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Wednesday, December 26, 2007

The Wii and the D-Link WBR-2310 (error code 52040)

Hooray! Santa brought me a Wii for Christmas. Boo! Attempting to connect to the internet gave me error code 52030.



The set up I have is a Wii and a D-Link WBR-2310 wireless router. Usually, this router just works without any problems. But, it sure didn't like my Wii. I went through a whole swath of experiments with the settings, but I could not find a solution.



However, after a while, it occurred to me that I should try a firmware update for the router. And, Hurray! the firmware upgrade fixed it all. Now, I can enjoy the best weather forecast available and participate in odd polls.



So the lesson is, the D-Link WBR-2310 with firmware 1.02 does not work with the Wii, but upgrading to 1.04 does.






7 comments:

  1. i upgraded to 1.04 and it still wont work with my wii..
    i want to connect wii online without having to change it to wep

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  2. That's too bad. I guess that this fix doesn't work for everyone.

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  3. So the lesson is, the D-Link WBR-2310 with firmware 1.02 does not work with the Wii, but upgrading to 1.04 does.

    before downloading the firmware, check either you are:
    revision A or B

    http://www.dlink.com/products/support.asp?pid=470&sec=0

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  4. For the Wii issue, try using a fixed channel of 1 or 11.
    Found this info here:
    http://www.dslreports.com/forum/r21071756-Help-Me-WBR2310-Cant-connect-to-ChatP2PWii-Servers-HEEL

    Posted on your blog since it in the top of google page ! Hope I helped some peoples !

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  5. Thanks for the good info deathunt!

    I'm certainly not an authority on router settings, so getting the extra information is a great help for everybody.

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  6. For the WBR-2310 router:
    http://www.nintendo.com/consumer/routers/en_na/Dlink/WBR-2310/index.jsp

    Other router:
    http://www.nintendo.com/consumer/routers/en_na/routerIndex.jsp

    For other wii errors (enter code :
    http://www.nintendo.com/consumer/

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  7. Corrected url (.jsp)

    Other router:
    http://www.nintendo.com/consumer/routers/en_na/routerIndex.jsp

    Damn, if we could fuse all my post in one...

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