Faster Wii Connection (Wireless only), Seriously.

Courteous of Shamoo from LmS. This is a great discovery.

1. Make sure your Wii is connected to the Internet.

Having trouble getting connected? Check Nintendo's Wii setup guide.

2. Click Wii Options.



3. Click Wii Settings.



4. Click Internet.

Click the right arrow once to view the Internet option.



5. Click Connection Settings.



6. Select the connection profile you are currently using.

In this screenshot, Connection 1 is being used.

http://www.opendns.com/img/start_wii5.jpg

7. Click Change settings.

http://www.opendns.com/img/start_wii6.jpg


8. View Auto-Obtain DNS settings.

Click the right arrow three times until you see Auto-Obtain DNS settings.



9. Click No, then Advanced Settings.



10. Click on Primary DNS and Secondary DNS fields and type in OpenDNS addresses.

The addresses for OpenDNS are:

* 208.67.222.222 (Primary)
* 208.67.220.220 (Secondary)



11. Click Confirm.



12. Click Save, then click OK to start the connection test.

The Wii will test its connection. If the connection was working before, everything should be fine.



Why it works?

When it debuted, OpenDNS’ main advantage was speed. It is a great deal faster than the DNS operated by most ISPs so, if you configure your wii/router/DHCP server to use OpenDNS name servers, the internet magically speeds up.

While the some comupters use IPv4, it appears that the Wii at least tries to use IPv6 — it falls back to IPv4 when that fails.

So it appears that Nintendo expects you to be still using the same Wii when IPv6 becomes mandatory in 2012.

This post has been edited by Xloce on Jun 5 2008, 07:22 PM

Doing this right once dad is upstairs...
Which is now

It only works if you have use a router, right?

This post has been edited by Mandew on Jun 4 2008, 11:34 PM

According to Nnnk's experiment yes.

alright lets see if ROBERTO doesnt mind this...

Maybe I should try this.

Holy crap this works great! I can now brawl strangers from the middle of nowhere!

I don't need to do this because I have a very great internet connection already (my DS connection, however, REEEAAALLLLY SUX! )

In rare cases this configuration may do the opposite of what you hope. To clear this setting simply reset the DNS codes both back to straight zeros. You guys probably already knew this but just mentioning in the rare case I get yelled at. :/

Holy ****, I think this will really benefit me since my wii's wireless internet has to pass through 2 bedrooms and I don't play Brawl anymore because of how terribly slow online was.

To give a general perception of how fast it increases speed, if you have 200kb connection speed, it will reduce Wii Shop's loading speed to a mere 10 seconds. Or at least in my experience. It's worth giving a shot.

It's too late for me to try now, but that's the first thing I'm doing when I turn it on tomorrow morning

Seriously, do this. It works.

It didn't seem to make a difference to the connection speed, but Ill try a brawl wifi match now.
Does this work in Canada?

WHAT'S THIS?

NO CANADIANS

AMERICA ONLY

FINAL DESTINATION




...No but really, it should be fine...I think :s

Well, it seems to just increase lag for the first half of the match and then completely removes it for the rest. I did three matches with all different people. It always seems to do this.

Im not sure if this is good or bad...

At first I had lag with one of my friends, but everyone else had great connections. Now, it never lags unless someone has a really bad connection D:

Maybe I should try this....

this **** works for me. lot of times i log on to WIFI like in 2 or 3 seconds flat

I s'pose this doesn't work in Europe, huh?