So people know, if you do manage to get it early, most functionality is currently disabled.
Most channels require an update to be enabled, and Nintendo has not posted that update yet.
Miis and Gamedisks do work however. (was able to transfer my Mii from my 3DS)
MANY channels also appear to be missing pre-release update.
I have been doing packet capturing all morning. Plenty from the system itself, but nothing from the controller.
I started/stopped the wiiu twice and forced distance disconnects from the controller half a dozen times (only has a range of about 40-50 feet and drops much faster through walls)
I was channel hopping in promiscuous mode with kismet/wireshark on my backtrack box. Nothing very useful yet, but I don't think the controller is standard wifi. That controller pushes TONS of data back and forth with extremely low latency.
I plan to capture the first upgrade's network traffic as well as attempt some of the known exploits on the Wii menu as soon as possible.
GL all.
-TheSpillmonkey
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