Xbox 360 - Cheapest wireless ?

Tr Insanity · 16 Dec 2009 at 16:39

Hey,

My situation with my 360 at the moment is not ideal , I've got a CAT cable running through 2 doors and I can tell it's gonna break any time soon , so what's the cheapest way to go wireless ?
I'm going to look out for an official 360 wireless adapter on MM but what about one of those ethernet > wireless adapter things (I can't remember their name

) , which would be cheaper ?

Or should I just buy some flat CAT cable and stick it under the door ?

Thanks

Princey · 16 Dec 2009 at 16:48

A certain phone store sell the wireless network adapter for £34.99.

Tr Insanity · 16 Dec 2009 at 17:12

Can't seem to find that anywhere lol , I'll keep searching though , can only think of one phone shop who sells 360 stuff and they don't have it online :confused:

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Just wondering , do they effect your connection much compared to wired ?

Hilly · 16 Dec 2009 at 17:19

Tr Insanity said:
Can't seem to find that anywhere lol , I'll keep searching though , can only think of one phone shop who sells 360 stuff and they don't have it online .

Just wondering , do they effect your connection much compared to wired ?

There's not a great deal of difference between wired and wireless these days.

apatia77 · 16 Dec 2009 at 17:20

Princey said:
A certain phone store sell the wireless network adapter for £34.99.

I don't think that phone store can be a competitor. Please PM me with this, i really need a wireless adapter for my xbox and £35 looks like a steal deal.

ShakenNstirred · 16 Dec 2009 at 18:33

got mine new off ebay for £35 a year ago

thedoc46 · 16 Dec 2009 at 20:10

hilly said:
There's not a great deal of difference between wired and wireless these days.

I don't think you can say that. Depends how far he is away from his router. That alone will make a massive difference on speed.

Personally I'd always go wired. At least you know you are always getting the best connection.. Replace the exisiting wire. .It'll also be a lot cheaper .

MumboJumbo · 16 Dec 2009 at 21:48

swear i got one from sainburrys for 18 quid years ago. Though my friend got it who worked there so it would have been discounted a bit.

Nanoman · 16 Dec 2009 at 22:08

Is there a wireless computer in the room? Just connect it to that and share the wireless adapter.

MikeB · 17 Dec 2009 at 07:34

cheap pair of home plugs will do it as well!

Tr Insanity · 17 Dec 2009 at 07:55

I've got my wireless laptop in my room , but I'd rather not have it on whenever I wanted to play 360. Wireless distance is not a problem either , the router is literally 1ft away , but there's a wall in the way too

Will have a look for Homeplugs , dunno how cheap they are though

Hilly · 17 Dec 2009 at 09:45

thedoc46 said:
I don't think you can say that. Depends how far he is away from his router. That alone will make a massive difference on speed.

Personally I'd always go wired. At least you know you are always getting the best connection.. Replace the exisiting wire. .It'll also be a lot cheaper .

I disagree, if you have a 20mb, or 10mb connection and you're faced with a wall between you and your wireless, it's not going to make any real difference between your gaming latency. Download speed perhaps, but gaming ping will remain otherwise unnaffected.

Wired will always be better, but there isn't much difference any more;

Neolink · 17 Dec 2009 at 12:16

Cheapest way as mentioned is to put a ethernet cable from your computer/laptop to the xbox and tell the computer to share the internet, needs about 5 mins of setting up but it works perfectly and costs next to nothing

miker1 · 17 Dec 2009 at 13:16

If you are using wired, get yourself 2 of the "home hub" sockets that work via your electrical wiring.

To network juniors PS3 and XBOX from where they were was going to be a pain, so I got 2 of the "200mb [rofl...]" ones from the Bay. Still faster than wireless.