diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index 4a501ee..c97469d 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -1,10 +1,8 @@ # NDWCSHAP Generator (by Lesserkuma) -This tool helps you creating your own NDWCSHAP access point. Any Nintendo DS, DSi and 3DS will auto-connect to these kinds of hotspots without the need of going through Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection settings. This feature was officially used at “DS Station” kiosks, likely from 2006 until 2020. +This tool helps you creating your own NDWCSHAP access point. Any Nintendo DS, DSi and 3DS will auto-connect to these kinds of hotspots without the need of going through Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection settings. This feature was officially used at “DS Station” kiosks, likely from 2006 until 2020. Note that these access points use the ancient 128-bit WEP encryption that is no longer considered secure. -To create your own access point combination of SSID and WEP key, you need to specify a value called “apnum” which was used to distinguish between individual store chains and locations. This allowed developers to distribute location-based WFC content to their games, similar to Nintendo Zone locations. - -⚠️ Please beware that NDWCSHAP access points rely on the very old WEP128 encryption which can be a security risk for your network. +To create your own access point combination of SSID and WEP key, you need to specify a value called “apnum”. This value was used to distinguish between individual store chains and locations which allowed developers to distribute location-based WFC content to their games, similar to Nintendo Zone locations. If you use hostapd, add these lines to hostapd.conf: ``` @@ -25,4 +23,4 @@ wep_rekey_period=300 ``` ## Thanks -Some technical information was found at [wmb-asm - NintendoSpot.wiki](https://code.google.com/archive/p/wmb-asm/wikis/NintendoSpot.wiki). +Some technical information was found at [wmb-asm - NintendoSpot.wiki](https://code.google.com/archive/p/wmb-asm/wikis/NintendoSpot.wiki) by yellows8.