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Dirtbag Koopa                    Since: 09-20-06 From: UK Last post: 6305 days Last view: 6301 days |
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| Ok so I just got my wireless setup to get my Wii online. As soon as I configure the Wii with the LAN details it took about 15mins downloading an update told me I now have an anti screen burn option (woop!) and that it will start downloading another update and Wii channel setting. It's still going as I post this and I was wondering if anyone knew what the hell it was downloading that's so big? Or is just the connection being slow? I’m tempted to install Ethereal and start to snoop the packets as all you see in the TV is a status bar and no speed rate or size of download - but that might be a bit OTT. | |||
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Metal Man88 Gold axe It appears we have been transported to a time in which everything is on fire!  Since: 11-17-05 Last post: 6301 days Last view: 6301 days |
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| The fact you have one is technically outweighing the fact the Wii is normally very slow to download things.
*Chucks rocks* |
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HyperHacker Star Mario Finally being paid to code in VB! If only I still enjoyed that. <_< Wii #7182 6487 4198 1828 Since: 11-18-05 From: Canada, w00t! My computer's specs, if anyone gives a damn. STOP TRUNCATING THIS >8^( Last post: 6302 days Last view: 6302 days |
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| Nintendo doesn't have the money for huge server farms like other companies do, and with WiiConnect24 pretty much everyone is going to be downloading the update at exactly the same time. | |||
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Dirtbag Koopa Since: 09-20-06 From: UK Last post: 6305 days Last view: 6301 days |
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| heh, will I learnt a while back if you want a console at launch you pre-order months in advance.
Update finished and I have a orange rather than red standby light. Looking at these online channels; Mario64 will cost me £7 (13.7067 US$) - and it's licence so I wouldn't own it. The News channel will not be online until 27th January with the forecast channel starting on the 20th. Back to Zelda I guess. Originally posted by Alice Who are you kidding? Nintendo have money. There is also the fact that it's late Sunday evening here and no-one is in online with their Mii's make me worry what it will be like when it's prime time. My guess is that I'm connecting to a server in the US and not in Europe. |
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Xeo Belmont Wiiiiiiiiiiiiin  Since: 11-17-05 Last post: 6301 days Last view: 6301 days |
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Ailure Mr. Shine I just want peace...  Since: 11-17-05 From: Sweden Last post: 6301 days Last view: 6301 days |
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| Nintendo have the money, but I guess they might not choose to use them.
Seriously, server farms aren't really that expensive for a medium company. Nintendo is a huge company.  It's not like they have shrunk since their early 90's heyday. |
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HyperHacker Star Mario Finally being paid to code in VB! If only I still enjoyed that. <_< Wii #7182 6487 4198 1828 Since: 11-18-05 From: Canada, w00t! My computer's specs, if anyone gives a damn. STOP TRUNCATING THIS >8^( Last post: 6302 days Last view: 6302 days |
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| Depends on the size of the farm. Nintendo has money but they aren't swimming in it like Microsoft. According to NexGenWars there have been 1,792,196 Wii consoles sold to date. Since they're online 24/7 that means they probably all download the updates around the same time. That's nearly two million downloads plus the traffic generated by their web sites and online games. | |||
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Alastor Fearless Moderator Hero  Since: 11-17-05 From: An apartment by DigiPen, Redmond, Washington Last post: 6301 days Last view: 6301 days |
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| You only download when you say to download, though. | |||
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HyperHacker Star Mario Finally being paid to code in VB! If only I still enjoyed that. <_< Wii #7182 6487 4198 1828 Since: 11-18-05 From: Canada, w00t! My computer's specs, if anyone gives a damn. STOP TRUNCATING THIS >8^( Last post: 6302 days Last view: 6302 days |
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| Ah, well that's different then. Still probably a lot of downloads at once though.
Anyone know what wireless hardware the Wii uses? The DS intentionally used really slow hardware so it could be cheaper because they never intended to do anything that would need a higher speed. Maybe they did that with Wii too, even though they included a browser this time. |
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Sin Dogan   860  Uoodo Original Blend Armored Trooper Votoms Canned Coffee! Since: 11-17-05 Last post: 6306 days Last view: 6305 days |
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| One of the issues with the Wii's online capability I've noticed with Wifi is that it's pretty sensitive to outside signals. I've had a wifi network for a while now and noticed that on occassion, connections would be lost and stuff. When I connected the Wii, I noticed sometimes connecting to the shop channel would take a very long time and then I would get an error. It happened a lot more frequently, though. So I switched to channel 11 on my router and things started running more smoothly. (edited by Sin Dogan on 12-17-06 08:56 PM) |
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