Comments on: Connecting Nintendo Wii wirelessly to Apple Airport Express

By: Eddie

Eddie — Sun, 27 Dec 2009 09:29:16 +0000

The easiest way to connect my wii to my iMac was to disable the WEP encryption (unlock my access point). I don’t like the idea of having a “open hotspot” so I changed my WEP password. Thats when I discovered it was 6 characters long (1 too many for the wii). I changed it too a 13 character (128 bit) and it worked the first time.
Make sure your WEP password is EXACTLY THE CORRECT LENGTH, 5 characters for 40 bit encryption or 13 characters for 128 bit encryption.

By: Tana

Tana — Sat, 14 Nov 2009 20:29:57 +0000

This solution worked perfect once I changed the configuration of the airport (originally a closed network) and uncheck the option “create a closed network”. The Wii detected then the airport and connected smoothly since. Thanks a lot!

By: Nehemiah I. Dacres

Nehemiah I. Dacres — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 07:26:06 +0000

does it connect your DS?

By: zentotoro

zentotoro — Sat, 12 Sep 2009 01:02:40 +0000

Thanks for the info… No problems at all!!! ^_^

By: davetown

davetown — Sun, 06 Sep 2009 02:22:59 +0000

Thanks! The Channel = 1 and the 13 character WEP password was key to setting this up correctly.

By: Jimmy

Jimmy — Mon, 03 Aug 2009 16:49:03 +0000

I’ve been trying to connect my wii to my airport express and it seems everything is fine until it tests the connection. When it searches for the access point the signal is strong, but when I test for connection it says error code 52030. The Airport is on channel one and the security is set to WEP. I even entered the wii’s MAC address in timed access. I really feel like I’ve tried everything and nothing works. Bye.

By: Frans

Frans — Sat, 27 Jun 2009 07:56:37 +0000

I’ve managed to get the Wii to work with my AirPort Express n based network with WPA2 Personal protection set up on the basestation, and then choosing “WPA2-PSK (AES)” setting on the Wii. The channel Iäve set to 1, based on the recommendations. Works beautifully.

Other equipment on the network is a older AirPort Express (g) for AirTunes music streamin, a couple of MacBooks, a PowerBook G4 and an iPod touch.

The reason why I chose WPA2 was that I couldn’t get the older AirPort Express to join the network when the network was set to WEP.

By: Dennis Lee

Dennis Lee — Sun, 24 May 2009 20:54:04 +0000

After hours of frustration this got me through. Actually I changed the channel option back to automatic when it didn’t work in channel one.

For me the success came when I changed my password to 128 bit WEP and used exactly 13 characters. Then the Wii clicked right in. Thank you for the tip.

By: Nick

Nick — Thu, 21 May 2009 10:14:25 +0000

Hi Courtney,

You’ll need a wireless router if you don’t have an Airport Express. The instructions for your wireless router should tell you how to configure the WEP password.

By: Courtney

Courtney — Thu, 21 May 2009 01:21:19 +0000

How can I put Internet on my Wii cuz I don’t have a AirPort Express on My computer and I don’t know the WEP Password to it. But I have the first 7 steps to the Manual Setup but I don’t know the WEP Password.