360 Interferes With Wii Wifi?

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I have this chest-like table that I have my tv set up on, and my Wii and 360 are inside of it. I turned my Wii on to update it, but it was not able to find my Nintendo USB Wifi adapter plugged into my computer about 13 feet away. It's weird because I got my Wii before my 360, in which time it could connect to my USB wifi adapter no problem. I tried to update my Wii a few days ago when both the consoles were in the chest, but it didn't work. But today I took my 360 downstairs where one of our HDTV's were, and played for a while. And when I came up I decided to try to diagnose what the problem was with my Wii, in which time the 360 wasn't in the chest. But it connected fine. The only logical thing I can come up with is that my 360 interferes with the Wii. Why would this be? I would hate to keep moving my 360 every time I want to connect my Wii to the internets.
 
JOKER_JOKER said:
I have this chest-like table that I have my tv set up on, and my Wii and 360 are inside of it. I turned my Wii on to update it, but it was not able to find my Nintendo USB Wifi adapter plugged into my computer about 13 feet away. It's weird because I got my Wii before my 360, in which time it could connect to my USB wifi adapter no problem. I tried to update my Wii a few days ago when both the consoles were in the chest, but it didn't work. But today I took my 360 downstairs where one of our HDTV's were, and played for a while. And when I came up I decided to try to diagnose what the problem was with my Wii, in which time the 360 wasn't in the chest. But it connected fine. The only logical thing I can come up with is that my 360 interferes with the Wii. Why would this be? I would hate to keep moving my 360 every time I want to connect my Wii to the internets.
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So this problem only occurred once?

Perhaps you should try it again?
 
Well it happened once but I tried fixing it for about an hour before I gave up. When they were both in the chest, I pulled the Wii out to within about 5 feet of my wifi adapter and I got a critical red bar on the taskbar that shows the strength of the signal, so I'm guessing they are related. Next time I take my 360 upstairs I'll see if it happens again. Also, what do you mean when you say change channels on the router? Do you mean plugging the ethernet cable into another slot on the router? I might have. I remember switching a couple things around on the router ports, but I don't think I did it when the Wii wasn't working.
 
the only thing that could be happening is that the 360 is actually blocking the EM waves from your USB adaptor...

the 360 has metal in it.. metal blocks EM waves
 
JOKER_JOKER said:
Well it happened once but I tried fixing it for about an hour before I gave up. When they were both in the chest, I pulled the Wii out to within about 5 feet of my wifi adapter and I got a critical red bar on the taskbar that shows the strength of the signal, so I'm guessing they are related. Next time I take my 360 upstairs I'll see if it happens again. Also, what do you mean when you say change channels on the router? Do you mean plugging the ethernet cable into another slot on the router? I might have. I remember switching a couple things around on the router ports, but I don't think I did it when the Wii wasn't working.
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See bolded, it wasn't the 360 if you were only getting one red bar when you pulled the Wii to within 5 feet. Something else is nuking the signal most likely.
 
But after I took my 360 downstairs I got full bars. Wouldn't that imply that the 360 is causing it?
 
JOKER_JOKER said:
But after I took my 360 downstairs I got full bars. Wouldn't that imply that the 360 is causing it?
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It could have been any number of things. Maybe the microwave was going at that exact moment, or a neighbor was using their wireless network on the same channel.

Try it again with the 360 back in the same place. This only happened once. Wifi can have problems connecting for lots of reasons.
 
kumquat said:
He's not using a router, he's using a Nintendo WiFi adapter.
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Doh. So only the Wii is using wifi and not the 360?

The 360 would have to have some very poor shielding to interfere with the Wii's wireless =/
 
Yes, just the Wii, because the adapter is just for Nintendo products. I'll bring it up here tomorrow and see if it happens again.
 
are you running the xbox 360 while the wii is on as well? Remember the Xbox wireless controllers are running on the same 2.4 ghz frequency as your router. Changing channels on your router might help some. Find a wifi diagnostic tools to see which channel is the least cluttered for your router to run on.
 
out of curiosity, do you happen to have an older 2.4ghz phone in the house?

We have an old OLD Panny 2.4 phone, and it would nuke any 2.4 signal in the house whever anyone fired up the handset. Xbox controllers, router, etc. regardless of channel.

I ended up going back to our old Mickey mouse 900mhz, until I get a wireless network friendly 5.8ghz model sooner or later.
 
i had the same problem so i moved my 360 to the other side of the wii and all was fine.
 
i'm having problems connecting my wii to the internet as well, it worked fine the first day i got it but now i have it back at my house with my 360 and it won't connect, i'll try moving my 360 to the other side of the room and try again. This would be nuts if it works lol.
 
My 360 isn't hooked up with wireless, but it is right next to my Wii, both of which have 0 issues getting on the web.
 
psychoace said:
are you running the xbox 360 while the wii is on as well? Remember the Xbox wireless controllers are running on the same 2.4 ghz frequency as your router. Changing channels on your router might help some. Find a wifi diagnostic tools to see which channel is the least cluttered for your router to run on.
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where can i get such diagnostic tools?? i'd like to try that out..
 
RancidWAnnaRIot said:
where can i get such diagnostic tools?? i'd like to try that out..
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http://www.netstumbler.com/downloads/ works for diagnosing wireless issues but you have to have a supported wireless card in your PC and I don't know if the Nintendo Wi-Fi adapter qualifies.

ThinkGeek also has a USB 2.4Ghz spectrum analyzer that can give you a break down of the actual signals present in your area in the 2.4Ghz spectrum. http://www.thinkgeek.com/computing/accessories/80ce/
 
Kahnvex said:
out of curiosity, do you happen to have an older 2.4ghz phone in the house?
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You too? I remember having this problem with one of the first 2.4GHz Panny's (the silver one). I ended up giving away the phone and using my 900MHz until the 5.8GHz ones came out.
 
CubicleGeek said:
You too? I remember having this problem with one of the first 2.4GHz Panny's (the silver one). I ended up giving away the phone and using my 900MHz until the 5.8GHz ones came out.
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Hahaha this happened to me as well with a generic cheap cordless phone. A lot of wireless devices will have no problems interacting happily (even on the same channel sometimes) but occasionally you'll get some really strange behavior. Just change the channel of your wifi signal.
 
Spaceman_Spiff said:
Hahaha this happened to me as well with a generic cheap cordless phone. A lot of wireless devices will have no problems interacting happily (even on the same channel sometimes) but occasionally you'll get some really strange behavior. Just change the channel of your wifi signal.
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My Panny absolutely killed anything on the 2.8 GHz range in my house. I've tried every channel on the phone against almost every channel on the router.
 
A friend of mine pretty much had the exact same problem. His Wii worked perfect the first few days until he turned on his 360. Then he started to have problems with the Wii wireless whenever the 360 was on.
 
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