How to share a wireless connection from a Mac to a Nintendo DS (for OS X 10.4)

1. Make sure you're connected to the internet via something other than the AirPort card (i.e. Ethernet).


2. Turn on Internet Sharing:
   
   
   
   • Go to System Preferences, click on the Sharing icon, then click on the Internet tab.
   
   
   • Change the Share your connection from: pop-up to Built-in Ethernet.
   
   
   • Under the To computers using section, check the AirPort box.
   
   
   • Click AirPort Options...
     
     
     
     • Enter an easy name such as nds. Leave all the security options blank -- implementing security is an exercise left to the reader -- then click OK.
       
     
     
   • Click Start in the Internet Sharing panel.
     
   
   
   For sharing internet access with other computers, this is usually sufficient. However, the DS doesn't play well with the built-in DHCP server, so we have to manually configure the DS. To do this we, must gather some info...


3. Gather Information:
   
   
   
   • Open Terminal.app and type ifconfig en1. In the output...
     
     
     
     • Look for: inet xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx netmask ...
     
     
     • Take note the IP Address (the x's) associated with the first inet (mine was 10.0.2.1; yours may be different).
     
     
     
     
   
   
   
   
4. Configure the DS:
   
   
   
   • Edit your Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection Settings from within a compatible game.
   
   
   • Select a connection to edit.
   
   
   • Choose Manual Setup.
   
   
   • Enter the following parameters:
     
     
     
     • SSID: nds (or whatever you chose in step one)
     
     
     • Auto-obtain IP Address: No
     
     
     • IP Address: Take the first IP Address you obtained earlier, and make the last digit bigger. i.e., mine could be 10.0.2.7
     
     
     • Subnet mask: 255.255.255.0
     
     
     • Gateway: The first IP Address, unchanged. (e.g. 10.0.2.1)
     
     
     • Auto-obtain DNS: No
     
     
     • Primary DNS: this is the IP Address of the Airport. This is not the server address found with dig in Terminal. Again, mine was 10.0.2.1.
     
     
     • Secondary DNS: blank.
     
     
     
     
   
   
   • Test Connection in the upper right corner of the touch screen. This should work, and you should get a Connection Successful message and be returned to the Settings page.
   
   
   
   


5. Save Settings and click Back twice.

Disclaimer: I will accept no responsibility for the use or misuse of software or hardware, for any damage that may be caused by the software or hardware. I am not responsible for any charges you may incur from your cellular provider as a result of using this instruction set.

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Original articles from macosxhints.com:

1. How to share a wireless connection with a Nintendo DS


2. Set up Nintendo DS surfing via PowerBook and Treo 680
   

note: I gathered references from these 2 articles and made a little adjustment myself, so that the instructions are clearer. Enjoy ur WiFi now, MAC USERS FTW!!!

How to set up wireless connection for GW-US54Mini2G to DS

note: Please make sure you have your PC/laptop's WiFi disabled, before starting.

1) Driver
Download the latest driver from Planex:
http://www.planex.net/download/wireless/gw-us54mini2.htm

don't use the driver from the CD, as I believed that version is buggy.

2) Installations
Please refer to the User's Manual... and take note on the following:

Chapter 2
#1. ...
...
#4. choose "Planex Configuratiohn Tool";
#5. choose Optimize for performance mode";

3) Configurations on GW-US54Mini2

• Look for the "PCi" icon at Taskbar;
  
  
  


• Right click and select "Switch to AP Mode"
  
  
  


• Once you "Switch to AP Mode", you should see the utility pop up below.
  Here you have to set your "SSID" to any name of your choice.
  
  
  
  
  
  1. by default, it's "planexuser";
     
  
  
  2. Clicking on "Auth. vs Security" will allow you to configure the security. This step is optional.
     
     
  
  
  
  


• If you choose to set the security, kindly configure according to the following:
  
  password = can be any 5 alphanumeric characters, e.g. AB123;
  
  


• There's another window that pop up when you "Switch to AP Mode", i.e. Internet Connection Sharing with SoftAP - an ICS bridging for the software AP.
  
  
  
  
  
  1. Select the "name" of your Ehternet Adapter;
  
  
  2. Click "Enable ICS";
  
  
  
  


• Done.

4) Configurations on NDSL
To test the WiFi connection, turn on your NDSL with any games that have WiFi capability.


The easiest NDS game to configure/test your WiFi settings, would be Mario DS Kart.

Just go to the WFC Setup screen, and choose "Search for an Access Point", and it shall be able to pick up/recognise the signal, from your PC/Laptop automatically.

However, if you are not sure what to do, kindly refer to:
1) Planex - http://www.planex.net/support/list/NDS-support.htm; OR

2) The Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection Insturction Booklet that comes with the game;




Facts::
I no longer own/use this product, as I felt cheated with the misleading information on their website and packaging. Here's the story...

I bought this product, because it stated on the website as well as on the packaging - Windows 2003x64/2003/XP/Me/98SE/Mac OS X (PowerPC only)/Linux, and Nintendo WiFi Connection (by the way, I'm a Mac user).

After getting it, I couldn't get it work on my Mac. So I took my GF's Dell (under Windows XP environment) and it worked (see above's pictorial guide).

Therefore I wrote an email to Planex Support (in Taiwan and Singapore), the main distributor in Malaysia and the shop that sold it to me. They were very helpful (except Taiwan, probably because of language barrier, they couldn't respond well to English). After a series of emails, finally we all discovered... AP (Access Point) isn't available for OS X...

I was quite upset, and told them they shouldn't advertise it as "DS Support" and "Mac Support".

Immediately they change the info on the website, and issue new stickers on all the boxes, stating AP is available only in WinXP/XPx64.

Do I not feel cheated?

=_="

So I did some research myself later from the net, and discovered that Mac users need no 3rd party devices to connect your DS to go online (read more HERE). And I sold off my GW-US54Mini2G.

So far, I got mixed review from a few different forums, some claims is as easy as 123, to get it work, some until today still can't get it work. Therefore, I'm not sure about the compatibility of this product.

However, I hope my pictorial guide will still help the windows users. If you can't get it work, perhaps you can try Planex's Support page or try contacting them HERE.

I'm sorry, I couldn't help you any further, as I no longer have the device.