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Originally Posted by Yoshi
Wireless Router??? Right now Xlink is testing on a USB WiFi stick but I'm just gonna wait for Nintendo to come out with an online adapter. Which they have to do.
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Why do they need to release an online adapter? What would the adapter do that a WiFi can't? Wiring the DS is the only reason for an adapter, and a move in the wrong direction, especially for a handheld already equipped with WiFi. Maybe it could allow existing games to use WiFi and connect online, but I haven't heard of anything like that yet.
Most people into PC's these days have broadband, and a majority of those with broadband have a router, wireless routers are quickly increasing in numbers too. If you have dialup or don't have a wireless router, you'll either need to upgrade that connection or buy a wireless router, or live with it by going to public access points.
Xlink is a third party that's tunneling the DS "NiFi" (the protocol used by current games) to allow non-WiFi-enabled games to play online. The current priority is the USB stick (only available in Europe and hard to import I might add), but it was originally a Linksys WRT54G router which I believe is now their second priority.
The USB WiFi stick will probably work with Xlink with any type of connection and the DS might be able to see it as an access point, but I can tell you now that Nintendo will keep the DS on wireless connections and nothing else for multiplayer.
Nintendo has nothing to do with Xlink or anyone else trying to tunnel or mod the DS, and since Nintendo has more control and knowledge about the DS than anyone else, they'll probably take a different path such as the software enabled WiFi as I described in my previous post and I've heard them vaguely mention several times.
I've been following the DS since E3 and while I don't completely know what the plans are, I'm very sure about what I say.