anybody got a ds lite? i need help

[bonez2406]

hey guys , just wondered if anybody had a ds lite ?
or if there was anybody who could help me ,
the problem is
i got a ds and would like to get online with it ,
i have a cabled network in my house, i installed a wireless network for the ds only, only trouble is that i am having problem conecting to it via the ds,
can u share an internet connection via 2 seperate network types? i.e wireless and wired,
the main problem is the ds is saying , "unable to obtain i.p address", it see's my wireless network,
so im stumped, i dont have a router btw
for the wired network i have a gigabyte switch, the wireless network is just a belkin wireless pci card

thx for any help in this matter

sorry didnt know where to post this on the forum

-bonez

[Ashoof]

ok ill move the post to the support :)

[bonez2406]

thx ashoof , and sorry i must have missed this ,
im a little tired lol

[D35ertFox]

Well I run both a wired and wireless network but they are both run from my router which also connects automatically to the internet. The PC is wired in and all the laptops have integrated wireless, most of the neighbourhood used to connect to my internet until I realised and secured it.
Switches are great for connecting large amounts of wired PC's but if they don't connect into a router they are useless for connecting them all to the internet.
Without a router you can't have ip's assigned and therefore can't connect multiple pc's to the net.
Nowadays you can get a router with 4 wired pc slots, two aerials for better wireless signal strength with up to 108mb/s wireless connectivity, usually they come with integrated modem and dsl telephony. So that you can have 4 pc's hard wired in and possbile hundreds more connected wirelessly or though switches both by a network and to the net.

[D35ertFox]

Oh is a ds lite some sort of console, you can't connect that to the internet unless you have a router that automatically connects to the internet lol
You probably have a modem and the pc dials up the internet connection via software or windows with possible a username and password, a console can't do that.
Whatever I connect to my router be it pc or console wireless or not, it's automatically on the net but the router is always online and it has the username and password stuff so it can connect automatically after I reset it or turn back on the power.

[bonez2406]

this is a ds lite http://www.nintendo.com/channel/ds
u can connect it to the internet via its wifi connection to play the games online ,
i have all my pcs online with the switch , i have also had pcs onlien useing just pci wireless network carsd ,
the ds can see the wireless network , but when it tests connection it comes up with unable to obtain i.p address , plz check dchp or go to there website , i dont realy want a router , nintendo do a wifi usb thing for the ds , i would just purchase that instead of a router , unless the needs 1 too lol

[Hunt3rW0lf]

Right, to connect your DS to a wireless network you need to wither get a Router or one of the USB Nintendo gizmo's, personally I'd go for the USB device, the, just conntect it up to the computer where the network is connnected to and you should be ready to go!