Wireless Networking Adapter

Ah yes, there is a cheaper solution Microsoft doesn't want you to know about, probably because they like money. You are looking for a Wireless Bridge. You should find wireless bridges cheaper than the official 360 one (half price, if not less than that even). I got one for my girlfriend for $25, and it works like a charm. Around where I live, we have a computer store that is actually run by Goodwill. If you have one of those where you live, I would definitely try that, you should find some good ones for very cheap. If not, just try any electronics stores. I believe I've seen them for $50 bucks at Wal-Mart before. You will likely have to hook it up to your computer first to set it up, but then once you do that, connect to your 360, and you'll be connected. The funny thing is, if you connect a generic Wireless Bridge to your 360, your 360 thinks it's a wired connection, but it is not. Let me know if you need any more help.
 
MegaDrive20XX said:
*points to Hylian* that's him :lol
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Oh.. I thought he was just another member here that saw the thread and posted his opinon. Heh.. I was thinkin' of a method of just buyin' a similar piece like the adapter instead of the official one. Im pretty sure there is? I dont know but I've seen people usin' their laptops and stuff and I aint bout to do all that just to get online.

Hinesmdc said:
Do you have a laptop?
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I dont have one but my moms does but she uses that for her school work so.. basically no I dont have one.
 
Everybody I know, except for one person, has had problems with it. I usually just recommend a wireless bridge. Cost about half of the official MS Wireless adapter and can connect multiple devices.
 
Everyone you know save one has problems with the oem adapter? I'm the opposite, I found 4 wireless adapters in a load of electronics at a flea market and sent two to some friends and use two in my house, all four work great, even still. They're even easy to set up, plug it in, turn on your xbox, it finds the adapter and prompts you through getting your xbox attached to your network.
 
targetrasp said:
Everyone you know save one has problems with the oem adapter? I'm the opposite, I found 4 wireless adapters in a load of electronics at a flea market and sent two to some friends and use two in my house, all four work great, even still. They're even easy to set up, plug it in, turn on your xbox, it finds the adapter and prompts you through getting your xbox attached to your network.
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Yup, one of my friends was downloading DLC which was less than 1GB, around 700-800MB, and it took over 8 hours to download. He just left it on overnight downloading. This is also with a 10Gb connection and a wireless G Router. And plenty of friends have had lag issues that went away once they went wired.

Your mileage may definitely vary, but I personally wouldn't recommend a $100 adapter when you can buy a wireless bridge that can connect more devices and is usually more reliable for less. Not everyone can get lucky at a flea market. :)
 
Mine works fine. That being said, $100 is a steep price to pay. I only have mine because my mom told me to stop running ethernet cords across the floor and i said I'd need an adaptor to do that and she forked over $100 on the spot.
 
Fr0dus Maximus said:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dCqXJHN7S8U&feature=sub

Household Hacker just posted this. Thought it would be a nice thing to have in the thread.
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Network bridging is very useful with the 360. When I'm out and about (LAN parties and the like) and need to connect to Live for whatever reason, I just plug a cable between my laptop and 360 and I'm good to go, assuming there's Wi-Fi in the area.

Now, our family 360 is positioned on an entirely different floor/corner of the house from the cable. We've got Wi-Fi extenders throughout, but we weren't going to pay $100 for an adapter. So I installed DD-WRT (open-source firmware) for the Linksys WRT54G, and that let me turn our wireless router into a wireless receiver. It worked like a charm. Gotta love "loopholes"!
 
I use PoE (Power Over Ethernet) adapters. Granted, they aren't cheap and will cost you over $100 for a pair but it's a lot better than any wireless you could use and the bandwidth is just shy of being plugged straight into the router.

You do get what you pay for.
 
back to creepin's comment.... I'm wondering if the brand of wireless router has a lot to do with it.... I remember right at lauch I bought a 360, wii, and ps3 (wireless N wasn't really affordable so everyone had B and G) and it seems like I tried a couple of different wireless G routers and at least one system had issues with the cheaper brands (dlink et al.) and I've always hated linksys (supposedly can buy firmware and make these work like real cisco routers but otherwise they've always sucked for me) and ended up having to use a microsoft router, which i still use and works with EEEEEEEEEVERY thing! I try not to fuel the microsoft monoply any more than i have to but i've got to say, their computers are cheaper and works with everything (although buggy at times), their voice recognition is second to none, and even though it costs, I'd rather play games over live than anything playstation or nintendo offers for free; and now I guess you can add excellent compatability with their routers to my list of shame....
 
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