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Customer Reviews for Rocketfish™ LAN Adapter for Nintendo Wii
Rocketfish™ LAN Adapter for Nintendo Wii
Model: RF-GWII008
SKU: 9188611
UPC: 600603122552
Get your Nintendo Wii system connected to the Internet with this LAN adapter. The adapter connects to your existing router with the included 6' Ethernet cable, creating a high-speed LAN Internet connection for your Wii via a USB 2.0 connection. Hop online with no wireless network required and maximize the fun of your Wii system.
Average Customer Rating:
4.4
out of 5
(27 Reviews) 27
Rating Snapshot 27 reviews
5 stars
19
4 stars
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3 stars
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2 stars
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85% of customers would recommend this product to a friend
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23 out of
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Customer Reviews for Rocketfish™ LAN Adapter for Nintendo Wii
Review 1 for Rocketfish™ LAN Adapter for Nintendo Wii
Great solution for the Wii's poor wi-fi reception.
Customer Rating
5.0
Posted by: Anonymous
from Sioux Falls, SD
on 10/22/2011
I may be jumping the gun on this, since I've only owned it for hours,,,but really: this thing just works.
I would imagine that most people nowadays have retired their Wii to Netflix duty, and from what I've read on the internet from other people, and my personal experience the Wii's wi-fi reception is awful. My local network isn't to blame - I get fast speeds on all of my other wi-fi devices.
So, I blame the Wii. I hooked this thing up in under a minute, set up the connection in about as much...and now my Wii is blazing. Wii Ware downloads in seconds, and I don't have to wait what seems like 5 minutes for Netflix to fire up.
I would recommend this to a friend!
+6points
6out of 6found this review helpful.
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Review 2 for Rocketfish™ LAN Adapter for Nintendo Wii
easiest setup ever
Customer Rating
5.0
Posted by: trinisbest
from tulsa,oklahoma
on 05/27/2011
What's great about it: easy,great price.
What's not so great: i have no negative thoughts about it
the easiest setup for internet i've ever seen. and its cheap also. cant beat that offer. love it. i watch netflix everyday lol
I would recommend this to a friend!
+12points
12out of 12found this review helpful.
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Review 3 for Rocketfish™ LAN Adapter for Nintendo Wii
Plug and Play
Customer Rating
5.0
Posted by: HemlockStones
from Batavia, IL
on 03/03/2011
Value for Price
5.0
Usefulness
4.0
Ease of Use
5.0
What's great about it: Ease of Use
Needed to hook my son's Wii console to our network so he could stream Netflix content. Had heard good things about Rocketfish and decided to give it a try. Literally had him on the network and surfing Netflix in five minutes.
I would recommend this to a friend!
+16points
16out of 16found this review helpful.
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Review 4 for Rocketfish™ LAN Adapter for Nintendo Wii
I'm sure it's great...if you can get it to work
Customer Rating
2.0
Posted by: NinjaRoach81
from Chula Vista, CA
on 02/07/2011
Value for Price
3.0
Usefulness
1.0
Durability
4.0
Ease of Use
2.0
What's great about it: Price
What's not so great: Questionable compatibility
I picked this up mainly for system updates and the odd purchase from the Virtual Console because I have a wired network. In theory, hook-up should be a snap, but even after entering my connection information manually and consultation with my ISP, the Wii just refused to connect to the Internet. I don't know if it's an ISP issue or a hardware issue (Nintendo recommends only using their LAN adapter, no 3rd party ones), but I just don't know why Nintendo didn't spend the extra couple of dollars to put a LAN port on the Wii. I ending up returning it and picked up an inexpensive wireless router instead.
No, I would not recommend this to a friend.
-10points
2out of 14found this review helpful.
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Review 5 for Rocketfish™ LAN Adapter for Nintendo Wii
Easy to install
Customer Rating
5.0
Posted by: Anonymous
from Adams, MA
on 01/29/2011
Value for Price
5.0
Usefulness
5.0
Durability
5.0
Ease of Use
5.0
What's great about it: Easy installation
Very easy to install. Allows Netflix to be viewed on TV using Wi. Works perfectly at a reasonable price. I saw the same item online priced higher. I purchased at Best Buy online and picked up at the store. No shipping cost.
I would recommend this to a friend!
+11points
11out of 11found this review helpful.
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Review 6 for Rocketfish™ LAN Adapter for Nintendo Wii
Simple Plug and Play set up
Customer Rating
5.0
Posted by: Myhosi
from Fairhope,Al
on 01/13/2011
Value for Price
5.0
Usefulness
5.0
Durability
5.0
Ease of Use
5.0
What's great about it: Simple to use
What's not so great: if you have wifi it is a waste of money
I bought the item thinking the Wii did not have wireless biult in , but as far as uses it is simple if you don't have wifi. If you do you do not need to buy the connector..
I would recommend this to a friend!
