How to connect to the internet on a 3DS?

I've been trying to use my iPhone 4S' Wi-Fi hotspot for my 3DS, it works fine for connecting to the internet/updating etc but it doesn't work for visiting/being visited on my animal crossing new leaf games… It just comes up with an error code every single time. I tried Googling what I could do and the US nintendo site says to set up an IP address for my 3ds, so I tried that and it didn't work. Is there a UK version? I tried the UK nintendo site but it doesn't have anything about that. Is there anything I need to do?

Because the 3DS support WPA but Animal Crossing only supports WEP…

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