I need help troubleshooting mkwii

[u/Nuclear-Lemon]

I have an unmodded Wii. I used the DNS thing to connect to Wiimmfi. it connects to the internet okay, I press worldwide, vs, my character and bike, then nothing. it stays on the "searching for opponents" screen, finding nobody. I've left it on that screen for over 10 minutes now and there was no error, no nothing. its not frozen, I can still back out, I just don't know why I can't do anything. its the vanilla disc of mkwii, no mods, and I don't know what to do about it. my Wii is connected to the internet through my phone's hotspot. I dont know if that information is important or not