+9points
11out of 13found this review helpful.
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Review 7 for Rocketfish™ LAN Adapter for Nintendo Wii
Works great!
Customer Rating
5.0
Posted by: ExpectTheBest
from Wisconsin
on 12/26/2010
Value for Price
5.0
Usefulness
5.0
Durability
5.0
Ease of Use
5.0
Simple to install, works great. I use both wireless and wired with my WII. I added the LAN line when I was switching over routers and had a challenge in getting the security to work on the router. My WII would not support the latest technology, so I used the LAN line.
I would recommend this to a friend!
+10points
10out of 10found this review helpful.
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Review 8 for Rocketfish™ LAN Adapter for Nintendo Wii
For using this other then with a Wii
Customer Rating
4.0
Posted by: Wiscontech
from Oshosh, WI
on 10/26/2010
Value for Price
5.0
Usefulness
4.0
Durability
4.0
Ease of Use
4.0
What's great about it: Price, Availability
What's not so great: Had to find drivers for WinXP, but Win7 found with no issue
I bought this at the recommendation of a Geek Squad member who was trying to help me with a PC issue. This adapter runs off of the Asix AX88772 chipset with drivers readily available for Windows, Linux and WinCE. For the cheap price and great availability at almost every BB, this makes a great replacement for a laptop with a faulty onboard network card.
I would recommend this to a friend!
+10points
15out of 20found this review helpful.
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Review 9 for Rocketfish™ LAN Adapter for Nintendo Wii
Not a wireless replacement
Customer Rating
5.0
Posted by: bnels
from Ohio
on 10/10/2010
Value for Price
5.0
Usefulness
4.0
Durability
5.0
Ease of Use
5.0
What's great about it: price, eas of use
What's not so great: no improvement over wireless
The short version is I bought this adapter hoping for an improvement with Netflix picture quality. There was no noticable difference between wireless (7mps) and wired with the adapter. However, the adapter worked great, easy installation and setup, great if you don't have wireless.
I would recommend this to a friend!
+6points
8out of 10found this review helpful.
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Review 10 for Rocketfish™ LAN Adapter for Nintendo Wii
Worked Great for Netflix
Customer Rating
5.0
Posted by: Iofiel
from Chicago Area
on 09/07/2010
Value for Price
5.0
Usefulness
4.0
Durability
4.0
Ease of Use
5.0
What's great about it: Ease of use
What's not so great: No problems yet
This product worked great for connecting my Wii to a router for watching Netflix "Watch instantly" features. Having a wired connection cut down dramatically on movie loading times, Installation was quick and trouble free -- just plugged it in, set my connection to "Wired" and tested it and it was good to go.
I would recommend this to a friend!
+22points
22out of 22found this review helpful.
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Review 11 for Rocketfish™ LAN Adapter for Nintendo Wii
Has no MAC address!
Customer Rating
2.0
Posted by: ktek77
from Denver
on 08/27/2010
Value for Price
3.0
Usefulness
2.0
Durability
3.0
Ease of Use
2.0
What's great about it: Sets up easy, just seems to work.
What's not so great: No MAC address. Who makes a network product with no MAC address?
My router is setup to allow access by MAC address. This adapter shows up as 00:00:00:00:00:00. The router will not accept that. So, in order to use it, I need to turn off my security. I'm not happy about that. Other than that, I just plugged it in and it works. I haven't had it long enough to speak of its reliability. If I don't find a fix, it won't be connected for long enough to find out.
No, I would not recommend this to a friend.
-5points
5out of 15found this review helpful.
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Review 12 for Rocketfish™ LAN Adapter for Nintendo Wii
Lan adapter for the Wii
Customer Rating
5.0
Posted by: Anonymous
from Brevard NC
on 06/24/2010
Value for Price
5.0
Usefulness
5.0
Durability
5.0
Ease of Use
5.0
What's great about it: Great value
I really like it, its cool to be able to down load early games for NES and play them on the Wii I also enjoy playing on line with my freinds
I would recommend this to a friend!
+1point
6out of 11found this review helpful.
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Review 13 for Rocketfish™ LAN Adapter for Nintendo Wii
really great
Customer Rating
5.0
Posted by: tellthetruth
from new orleans, la
on 06/22/2010
Value for Price
5.0
Usefulness
5.0
Durability
5.0
Ease of Use
5.0
What's great about it: If u have have a Nintendo DS you can download games from Nintendo.com with this device.
The adapter really works. My Nintendo Wii system connected to the Internet easy.
I would recommend this to a friend!
+2points
7out of 12found this review helpful.
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Review 14 for Rocketfish™ LAN Adapter for Nintendo Wii
Good product. Works just fine
Customer Rating
4.0
Posted by: jfdjklsd
from San Antonio, TX
on 06/14/2010
Value for Price
4.0
Usefulness
4.0
Durability
4.0
Ease of Use
4.0
It did not take much time to set this up. I definitely recommend this product
I would recommend this to a friend!
