NDS Backup Tool Help

[BaldWombat]

So, my Acekard 2i came in the mail yesterday. I downloaded the drivers and got it working. I installed the NDS Backup tool from the link that was on the monroeworld tutorial. I changed all the info in the ini file and setup the FTP as it said to and I can't get the DS to recognize the server. I've tried using the IP of my router and my computer to get it to work but neither allow it to connect. Any suggestions on how to get this to work?

My DSi has no issues connecting to my wifi with my retail cart installed. I turned off Windows Firewall while I was trying to connect. Do I need to open the port on my router?

[drakegs]

I would suggest opening the port on ther router and also check the router's firewall settings.

[BaldWombat]

Ok, with Windows Firewall turned off, router firewall turned off, and opening the port in the router with Port Triggering I still can't get it to work. I even tried using some different port numbers. Can DHCP be used or do I have to use Static IP addresses? Any help is appreciated in getting this to work for me.

[codemonkey85]

BaldWombat, when I get back home (might be kinda late) I will take a look at my setup and see what I did to get this to work.

In fact, I think I might recap the Monroeworld tutorial, because I seem to be the only one who got lucky enough to get it working right away.

I can tell you now though that I didn't have to do anything to the router settings. As a matter of fact, I'm not even the network administrator.

EDIT: By the way, what version of Rudolph's tool are you using? I don't know if the one linked to at that page is the most recent version or not. Check his site for the latest version (NDS Backup Tool Wifi v0.31f).

[BaldWombat]

Thanks for looking into it for me. I'll check to see what version it is when I get home from work about 4 hours.

EDIT: I'm using the most up to date version and I still can't get it to work.

EDIT2: Ok, I figured out how to get them to recognize each other. My DS and DSi work when I don't broadcast my SSID but the backup tool needs the broadcast in order for it to work. A simple security tool keeps the whole thing from working.

Edited May 12, 2009 by BaldWombat

[codemonkey85]

I just discovered that after switching out the R4 official firmware for YSMenu, I had lost the config file for Rudolph's tool. So, I basically started from scratch.

Okay, so the .ini file that goes into the same directory as NDS_Backup_Tool_Wifi.NDS (I believe the root folder is suggested) should start off like this:

#
# NDS_Backup_Tool_Wifi.ini
#

ServerIP	192.168.0.10		! FTPd IP address
ServerPort	21			! FTPd Service Port
#FileDir	/NDS_Backup		! Home Directory

FTPUser		anonymous		! FTPd Logon User name
FTPPassword	anonymous@anonymous	! FTPd Logon password

SaveFile	0			! Saving size : 0:auto, nnn:Save File Size(KB)

#Trim					! Rom Triming Backup

I changed the server IP to my PC's IP, the port was changed to 8080, and I set both my FTP username and password. The latter three settings were made to match in the SmallFTP program.

It worked just fine for me... I was able to backup my save to my PC, edit it with Pokésav, and then restore it back to the game.

[BaldWombat]

Yeah, it turns out that all my settings were correct but for some reason the NDS Backup tool can't see the ftp server if you don't broadcast your SSID. The games themselves work fine without the broadcast though.

[codemonkey85]

Ah, yes... so you edited your post about an hour before I made my post. Wasn't paying attention I guess.

So are you able to set this security tool to broadcast your SSL? Did you get it working?

If not, there is apparently a hardware solution... a USB device that can interface directly with NDS carts. It's mentioned in another thread.

[BaldWombat]

The only thing that was stopping me was the SSID broadcast. As soon as I turned it on, I got the everything to work. That might be something that they want to fix in the next version of the software.