possible to connect to mobile broadband?

[Coelus03]

is it possible to connect the Wii to the internet, via mobile broadband through my laptop and cell provider? I have a laptop, and a mobile broadband card through Sprint, only internet i have. I would assume i could do an ethernet connection from the laptop to the Wii with the plug, and connect the laptop to the internet, but will this really work?

 

[ciper]

YES!
I tried it with my T-Mobile cellular card. Is your sprint card EVDO rev a?

 

[Coelus03]

i honestly dont know...im really not that technology savy.

 

[ciper]

Well depending on the technology of your wireless card the latency might be too high for online gaming. It would work fine for downloading updates or virtual console games though.

 

[Coelus03]

ok, great, thats the main function i want anyway, downloading updates and games. So just get the ethernet connection and cable, and follow the directions in the manual for lan connection?

 

[ciper]

The instructions are a good start for the WII side but first you will need to configure the laptop to properly share the connection

 

[Coelus03]

how would i do that?

 

[ciper]

I'm not trying to be lazy I promise but there are really well written guides for configuring internet connection sharing. Its not specific to the WII - many people use it to share the connection with other computers or consoles.

I suggest looking on google for
"Internet Connection Sharing" walkthrough XP

edit: Real world throughput ratings for your card - http://www.dslreports.com/archive/spcsdns.net

 

[Coelus03]

thanks, it works great! A little slow, but at least i have a connection and can now download stuff. Thank you very much!!

 

[ciper]

Yay. So we can confirm that both T-Mobile and Sprint Cellular networks support the Wii

 

[cherokeee]

What about the Tmobile Jetstik, any ideas? Its a mobile broadband stik... Thanks