May 21, '07 07:30:00AM • Contributed by: romahony
Step One: Turn on Internet Sharing
- Go to System Preferences, click on the Sharing icon, then click on the Internet tab.
- Change the 'Share your connection from' pop-up to Built-in Ethernet.
- Under the 'To computers using' section, check the AirPort box.
- Click Airport Options, and enter an easy name such as wii in the Network Name box.
- OPTIONAL: Use any password that fits your settings (i.e. 128 bit WEP requires 13 characters).
- Click OK if you're on the AirPort Options screen.
- Click Start in the Internet Sharing panel.
- Open Terminal.app and type ifconfig en1.
- In the output look for: inet xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx netmask ....
- Take note of the IP address associated with the first inet, negating values after the # (mine was 10.0.2.1; yours may be different).
- Type dig. Near the bottom of this output will be SERVER: followed by an IP address. This will be the DNS server address that you will use for your Wii.
- OPTIONAL: Use an ASCII/hex converter (such as this one), and enter you password in ASCII to get the %-separated hex-equivalent. This should be 26 hex characters for a 13 ascii character password using 128 bit WEP.
Step Three: Configure the Wii:
- Select a connection to edit.
- Choose Manual Setup.
- Enter the following parameters:
- SSID: wii (or whatever you chose in step one)
- Password: enter the hex equivalent of your password
- Auto-obtain IP Address: No
- IP Address: Take the first IP address you obtained earlier, and make the last digit different. i.e., mine could be 10.0.2.4 (10.0.2.1 was original)
- Subnet mask: 255.255.255.0
- Default router: The original IP Address, unchanged. (10.0.2.1)
- Auto-obtain DNS: No
- Primary DNS: your DNS SERVER from the dig output.
- Secondary DNS: leave as 000.000.000.000
- Test your connection at the top of the screen. This should work ... and you should see successful test results from the Wii.
[robg adds: I can't test this one...]
