Re: Nintendo WII: is wifi supported?

Eric Hilgart <[email protected]> Sun, 27 Oct 2024 19:44:28 +0000
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Does a powered hub help in case the issue is related to power draw on the W=
ii?

(Experienced via NetBSD on other low powered  devices)
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From: [email protected] <[email protected]> on beha=
lf of Jared McNeill <[email protected]>
Sent: Saturday, October 26, 2024 7:31:19 AM
To: Noe Casas <[email protected]>
Cc: [email protected] <[email protected]>
Subject: Re: Nintendo WII: is wifi supported?

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/evb=
ppc).
>>> 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.
>>>
>>>
>

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<div class=3D"PlainText">Hi Noe --<br>
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I haven't experienced this issue. I am using a urtwn(4) based adapter, but =
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it is plugged in indirectly via a USB 2.0 hub. Can you try a hub, and/or a =
<br>
different adapter, to see if the problem goes away?<br>
<br>
Take care,<br>
Jared<br>
<br>
On Sat, 26 Oct 2024, Noe Casas wrote:<br>
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&gt; Thanks a lot Jared.<br>
&gt;<br>
&gt; I am now using a USB Wi-Fi adapter (TL-WN823N v3) and it works.<br>
&gt; However, the connection is lost occasionally, especially when<br>
&gt; transferring large files. I need to restart wpa_supplicant manually to=
<br>
&gt; re-connect. The disconnections happen much more frequently in one of<b=
r>
&gt; the USB ports. Is this a known problem?<br>
&gt;<br>
&gt; Thanks again,<br>
&gt; Noe.<br>
&gt;<br>
&gt; On Fri, 25 Oct 2024 at 12:04, Jared McNeill &lt;[email protected]&=
gt; wrote:<br>
&gt;&gt;<br>
&gt;&gt; Hi Noe --<br>
&gt;&gt;<br>
&gt;&gt; The onboard Wi-Fi adapter is not supported. Your options for netwo=
rking<br>
&gt;&gt; are to use a supported USB Wi-Fi adapter, USB ethernet adapter, or=
 setup a<br>
&gt;&gt; Bluetooth PAN using the built-in Bluetooth adapter.<br>
&gt;&gt;<br>
&gt;&gt; Take care,<br>
&gt;&gt; Jared<br>
&gt;&gt;<br>
&gt;&gt;<br>
&gt;&gt; On Thu, 24 Oct 2024, Noe Casas wrote:<br>
&gt;&gt;<br>
&gt;&gt;&gt; Hi all,<br>
&gt;&gt;&gt;<br>
&gt;&gt;&gt; I am successfully running NetBSD 10.99.12 on a Nintendo Wii (N=
etBSD/evbppc).<br>
&gt;&gt;&gt; I would like to enable the wifi, but ifconfig -a only shows th=
e<br>
&gt;&gt;&gt; loopback interface and in the output of dmesg I cannot identif=
y<br>
&gt;&gt;&gt; anything relevant.<br>
&gt;&gt;&gt;<br>
&gt;&gt;&gt; Is the Wii's wifi supported by NetBSD? If it is, how can I con=
figure it?<br>
&gt;&gt;&gt;<br>
&gt;&gt;&gt; Thanks in advance.<br>
&gt;&gt;&gt;<br>
&gt;&gt;&gt;<br>
&gt;<br>
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