360 - Wifi ready, or is it?

GTCole · 31 Mar 2006 at 07:35

Hi guys

everywhere i look the 360 is advertised as Wifi ready, i have just got the 360 premium (not core) but there's no wirless with it, am i missing something?

Cheers

GuruJockStrap · 31 Mar 2006 at 07:38

You need to buy the offical Microsoft Wireless Adapter or connect a wireless access point to the console via ethernet.

GTCole · 31 Mar 2006 at 08:03

Why are they adverting it as wifi ready then? thats a bit of a rip off, the old xbox is wifi ready in that case cos you can adda bridge, bit miffed about that tbh

well impressed with GRAWF though

Velocity · 31 Mar 2006 at 08:17

GTCole said:
Why are they adverting it as wifi ready then? thats a bit of a rip off, the old xbox is wifi ready in that case cos you can adda bridge, bit miffed about that tbh

well impressed with GRAWF though

Personally I have never seen it advertised as Wifiready

However technically it is Wifi ready - it's ready to put a wifi adapter onto it

MrM3 · 31 Mar 2006 at 09:22

'Ready' nowadays seems to mean 'supports'.

HD Ready means it does not have HD material but can support it if provided.

oweneades · 31 Mar 2006 at 09:39

Yup it is WIFI ready BUT you have to buy the WIFI adaptor.

DaveyD · 31 Mar 2006 at 11:08

It also uses a wi-fi technology for the controllers, which is built in, ready.

NokkonWud · 31 Mar 2006 at 15:36

GTCole said:
Why are they adverting it as wifi ready then? thats a bit of a rip off, the old xbox is wifi ready in that case cos you can adda bridge, bit miffed about that tbh

well impressed with GRAWF though

It is WiFi ready, it just requires the adapter to utilise it. It's one of those crafty advertising slogans some retailers use.

The Running Man · 31 Mar 2006 at 18:27

i,e its Ready to take a wireless adapter lol

~J~ · 31 Mar 2006 at 18:36

I really don't see what the fuss is over. It's wi-fi ready, and has been mentioned in a 100 other threads it supports wi-fi. I don't recall seeing many people bashing the Nintendo DS and it's wifi claims by having to purchase a Nintendo wifi adapter to utilise it fully!

The other move you've got to remember is that wifi isn't built into the Xbox360 ready-to-go for perhaps forward compatibility. I'm sure if it had, there'd be a thousand and one people bashing the fact that it's 802.11a/b/g only and "silly Microsoft" for not supporting 802.11n!

Feel sorry for the guys at MS Xbox at times, they can't seem to please anyone!

JaFFa · 31 Mar 2006 at 18:54

DaveyD said:
It also uses a wi-fi technology for the controllers, which is built in, ready.

dont they use rf ?

Sagalout · 31 Mar 2006 at 19:32

What adverts have said wifi ready? I havent seen any

DaveyD · 31 Mar 2006 at 20:20

JaFFa said:
dont they use rf ?

It's 2.4GHz wireless, which is the same tech, well same family of tech, as wifi networking I believe. Somebody can correct me though.

Kreeeee · 31 Mar 2006 at 23:01

The DS is fully WiFi compatible so I'm not sur ewhat you're on about. You can go online anywhere there is a wireless access point.

~J~ · 1 Apr 2006 at 00:02

kreeeee said:
The DS is fully WiFi compatible so I'm not sur ewhat you're on about. You can go online anywhere there is a wireless access point.

But to use it with your home wifi network, you need the USB dongle, therefore it IS fully wifi equipped, like ye olde Xbox360, but requires a USB device ala Xbox360.

Kreeeee · 1 Apr 2006 at 00:09

~J~ said:
But to use it with your home wifi network, you need the USB dongle, therefore it IS fully wifi equipped, like ye olde Xbox360, but requires a USB device ala Xbox360.

Nope, mine works with my wireless router, my wireless network card in adhoc mode and at my local McDonalds.

~J~ · 1 Apr 2006 at 00:17

I didn't think the DS used standard IP protocols and it was Nintendos own networking protocol.

Kreeeee · 1 Apr 2006 at 00:29

~J~ said:
I didn't think the DS used standard IP protocols and it was Nintendos own networking protocol.

Incorrect. 802.11b compliant. I recommend doing your research before slating things in the future.

The propriety standard is only used for direct DS to DS connections. For all online purposes the 802.11 standards are used.

Wrathamon · 1 Apr 2006 at 00:29

~J~ said:
I didn't think the DS used standard IP protocols and it was Nintendos own networking protocol.

Nintendo's own protocols are used for DS to DS communications only.

For connecting to Nintendo's Wifi Service to play online (Mario Kart DS, Metroid Prime, Animal Crossing Wild World etc...) then standard IP protocols are used with the Wifi in the DS. It is fully wifi enabled from the word go with the hardware built in.

The Nintendo USB stick is only used to give you a wifi access point when you don't have say a wifi enabled router or whatever, and the USB stick plugs into the PC to create an access point.

The XBOX360 on the other hand isn't wifi ready, and that therefore needs the MS USB interface that plugs directly into the rear USB port on the 360. You still then need a wifi router or access point for it to talk to...

Kreeeee · 1 Apr 2006 at 00:31

Ooh must have only just pipped you to the post (

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