Wii, Tiger Woods '09 and Netopia router

In attempt to play Tiger Woods '09 golf online today, I had to change some configurations on my router. It wasn't that difficult, but I'm sure the average user won't be playing online, unless they have a 'tech' friend to open ports on their router.

Hardware:

• Wii
• Netopia router(Type: 0x69, Model 3347.02)

Configuration steps:

1. Click on Configure in the upper Menu bar.
2. Click on Advanced.
3. Under the NAT heading in the Network Configuration box, click on the Pinhole selection.
4. Click on the Add button.
5. In the Pinhole Entry box, enter the parameters for your pinhole. For example, to add your Wii:
   1. In the Pinhole Entries table, in the first line, type the name you would like associated with the pinhole. For this example you might call it Wii EA Sports for the EA server. PLEASE NOTE: Each pinhole you configure must have a unique name associated with it. If you should duplicate the pinhole name in a subsequent entry, it will overwrite the first entry.
   2. Protocol Select is TCP by default. Different protocols can be selected from the drop-down menu when appropriate. Select UDP.
   3. External Port Start is 100 for this example.
   4. External Port End is also 3700 for this example.
   5. Enter the Internal IP Address of your Wii. ex. 192.168.1.4
   6. The Internal Port is 3678.  From the nintendo website.
   7. Click on Submit to save the changes.
6. Save and Restart router.

 There's more info on the ninendo website regarding firewalls:  www.nintendo.com/consumer/systems/wii/en_na/onlineFirewall.jsp