Hi Duders. I picked up a Wii U today after watching Mario Maker coverage like crazy...and wouldn't you know it the damn thing doesn't appear to want to connect to the internet.

I currently have an Motorola Surfboard SBG6580, and after a couple hours of searching around the internet, and following god knows how many different troubleshooting guides, I've still come up with nothing. I can't even get the Wii U to see my router, let alone connect to it or the internet.

If anyone out there knows what to do please let me know! This thing is driving me nuts, seeing how my PS4 and Xbone had zero issues ever getting online.

Thanks all

Have you tried this?

1. Go into connection types, Hit "Manual Configuration"

2. Input your SSID

3. Input the correct security type, this is key.

4. Put your password in properly

5. For ip address "Do not auto obtain".

6. open up cmd in your computer, type in ipconfig

7. Now input that ip address but add 10 to the last number so "192.168.0.1" will be entered as "192.168.0.11"

8. Enter the rest of your info inside such as subnet mask and default gateway exactly as you see it in your ipconfig.

9. Now hit next, hit configure now for your DNS. When asked about DNS hit "Dont auto obtain".

10. For the first server put in 8.8.8.8

11. For the second server put in 8.8.4.4

12. Hit Next, when asked about a proxy hit no proxy

13. Leave mtu as the default

14. it should work, if not check the ip and that it is the internet ip + 10.

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Otherwise I dunno. Kinda dumb the Wii U doesn't support an Ethernet connection. (Though I believe you can pick up an adapter for pretty cheap)