Wii Code Error 51330
MHYoshimitzu
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Nintendo's website did not really help in this regard.
We recently encryped our wireless network. Since then, I have not been able to access the internet on my Wii. 51330 is the error it gives me. When I go to Nintendo's website and enter that number, the page pretends to load, but still stays at the page where it asks me to input the code.
I noticed that I couldn't find a place to enter the WEP key for the network on the Wii. Do I have to have my network accept the Wii as an internet-using device (I didn't have to do this with my 360, and it works fine), or is there something obvious I'm missing?
We recently encryped our wireless network. Since then, I have not been able to access the internet on my Wii. 51330 is the error it gives me. When I go to Nintendo's website and enter that number, the page pretends to load, but still stays at the page where it asks me to input the code.
I noticed that I couldn't find a place to enter the WEP key for the network on the Wii. Do I have to have my network accept the Wii as an internet-using device (I didn't have to do this with my 360, and it works fine), or is there something obvious I'm missing?
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MAC Address Filtering.
My Dad was the one who actually did it, and he did it over the phone with Comcast, so I dunno. Trying to get him to try new things with technology is harder than pulling teeth. Can I have a brief explanation on how that works, as anything I'll attempt to look up on Wiki will probably look more like a high level math problem to me than anything else.
In case you don't know what it is, you basically have a list of devices that will be approved a working IP address on the network. Anything else that tries to connect will just get a DHCP error. It works pretty much exactly like encryption, just without all of the horrible setup.
http://www.tekstenuitleg.net/en/articles/wireless_network_security_guide/6
But you need to have the device's MACs to begin with. There should be a list of DHCP clients on the Status page somewhere (I think that's right...I'm going from memory), and you can get the MACs to allow from that list. If you need more info, I can try to find more reference material for you.
As someone who's just been on holiday for the last 4 weeks in Australia and New Zealand (i'm gonna be beating this horse for some time), wireless networks with mac address filtering are about as secure as a house built entirely of glass.
For example, using my macbook and kismac (similar to kismet) I can passively sniff out packets, get the mac address and change my mac address on the wireless nic to get access.
The most secure method of wireless (other than turning it off) is to use a large WPA key, disable SSID broadcasting and enable MAC filtering. The most useful of those three is a large WPA key, the other two are easilly bypassed.
If you use a non-encrypted wireless network with just MAC address filtering then well.. see glass house.
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While I am not refuting this, I tend to believe that if you are dedicated enough to packet sniff a wireless network, you are dedicated enough to break a large encyrption key.
The wii supports WPA i believe you should be doing that, MAC address filtering, and turning off SSID broadcast
I contributed by telling people to use goddamn WPA, it's a bitch to crack. Whereas an unencrypted wireless network with just MAC filtering can be accessed in all of 5 minutes.
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I don't think this has ever happened to anyone other than me, but I was using a Belkin router (there's a problem in itself) having SSID turned off with a WPA key, and a d-link wireless nic. On a fresh install of XP, it kept dropping out every 10 seconds.
So that's why I avoid anything other than MAC filtering.
Coinkydink?
It lists these Linksys routers as not working:
Linksys
WCG200 ver. 2
WCG200-CC
WCG200-CC ver. 2
The site says,
"Currently, the Wii console is not able to connect online when connecting with these routers. We are currently working with Comcast to determine what can be done to get the Wii console working with these routers. "
Perhaps this could be the problem? I dunno.
I noticed that, but my router is model number WRT54G, so I didn't think it affected me.
And I could actually access the internet with the Wii before we encrypted the network. Now I just have to figure out how to get the Wii to recognize my network.
I'd figure you need the WEP key, like you said in your original post.
I don't own a Wii so I can't help you in that sense, but since it stopped working after you encrypted the network, I'd suppose it's the WEP key.
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I thought you were saying everything is useless, and really, if a person is trying to by pass one thing, they are probably fully able to bypass them all
but of course some protection is better than no protection
I was the one who said that if someone is able to break MAC Filtering, they can be determined enough to crack WPA, as well.
I'm almost positive that was the error I was getting.
Set up a connection. It'll prompt you for your encryption type and key during the setup.
Follow the instructions in the manual that came with your Wii to set up your Wii's wireless network connection. It will tell you how to enter any encryption keys.
and i dont even have one myself :?
Maybe give that a look in your router and make sure it's in mixed b/g mode.
Edit: This page loads for me and describes things to check. Number 5 is the mixed b/g thing and it is really important that your router is not in G only mode or the Wii will not recognize the access point.
this happened with my Wii as well. Nintendo says the Wii is g compatible, which is odd...
in any event, why are you using WEP? for chrissakes man use WPA, turn off SSID broadcasting, and change the wireless channel on your router to 1 or 11.
(the last one is to improve the connection)
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Turns out there was a place in the Connection Settings to input the WEP key, which was all I needed to get it going again.
Thanks for everyone's input.
My router is in G only mode and it works with my Wii like a charm.
And it's one of the Belkin models that is marked on Nintendo's site to be incompatible.
So
YMMV.