Chain Chomp
Posted 06 September 2013 - 04:58 AM
I have been considering getting one of the LAN adapters for WiiU for the purpose of online when i'm over at a friends house (he doesn't have wireless). I remember ages ago, someone posted about having data speed problems despite having relatively fast internet. I just want to know, has this been fixed and would it be ok to buy a cheap adapter off Ebay for $10 rather than pay $50 for the official.
Thanks
Chain Chomp
Posted 06 September 2013 - 05:06 AM
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Bob-omb
Posted 06 September 2013 - 05:26 AM
I used to have one for my Wii and it worked great, it's a lot faster than Wi-Fi and also more reliable. Not sure about the issues you've mentioned.
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The Happiness Fairy
Posted 06 September 2013 - 08:19 AM
Does the Wii U support LAN adaptors? I don't know. they discontinued the original one shortly into the original Wii's lifetime.
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Piranha Plant
Posted 06 September 2013 - 12:43 PM
Alchemist
Posted 06 September 2013 - 01:34 PM
buy a cheap wireless router on ebay and call it a day.
LAN IMO isnt all that any more.
Lakitu
Posted 06 September 2013 - 01:56 PM
Does the Wii U support LAN adaptors? I don't know. they discontinued the original one shortly into the original Wii's lifetime.
Chain Chomp
Posted 06 September 2013 - 08:05 PM
Does the Wii U support LAN adaptors? I don't know. they discontinued the original one shortly into the original Wii's lifetime.
They have official WiiU ones available in store, the only down fall is that there around AUS$50 a pop.
Boo
Posted 07 September 2013 - 03:23 PM
Yes they did fix the speed issues.
http://thewiiu.com/t...-on-wiiu-os-30/
Edited by Alex Atkin UK, 07 September 2013 - 03:28 PM.
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Chain Chomp
Posted 07 September 2013 - 09:53 PM
Yes they did fix the speed issues.
But do you think connection speeds will be ok considering that im only able to get a peak of 1.5mb/s on my PC, some of you are talking about having onwards of 20+mb/s, for Australia you would be lucky if you had a connection speed of 5mb/s.
Piranha Plant
Posted 08 September 2013 - 01:00 PM
Boo
Posted 13 September 2013 - 02:22 PM
With only 5Mbit broadband you are probably fine with WiFi.
Personally I would still always prefer the LAN adapter though, as WiFi is getting pretty overloaded these days so your neighbors can actually slow you down. Especially for online gaming it should be more reliable over the LAN adapter.
If speeds seem a bit low its also worth trying an external HDD or USB stick, as it seems the Wii U internal memory can slow things down ESPECIALLY if a game starts installing in the background and you try to quit a game.
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