Wireless Access for DS Lite

I'm trying to get my DS Lite to connect to the internet while I'm at school. The campus wi-fi is a WEP network but apparently it isn't compatible with the DS. I don't know of any nearby access points where I could just hang out in for an extended period of time. What's my cheapest and easiest option (I'd prefer not to have to order anything online)? A wireless router seems to be the most straightforward but those are like 40 bucks (unless anyone can recommend a really cheap kind that isn't totally useless).

Things I have that are probably mostly useless:
DS Lite
Laptop with Atheros Wireless Card
Campus-wide WEP network (cannot directly connect)
Wired Router
Ethernet cables

Wait, your school wireless network has encryption? I can see why, but that's kinda pushing it. I've been in a local Community College as well as in a private University, and both places had networks without any restrictions. You could connect and it'd be fine, sure, they could monitor and find out what you're browsing, but you could easily connect. I'm sorry about your case. I think one of the easiest options would be to find another area that has a wireless router without WEP or WPA. Perhaps leech off another person's internet somewhere in the dorms?

Edit ; Personally, I wouldn't spend anywhere near 40-180 dollars to buy a wireless router just for a DS, but that's just me. Unless you really need it just so you could connect to the internet to do homework, research, etc.

Wait, your school wireless network has encryption? I can see why, but that's kinda pushing it. I've been in a local Community College as well as in a private University, and both places had networks without any restrictions. You could connect and it'd be fine, sure, they could monitor and find out what you're browsing, but you could easily connect. I'm sorry about your case. I think one of the easiest options would be to find another area that has a wireless router without WEP or WPA. Perhaps leech off another person's internet somewhere in the dorms?

Edit ; Personally, I wouldn't spend anywhere near 40-180 dollars to buy a wireless router just for a DS, but that's just me. Unless you really need it just so you could connect to the internet to do homework, research, etc.

It just has a WEP encryption so that people need a password to connect to it. I could try walking around holding my DS and trying to find someone who has a wireless router to leech off of but that sounds really silly and not guaranteed to work. And yeah, I don't want to spend 40 dollars either, which I why I'm asking for other options.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nintendo_Wi..._Connector

No idea how much one of these babies would cost if you were to actually find one, but it may be a cheaper option than an actual router.

Campus networks don't allow DS (NDS, NDSL, NDSi all inclusive) and Wii connections directly to their networks. You can register the devices with your campus and it *should* work, but I haven't tried that yet so no guarantees (woot for temporarily thwarting campus authorities!).

Buying your own wireless router would bypass this, but you'd need to set your encryption to Open or WEP (why they didn't fix this on the NDSi is beyond me). You have 2 other options though.

You can buy a used Nintendo DS WiFi Dongle from Gamestop here. (They lowered the price to $15. I bought it for $20 last year. Dammit.) Note that it is in-store only, and only in select stores. It will come with old software. Download the latest from Nintendo. It says that the software only works on WinXP. I run XP so I'm not sure if it has compatibility issues with Vista/7. Use the 'connect with USB connector' option on your DS.

You can buy any USB WiFi adapter that has SoftAP capabilities and create a virtual WEP/open network from your computer. Guide here. Use the 'connect to a wireless network' option on your DS. The official Nintendo WiFi dongle does the same thing with Nintendo's software and only allows Wii's and DS's to connect.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nintendo_Wi..._Connector

No idea how much one of these babies would cost if you were to actually find one, but it may be a cheaper option than an actual router.

my cousin bought that a few years ago
it works just as well as a wireless router thigny