Wii Error Codes – Troubleshooting Error Codes 209600 and 209601
You take your Wii home, take it out of the box, and start setting it up. Everything is going according to plan and everything seems to be working fine. Now you are working to connect your Wii console to be online using a wireless router and then all of a sudden you get an error code 209600 or 209601. If you don’t know what they are, they are error codes related to your wireless router. . Then what do you do? You play the Wii, but have you ever fixed your Wii? Well here are some things you can do to fix this problem. Make sure you are using a high speed Internet connection such as cable, DSL, or even fiber optic lines. The fact is, slower Internet connections, such as dial-up, can cause problems with the Wii and the router and cause them to malfunction.
Make sure nothing is interfering with your router connection. Things like microwave ovens and cell phones and wireless computer hardware like keyboards and mice can affect communications with your router. If you are still unable to communicate with your Wii and router, try disabling your firewall settings, as the firewall may be blocking the ports it needs for the connection to work. If this works, great! If not, try changing channels on the router from 1 to 11. Changing channels can increase your download speed dramatically. Always check your setup by testing both channels to see which is the faster of the two.
Some routers have a firewall called an SPI firewall. This is common on Netgear routers. If you are using a Netgear router, disable the SPI firewall setting in the router’s WAN Settings. If you want to use WI-FI on your Wii console and you are using the USB connector and one of the error codes listed appears, check your PC to see if your security software, firewalls, and anti-spyware / antivirus programs are running. If so, exit them one at a time until you get a connection.
Here’s a good one! Add these programs to the list of trusted program firewalls:
1.Nintendo’s WI-FI USB connector also called NintendoWFCReg.exe
2. The Setup.exe for when you install the Wii USB connector.
3.SoftAPInstDry.bin
4.mdriver.exe