Why is the nintendo WFI USB connector so damn troublesome?

I thought this dongle POS was supposed to be easy and simple, Oh sure itll work when i install it and run, but the moment i decide to TURN OFF MY PC, and or DISABLE the dongle because i think its getting too hot. I have to reinstall the entire product, because my Wii and DS will somehow actually FIND the thing, but not be able to connect to the internet until i reinstall the junk. I PUT ALL OF MY FIREWALLS down, yet it still hates to connect.

Someone with the Datel Wifi max please tell me it doesnt hate mcafee and doesnt hate being shut down.

I never got my stupid Datel Wireless wifi dongle to work so I went over to a linksys router and have not had an ounce of trouble with it.roboccs

damn guess i should just grab a wireless router, the only reason i refrained from doing so is because i didnt want to go into the router settings...open all those ports again, type in my ISP login, its such a hassle.

I've heard a lot of people having problems with the USB WiFi adapter, actually.

Wireless routers are cheap enough now that jumping from the dongle to a full-fledged router is only about a ten dollar difference. Granted, it won't bea fancy router, but it works (heck, I'm using a $10 Wireless G ****** router that was a boxing day sale).

The only real downside to using a full router comes if you live in an apartment building or condo, as the DS only supports the most archaic and easily broken form of wireless security- WEP. The Wii supports WPA2 (I think), so it's less of an issue, but every time I want to use my DS online I end up turning the wireless on and off because I know there are at least a dozen people who could leech my connection if they wanted.

Well for one thing - when you turn off your PC your turning off the USB ports too... you have to keep you PC on constnatly to use the WIFI...Netherscourge

thats not the problem though, im aware of that, but when i do turn on my PC again, the wifi should come on again with it, instead it doesnt for some reason, and i have to do a multitude of things to get it back on, either unplug and replug it, or actually compeletely reinstall the usb connector, and thats not right at all.