Any wireless usb device for 360?

Martynt74 · 28 Dec 2006 at 13:40

Just wondering as i've got a dlink usb wireless thing for my pc thats connected to the router but dont fancy forking out £60 to buy an official MS one. Will any old one work to use live?

BenST · 28 Dec 2006 at 13:41

No, you either have to use an official MS USB stick or an ethernet wireless bridge (or similar configuration).

Metalface Mark · 28 Dec 2006 at 13:51

Marvt74 said:
Just wondering as i've got a dlink usb wireless thing for my pc thats connected to the router but dont fancy forking out £60 to buy an official MS one. Will any old one work to use live?

There was a place selling them for £35 this week. (the official ms ones).

Energize · 28 Dec 2006 at 19:15

You can buy a wireless access point for £30, no point in buying the official m$ one when you can get a suerior 802.11n one.

Martynt74 · 28 Dec 2006 at 20:16

But what then connects to the xbox? Isnt a wireless access point similar to a wireless router?
Damn i hate netorking related things

BenST · 28 Dec 2006 at 20:23

An AP won't work with the 360, it'll have to be a bridge.

Alex_L · 28 Dec 2006 at 20:45

I've got mates who've used Ethernet wireless bridges, and they can be a bit fiddly to setup and require another plug socket.

I bit the bullet and got the Microsoft one and think its worth the price. You just plug it in, and you're off, few seconds to put in the ssid and security settings, and then you can just forget about it. The signal strength is very impressive as well.

Stellios · 28 Dec 2006 at 20:47

ITs worth the £60 mate, i just bought one today and its literally plug and play. Ive got no security on our network so it found the network without any setup at all.

BenST · 28 Dec 2006 at 20:56

They're incredibly easy to set up but personally I'd save some money and buy a WRT54G router, flash it with DD-WRT and set it up in wireless bridged mode. £30 in the right places

Scythe · 28 Dec 2006 at 21:10

Stellios said:
ITs worth the £60 mate, i just bought one today and its literally plug and play. Ive got no security on our network so it found the network without any setup at all.

Same here (i got one yesterday). Although I had security, I just entered the WEP key and off we went.

HTMLHugo · 28 Dec 2006 at 22:11

another shout for the ms one here

piece of cake to setup after i wasted 2 days trying to get it setup another way lol

paddya · 29 Dec 2006 at 16:56

I have a Linksys WRT-54G router and wandering what I have to do in order to use a standard wireless dongle, something like a Belkin. Is it possible? I've plugged one into the rear and it shows disconnected

Beepcake · 29 Dec 2006 at 17:08

paddya said:
I have a Linksys WRT-54G router and wandering what I have to do in order to use a standard wireless dongle, something like a Belkin. Is it possible? I've plugged one into the rear and it shows disconnected

If you mean USB dongle then no. As above you either need the MS one or a wireless bridge type device connected to the CAT5 port which needs to be configured for your WEP/WPA/Whatever setup.

paddya · 29 Dec 2006 at 20:15

ah right with you. See if I can order one through work

Scythe · 30 Dec 2006 at 10:44

paddya said:
I have a Linksys WRT-54G router and wandering what I have to do in order to use a standard wireless dongle, something like a Belkin. Is it possible? I've plugged one into the rear and it shows disconnected

I have a WRT-54GL (basically a WRT-54G v3) and using the official wireless adapter it works a charm. I just plugged it in, started the 360, entered my WEP key and everything else was automatic (DHCP and DNS)

benjo plz. · 30 Dec 2006 at 10:48

Energize said:
You can buy a wireless access point for £30, no point in buying the official m$ one when you can get a suerior 802.11n one.

Lol, 1, You aren't going to get a draft 802.11n ap for £30, 2, 802.11n isn't out yet, so unless you have a draft 802.11n router, getting a 802.11n ap is absolutely pointless, because not only will it only run at 802.11g, but it may not work properly with the final 802.11n when it's released in the future

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Energize · 30 Dec 2006 at 18:56

Phnom_Penh said:
Lol, 1, You aren't going to get a draft 802.11n ap for £30, 2, 802.11n isn't out yet, so unless you have a draft 802.11n router, getting a 802.11n ap is absolutely pointless, because not only will it only run at 802.11g, but it may not work properly with the final 802.11n when it's released in the future .

Well yeah it was assumed that you would have a 802.11n router if you were going to buy a 802.11n bridge. You can get 802.11n wireless adaptors for £60 which is the same as the m$ one.