fi won't work anyway, like I said. There is a Nintendo Wi-Fi Connector, but it's for the rich people who have Windows XP.
 
I still have Win98, I'm not rich enough to get a new computer, because XP takes 2 GB, and I only have 6 GB when my hard drive is empty.

Yeah, that's the connector.

I see you're new, so welcome to Bulbagarden, and I hope you enjoy your stay.
 
The GBA wireless adaptor doesn't actually *use* an Internet connection...it basically does the same thing that GBA link cables do, only wirelessly.
 
XD375 said:
I still have Win98, I'm not rich enough to get a new computer, because XP takes 2 GB, and I only have 6 GB when my hard drive is empty.

Yeah, that's the connector.

I see you're new, so welcome to Bulbagarden, and I hope you enjoy your stay.
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Dude you don't have to be rich at all to have a compute with Windows XP ;p - they run actually really cheap now.
 
The GBA Wireless was released at a bad time in USA, right when the DS came out almost....
 
Of course, you don't need XP at all to support a good wireless connection.
Get a router and expand for future networking use and plus, routers are
universal meaning you can run it with a Mac or Linux. Routers will do the same
thing as the Nintendo Wi-fi Dongle (and even more) so it will come in handy if
you want a Wii too. A decent router can run you anywhere between $20 to $30
dollars if you know where to shop; I highly recommend it over the Wi-Fi device Nintendo sells.
 
If the Wireless Adapter's range is only around 10 feet then what is the point of the 'Union Room'?
 
It's not 10 feet. I don't know where that number came from. That's just the amount Nintendo will guarantee.

I think that I remember seeing a test, in the best possible conditions with perfect line of sight, etc, it was like 500 feet. But that's not very likely in most situations. At all.

- Trip
 
Far as I was ever concerned, the best thing about the Wireless Adaptor is that I didn't have to worry about falling-out link cables.

Too bad it was useless pretty much as soon as we got it. If only it worked with RS.

And the Union Room... um, conventions. Or meetings. Or some kind of Pokémon event. Places where you'll still be in contact with the person you're trading with.

DP on the DS will have pretty much the same stuff when it's not over WFC, but if both players are far off, they only need to get within 150 feet of a router.

And I agree with Rayne, a router is certainly a good idea. Most work with DS and Wii, and support various other devices as well, such as laptop computers, and even desktop computers, providing they have Wi-Fi antennae. And most wireless routers double-time as a wired one anyway, so I'd highly suggest upgrading to a wireless one so that all internet-connected things don't have to be clustered together.
 
Not to mention that routers also improve network security. They use only one IP address but route many different machines through it, so the router ends up using NAT (Network Addressing Table) to route all of them correctly. This can protect your Windows computer from worms and the like that are floating around on the internet.

Some studies show that an unpatched Windows XP SP1 system put on the internet without a router can be compromised in as little as 12 minutes with no end-user interaction (I've heard lower numbers than that, but I'm more inclined to believe this one). Now that has gotten better with SP2, but it's still a last line of defense between your computer and the Internet.

- Trip
 
NAT is a horrible way of handling security. It lets network administrators be lax about internal network security. Just imagine, a worm compromises just one system and then the whole network will follow because there are no firewalls between nodes on the LAN. Moreover it defeats the purpose of the internet, that is, to interconnect all computers - NAT doesn't count, since it is, for the most part, one-way with nodes behind the router establishing outbound connections. It is also hindering the adoption of IPv6.

Windows being insecure, now that's a separate issue.
 
I know you're right, but even without NAT, do you think most people would bother taking the time to lock stuff down?

I lock down my internal network despite having NAT going, and I try to do the same for people that I get set up. But not having NAT does not mean that people will all of a sudden up and decide to get serious about net security.

I'd rather people had NAT than nothing.

EDIT: 1000th POST! 4 years and a day after first joining up, too. =D

- Trip
 
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