Re: Nintendo WII: is wifi supported?
Jared McNeill <[email protected]> Sat, 26 Oct 2024 11:31:19 -0300 (ADT)
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Hi Noe -- I haven't experienced this issue. I am using a urtwn(4) based adapter, but it is plugged in indirectly via a USB 2.0 hub. Can you try a hub, and/or a different adapter, to see if the problem goes away? Take care, Jared On Sat, 26 Oct 2024, Noe Casas wrote: > Thanks a lot Jared. > > I am now using a USB Wi-Fi adapter (TL-WN823N v3) and it works. > However, the connection is lost occasionally, especially when > transferring large files. I need to restart wpa_supplicant manually to > re-connect. The disconnections happen much more frequently in one of > the USB ports. Is this a known problem? > > Thanks again, > Noe. > > On Fri, 25 Oct 2024 at 12:04, Jared McNeill <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> Hi Noe -- >> >> The onboard Wi-Fi adapter is not supported. Your options for networking >> are to use a supported USB Wi-Fi adapter, USB ethernet adapter, or setup a >> Bluetooth PAN using the built-in Bluetooth adapter. >> >> Take care, >> Jared >> >> >> On Thu, 24 Oct 2024, Noe Casas wrote: >> >>> Hi all, >>> >>> I am successfully running NetBSD 10.99.12 on a Nintendo Wii (NetBSD/evbppc). >>> I would like to enable the wifi, but ifconfig -a only shows the >>> loopback interface and in the output of dmesg I cannot identify >>> anything relevant. >>> >>> Is the Wii's wifi supported by NetBSD? If it is, how can I configure it? >>> >>> Thanks in advance. >>> >>> >