NEED help... will this work

[ss4goku03]

sup guys, i got this old router and i was wonderin if u could take a look at it and if anyone knows if i could use it to play my ds online please.. i really wanna play that $hit online so itd be nice to kno before hand so i can save up to buy a new one... thanx

http://www.buffalotech.com/products/...p;categoryid=6

[plmars]

Here is a quote from that website.

Standard Compliance IEEE802.11b

If the webiste doesnt lie and the router is fully 802.11b compliant it will work.

[ss4goku03]

ok thanks plmars ur awesome man always answering questions and stuff i look up to u lol.. great site by the way..

[plmars]

Thanks man. You made my day after being yelled at by the customer. The funny part is that my manager stood up for me and almost kicked the guy out of there. LOL. Another funny thing that I realised today was that everyone listens to me more then our department's senior. Maybe thats because I was supposed to get this position but didnt want to. Like today for example I was in charge of everything and our senior didnt even open his mouth once. Thats maybe because everything that I said was resonable. Or maybe.......They are scared I will kick thair ass in Matroid Prime Hunters. HAHA LOL. They dont even have DS yet.

Sorry for that. I like to share my experiance with somebody and my GF was a sleep when I got off of work. So, sorry, once again, and dont mind me, PLEASE!

[Gene]

The Nintendo DS may communicate wirelessly via 802.11b, but it uses a proprietary protocol. Most wireless routers only support TCP and UDP; you'd be hard pressed to find one that supports IPX (although IPX can go over TCP).

Bottom-line: Your router most likely will not work with your DS. Nintendo will probably release a proprietary wireless router of their own that you can connect to your existing internet connection. This may be avoided if developers can program their games to use TCP or UDP, but I don't know if the DS will allow that.

[ss4goku03]

ooooo i guess thats koo... i would rather have something that works for sure than something that might work or might not and im over here tryin to fix it and such...

[plmars]

I dont belive GENE is right here. Everybody that know something about networks has to be familiar with the OSI model. First two layers, Physical Layer and Data Link Layer, are handled by the hardware. Those two layers are part of the 802.11 standard. So even though protocols might be different DS is able to comunicate with your 802.11 router. I already said that first two layers are handled by the hardware, that means that, Network, Transport, Session, Presentation and Application layers, are handled by the software. So it is only up to the programer to make your DS compatible with you router or not. Rumors say that THQ is working hard on implementing TCP and IP protocols for the DS which leads to full online gaming, browsing experiance.

[ss4goku03]

AWESOME!!! THATS GREAT NEWS RIGHT THERE.. thanx again plmars

[plmars]

There is something else that wories me.

I am not afraid of "IF" because I know it will be online. I am more afraid of "WHEN".

[ss4goku03]

Thats what everyone is wondering...