Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #2426 in Computer & Video Games
• Brand: Datel Direct Ltd
• Released on: 2007-04-05
• ESRB Rating: Teen
• Platform: Nintendo Wii
• Dimensions: .49 pounds

Manufacturer's Description
Take your consoles online - wirelessly&

So you have a Nintendo Wii or an NDS (original or Lite). If you're lucky, you have both! You also have a broadband internet connection for your PC. But you don't have a wireless network. What's the easiest, cheapest way to take your consoles online and compete with gamers from all over the world? Simple - WiFi MAX for Nintendo Wii and DS/DS Lite!

WiFi MAX is your ticket to the exciting world of online gaming, and it couldn't be simpler to use. Just plug your USB WiFi dongle into your internet-enabled PC to create a Wireless Access Point. You can then connect to the internet and play online-enabled multiplayer games with DS and Wii gamers from all over the world. Just the thing if you don't have a wireless router! Best of all, WiFi MAX supports up to five 'local' DS gamers at a time, so you and your mates can all play online at once with no loss of speed!

Don't forget, there's more to the Nintendo Wii's online service than playing games. You can also download additional material such as new levels, skins, artwork and even retro games! That's right - Nintendo is gradually making its back-catalogue classics for old Nintendo machines such as the NES, SNES and N64 available to Wii owners through the Virtual Arcade service. And with WiFi MAX, you can download them through your broadband internet connection! Just think what you'll be missing out on if you don't take your Wii online&

As WiFi MAX operates on the Wireless G standard, it's five times faster than an ordinary WiFi connection, and if you use our USB cable and dongle stand (supplied), you can position your dongle to maximise WiFi range. If you have other WiFi-enabled devices capable of using the internet, such as laptops or PDAs, you can take them online with WiFi MAX too. It's the ultimate device for internet surfing without a WiFi router!

Customer Reviews

DAtel Wifi Max Usb Connecter
I bought this Usb for 12.97 and I was struggling for 3 days solid to get it to work. Finally It worked and was able to use internet on my wii. But the next day I came back to it and it didn't work so we are trying to get a computer nerd to help us. If you're wondering about getting it get the 'Nintendo Wi-fi USB Connecter not the Datel one.

A piece of junk.
Even after much searching of the internet for help and hours of tweaking the Wifi Max connected with a Wii for only a few minutes before failing and refusing to do so again. I might have forgiven it for having a limited range had the Wii been further away from the PC, but I would expect it to operate within fifteen feet!

By contrast, a Linksys wireless router is now happily talking wirelessly with the Wii and through an ethernet cable to an Xbox 360. Like reviewers above, I'd strongly advise anyone wishing to connect their Wii to the internet to use a router suitable for their internet connection rather than wasting their money on one of these things.

BEWARE
I purchased this on the box's promise that it "works with any internet connection". Not so! I connect through a USB modem, and the software supplied does not detect it.

I am computer literate (I have a degree in computing science for goodness sake), and tried everything I could to get this to work. After some research, I found many many accounts of people with USB modems having the same problem.

If you've got a normal ethernet connection, this will most likely work fine, but after my experience, I would NOT recommend this product. Do as I intend to do, and buy the official Nintendo USB connector instead.