Does the nintendo wii have to be connected onto my computer for the internet to work or is there any way i can avoid that.

This question has been answered in another thread, but since your new, here's the answer:

To connect Wii to the internet you can either

a. buy a wireless router, which will then connect wii to the internet wirelessly

b. just use a plain old non-wireless router and connect Wii to it via a USB/ethernet cable

c. connect Wii directly to your modem, which isn't a good idea if you want your PC to be online aswell

d. get the DS USB internet adapter thing or wait for Nintendo to release the official Wii adapter, that you simply plug-in to a USB port on your PC, which then creates a wireless signal which the Wii can use to get online, but you're PC must be on for this

Hope that helped.

thanks for the info ill just wait for the wii adapter

Sounds like a plan... I have the DS one, and it works a treat...

So if my computer is on the second floor of my house and the nintendo wii is on the first floor will it still be able to connect or do they have to be like 10 metres away or something?