Wifi not working?

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Bonnie
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Wifi not working?

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Hi all,

I'm a total noob when it comes to modifying the Wii. This is my first attempt. I've been successful doing it with an ipod and routers, etc.

I am having trouble getting everything setup properly.

I have downloaded and installed homebrew via the hackmii v. 1.0 installer, now the problem I'm having is installing the mini version of geexbox that i've downloaded from the website. When I go to bootmii and select the geexbox.elf the splash screen loads and once the bar reaches the end it completely shuts down the Wii. I tried the hex-editing the .elf file and renaming it ppcboot.elf as stated on the installation page, but that only prevents the Wii from functioning completely. Please help me!

I want the mini version because I have files on a modified FAT+ that shares via samba and from what I have read mini geexbox is the only way I will be able to view them on my Wii.

I have also installed geexbox from the homebrew browser, but that does not allow me to see my network files. Even after editing the network settings file to read as follows:

# System's Network Configuration

PHY_TYPE="wifi" # Network physical type (auto|ethernet|wifi)
HOST="" # GeeXboX IP ("" for DHCP)
SUBNET="" # GeeXboX Subnet mask ("" for DHCP)
GATEWAY="" # Gateway IP ("" for DHCP or no internet connection)
DNS_SERVER="" # DNS Server IP ("" for DHCP or none)
DHCP_TIMEOUT="0" # DHCP timeout seconds (set >0 for slow servers)
ETH="" # set interface in case it's not eth0

# Wifi settings

WIFI_MODE="managed" # Wifi working mode (managed|ad-hoc)
WIFI_CHANNEL="6" # Wifi channel
WIFI_ENC="WPA" # Wifi Encryption method (WEP|WPA|none)
WIFI_KEY="MyKey" # Wifi WEP/WPA key (in ASCII mode, not hex.)
WIFI_ESSID="CaminasHome" # Wifi SSID
WPA_DRV="wext" # WPA driver (wext|atmel)
WPA_SCAN_SSID="1" # Request SSID-specific scanning; for APs that
# reject broadcast SSID (0|1)
WPA_AP_SCAN="2" # Driver AP scanning method (0|1|2)
WPA_CIPHER="CCMP TKIP" # WPA CIPHER to use (CCMP|TKIP|none)

# Services to be started at boot time

TELNET_SERVER="no"
FTP_SERVER="no"
HTTP_SERVER="no"
SAMBA_SERVER="no"

# Use UPnP MediaServer devices auto-discovery

UPNP="yes"

# Network Stream

ICECAST="no"
SHOUTCAST="no"
# WARNING: SHOUTcast TV may contain streams with adult content!
SHOUTCASTTV="no"
WHITELIST=""
BLACKLIST="adult porn xxx ESS SWCTV SWPTV Subscription"
TIMEOUT=10
TRIES=10

# Generic shares settings
# Set to 0 to disable network rescan, or else time (minutes) between scans.
NET_RESCAN_DELAY=3

# Samba settings

# Note that configured Samba shares cannot contain spaces in their names.
SMB_USER="SHARE" # User Login ("" for none)
SMB_PWD="" # User Password ("" for none)

# Static Samba shares can be defined as shown in the commented examples below,
# where <%>,<@>,<&>,<#> field separators must be present as shown (Note that
# the password cannot contain these special delimiters):

#STATIC_SMB="username<%>password<@>ip<&>myservername<#>share1<#>share2<#>share3"
#STATIC_SMB="<%><@>ip<&>myservername<#>share1"


Have I entered something wrong? I have tried both "Wifi" and "Auto" for PHY_TYPE.

Any help will be greatly appreciated!
farter
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Re: Wifi not working?

Post by farter »

the splash screen loads and once the bar reaches the end it completely shuts down the Wii.
Most likely, the GEEXBOX folder on your card is either missing, or messed up.
Fartersoft minus the soft part.
Bonnie
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Re: Wifi not working?

Post by Bonnie »

The GEEXBOX folder is on the sd card.. How can it be messed up? I have downloaded it several times from the links on the site... Please help me fix it :)
farter
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Re: Wifi not working?

Post by farter »

Bonnie wrote:The GEEXBOX folder is on the sd card.. How can it be messed up? I have downloaded it several times from the links on the site... Please help me fix it :)
The folder needs to be in the first partition of the card, and should contain files corresponding to the kernel being booted. You can't mix IOS and MINI files together.
Fartersoft minus the soft part.
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