Alright, so I have a DS lite and I want to get it online, mostly to trade WarioWare DIY games (and other stuff, later, of course). At my house, I have a wired router in my basement that connects to a wireless router in my room. The wireless router is an old piece of junk, and at some point I set it to a mode that basically makes it so that it acts as just a wi-fi hotspot, disabling most of it's routerly features. One of these features is the ability to "dial in" to the router via an IP address, and change its security settings. This is a problem, as I set the security to use WPA, which apparently DSes can't use. 
 
I wouldn't mind dropping a little bit of money on fixing this issue, so I head over to Amazon, and search for the official Nintendo DS wi-fi thingy, and HOLY SHIT, it's like $100 new. Is this... normal? I mean, it's 2010, surely getting WEP wi-fi through a USB port can't be that costly, right? 
 
A quick eBay search yields far better prices, albeit for used products.
  
So how do you guys do your wi-fi, if at all?

im having the same problem nintendo needs to fix this problem with the 3DS
i can buy game in the dsi shop but cant get on line withe pokemon sooo lame

Someone linked Jeff to this on his twitter. Requires a Mac though. 

http://www.pocketgamer.co.uk/r/DS/feature.asp?c=1797

" Someone linked Jeff to this on his twitter. Requires a Mac though. 

http://www.pocketgamer.co.uk/r/DS/feature.asp?c=1797 "

I just turned mine to WEP.  I dont have any neighbours so there is no risk of people leeching my connection.

"I wouldn't mind dropping a little bit of money on fixing this issue, so I head over to Amazon, and search for the official Nintendo DS wi-fi thingy, and HOLY SHIT, it's like $100 new. Is this... normal? I mean, it's 2010, surely getting WEP wi-fi through a USB port can't be that costly, right?  A quick eBay search yields far better prices, albeit for used products.  So how do you guys do your wi-fi, if at all? "

" @takua108 said:

"I wouldn't mind dropping a little bit of money on fixing this issue, so I head over to Amazon, and search for the official Nintendo DS wi-fi thingy, and HOLY SHIT, it's like $100 new. Is this... normal? I mean, it's 2010, surely getting WEP wi-fi through a USB port can't be that costly, right?  A quick eBay search yields far better prices, albeit for used products.  So how do you guys do your wi-fi, if at all? "

$100?????  Where are you?  In Australia, one of the most expensive gaming locations on the globe, the official unit is $50.  Routers are cheap.  Buy a new one and set it to WEP if you don't get the Wi-Fi connector. "

Airports.

" @oldschool said:

" @takua108 said:

"I wouldn't mind dropping a little bit of money on fixing this issue, so I head over to Amazon, and search for the official Nintendo DS wi-fi thingy, and HOLY SHIT, it's like $100 new. Is this... normal? I mean, it's 2010, surely getting WEP wi-fi through a USB port can't be that costly, right?  A quick eBay search yields far better prices, albeit for used products.  So how do you guys do your wi-fi, if at all? "

$100?????  Where are you?  In Australia, one of the most expensive gaming locations on the globe, the official unit is $50.  Routers are cheap.  Buy a new one and set it to WEP if you don't get the Wi-Fi connector. "

I live in the US... where are you seeing this price? :O  And yeah, if it comes to it, I might just end up getting a new router... I need a new one anyways... "