I bought one of these while they were in stock, with the full intention of buying a router to connect to the internet, as the diagram in the instructions says it should, but having just a cable modem, no wireless and no router, I did wonder if this would work by connecting it straight to the modem, my ps3 does after all, I bought a seperate RJ45 network cable, and tentatively plugged this straight into my Virgin Media modem, then the other end into the Wii Lan Adaptor, I went through the settings, and after a few seconds wait, the wii successfully set itself up and within moments I was browsing the virtual console.

When I want to use the Wii all I have to do is unplug My PC's cable and plug the Wii's cable in, which I am already used to doing with the ps3, so simple, I won't bother to get a router now, just for the sake of swapping a cable over.

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I bought one of these while they were in stock, with the full intention of buying a router to connect to the internet, as the diagram in the instructions says it should, but having just a cable modem, no wireless and no router, I did wonder if this would work by connecting it straight to the modem, my ps3 does after all, I bought a seperate RJ45 network cable, and tentatively plugged this straight into my Virgin Media modem, then the other end into the Wii Lan Adaptor, I went through the settings, and after a few seconds wait, the wii successfully set itself up and within moments I was browsing the virtual console.

When I want to use the Wii all I have to do is unplug My PC's cable and plug the Wii's cable in, which I am already used to doing with the ps3, so simple, I won't bother to get a router now, just for the sake of swapping a cable over.

This product is the perfect solution to those who do not have a wireless connection, and for those who do not wish to use one, even if I did have wireless, I would still use this, much safer and more reliable.