+3points
5out of 7found this review helpful.
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Review 15 for Rocketfish™ LAN Adapter for Nintendo Wii
Works great!
Customer Rating
5.0
Posted by: Anonymous
from San Diego, CA
on 06/09/2010
Value for Price
5.0
Usefulness
5.0
Ease of Use
5.0
What's great about it: Easy to set up, low price
What's not so great: Nothing
Want to connect your Wii to the Internet and get faster speed and more reliability than Wi-Fi? And all at a low price? You can't go wrong with this LAN adapter!
Just plug the adapter into one of the USB ports on the back of your Wii, plug the included Ethernet cable into the adapter and then plug the other end of the Ethernet cable into your router or a switch on your home network. It even has an LED that glows green to show that you're connected properly. You will also need to set up a new wired Internet connection in the Wii System Settings and tell the Wii to use that connection. Everything will download 2x faster at the 100 Mbps LAN speed versus the 54 Mpbs speed of the 802.11(g) wireless connection and be more reliable.
I would recommend this to a friend!
+20points
24out of 28found this review helpful.
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Review 16 for Rocketfish™ LAN Adapter for Nintendo Wii
It works
Customer Rating
3.0
Posted by: janpop
from Springfield, IL
on 05/26/2010
Value for Price
4.0
Usefulness
4.0
Durability
4.0
Ease of Use
4.0
What's great about it: It easy to use and a great price
What's not so great: The cord that runs from the Wii to the modem was not long enough.
It did not please me that the cord was only 4 feet long when the modem and the Wii are in 2 different rooms. 4 feet just doesn't work. We ended up in the Best Buy store buying cord, 25 feet worth of cord but the item works. That's the good part. And a great price.
I would recommend this to a friend!
+3points
7out of 11found this review helpful.
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Review 17 for Rocketfish™ LAN Adapter for Nintendo Wii
Used for Netflix movie streaming
Customer Rating
5.0
Posted by: NicoleDM
from Florida
on 05/24/2010
Value for Price
5.0
Usefulness
5.0
Ease of Use
5.0
Despite the warnings of not using the Nintendo brand, I bought this adapter to stream movies through Netflix and IT WORKS PERFECTLY! I also purchased the Rocketfish 25' cat-6 network cable (LAN cable) to run to my computer's cable modem.
I would recommend this to a friend!
+4points
5out of 6found this review helpful.
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Review 18 for Rocketfish™ LAN Adapter for Nintendo Wii
Wii LAN adapter
Customer Rating
5.0
Posted by: jt24
from huntington beach, CA
on 05/07/2010
Value for Price
5.0
Usefulness
5.0
Durability
5.0
Ease of Use
5.0
What's great about it: Its Awesome product. Its works great.
I was using wireless connection for my Wii system. Until I got frustrated with having to wait for a wireless connection. Then I researched Best buy for a land line connection for my wii system and was excited. This product saved my life and now I can watch my netflicxs movies on my Wii system.
I would recommend this to a friend!
+3points
4out of 5found this review helpful.
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Review 19 for Rocketfish™ LAN Adapter for Nintendo Wii
Works great for NetFlix playing over the Wii
Customer Rating
5.0
Posted by: Paul701
on 03/28/2010
Value for Price
5.0
Usefulness
5.0
Durability
5.0
Ease of Use
5.0
What's great about it: Easy setup, easy to use
What's not so great: Too early to tell about durability.
I finally hooked up the Wii to the Internet so that we could use the new Netflix adapter disk to watch streaming movies over our TV through the Wii. I have a wired router, and don't have any need to go wireless at this time.
Hookup was very easy. I ran the wires, and followed the included directions. The connection tested out fine, we updated the Wii, and we were up and running.
I would recommend this to a friend!
+1point
2out of 3found this review helpful.
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Review 20 for Rocketfish™ LAN Adapter for Nintendo Wii
It was good in the beginning
Customer Rating
2.0
Posted by: sallyallie89
from Pennsylvania
on 02/27/2010
Value for Price
1.0
Usefulness
1.0
Durability
1.0
Ease of Use
3.0
What's great about it: It's easy to set up
What's not so great: Doesn't last long at all
It worked great the first 2 months I had it, but as of today it just does not work at all. I unplugged it, replugged it, unplugged the wii, replugged the wii, checked to make sure the cable was connected to my router, etc. It just does not work. There is a green light that is supposed to come on the second you insert it into your wii, but that light just no longer comes on anymore. It's ridiculous. Such a waste of $20. I won't be buying this product again. I've read similar reviews on this product on the same problem, but I just ignored them assuming people just weren't doing something right. But no. It's true. This product really was a waste.
No, I would not recommend this to a friend.
-2points
3out of 8found this review helpful.
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