Set up Nintendo DS surfing via PowerBook and Treo 680
Apr 25, '07 07:30:00AM
Contributed by: 2manytoys
I attempted to use this hint with my Treo 680 connected to my 12" PowerBook via USB and Mobile-Stream.com's USB modem, but was unable to, until I looked at how my WinXP laptop connected to the shared Treo 680 modem. So save yourself the hassle of dealing with a Windows box, and follow these steps...
Equipment needed:
- Mac OS X machine
- Treo
- Treo USB cable
- USB Modem software
- Nintendo DS
- Nintendo DS browser software
PowerBook setup steps:
- Set up USB modem as shown in the documentation; fairly simple and headache-free.
- Open System Preferences » Sharing » Internet, and select Treo 680 Modem from the 'Share your connection from' drop-down menu. You may have to do this twice before AirPort shows up as an option.
- Click Start in the Internet Sharing panel.
- In Terminal, type ifconfig en1 to acquire the IP address of the AirPort. It should look like: inet xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx netmask. Mine was 10.0.2.1. This is
where sharing the USB Treo Modem is different from sharing the Ethernet: the DNS server is going to be the IP Adress.
Read on for the Nintendo DS setup instructions...
Set up the Nintendo DS
- Go to Settings » Network » Connection, and select Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection Settings from the next panel.
- Select Connection 1, 2 or 3
- Select Search for an Access Point in the next panel
- Select the found access point in the next panel
- Select OK to start a connection test in the next panel (it won't be able to connect, as it is looking for a DHCP server)
- Click OK when you get the 52002 error code.
- Go back to the connection that you were setting up by clicking on Ready
- Edit the settings as follows:
- IP Address: as you discovered above, plus 1. Mine was 10.0.2.1, so I made the DS's IP Address 10.0.2.4. Make sure this is unique on your network.
- Subnet mask: 255.255.255.0
- Gateway: the IP address for the Airport. Mine was 10.0.2.1.
- Change Auto-obtain DNS to No
- Primary DNS: this is the IP Address of the Airport. This is not the server address found with dig in Terminal. Again, mine was 10.0.2.1.
- Leave the Secondary DNS blank.
- Test Connection in the upper right corner of the touch screen. This should work, and you should get a Connection Successful message and be returned to the Settings page.
- Save Settings and click Back twice.
That's it; you should be done, and can now surf!
Disclaimer: I will accept no responsibility for the use or misuse of software or hardware, for any damage that may be caused by the software or hardware. I am not responsible for any charges you may incur from your cellular provider as a result of using this instruction set.
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