Re: Nintendo WII: is wifi supported?

[Jared McNeill <jmcneill%invisible.ca@localhost>]

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 <jmcneill%invisible.ca@localhost> 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/evbppc).
> > > 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.