A prior customer has bought a wii and xbox360 for his kids, but is having problems connecting them up (and connecting a newer/faster cable modem to the router)… all PCs are wireless.

So I work on the new modem, until I finally get it going after a few power cycles and peering at router firewall settings.

I then look at the Wii. It looks cool. Small, unobtrusive, unassuming, yet the wiimote controllers are great.

I get some help from http://www.wiichat.com/nintendo-wii-online/5820-official-wii-wireless-internet-connection-guide.html

But the router has MAC filtering (which is good for security, but makes adding new devices more problematic). OK, how do I get the Wii MAC address? In general, MACaddresses are printed on a small sticker on the device itself (eg laptops, wireless cards, etc)… but not on the Wii.

But I eventually found the MAC address by reading  wii mac

Ok, now lets try the xbox360… Hmmm, the interface is a little more confusing, and many settings are greyed-out… After much head-scratching it becomes obvious that the xbox doesn’t have built-in wireless networking… you need to purchase a wireless module!

Customer will go buy one, so I show him how to add a new device to the MAC filter in the router, and then I’m on my way again.