xbox live 360 wireless connection question

jmahoney · 20 Apr 2006 at 11:21

hello ,

I have ordered an 360 and xbox live I currently have a pc with a wireless router.
to connect the 360 to the wireless router and play xbox live do I have to buy any wireless adaptor for the xbox?

VIRII · 20 Apr 2006 at 11:33

jmahoney said:
hello ,

I have ordered an 360 and xbox live I currently have a pc with a wireless router.
to connect the 360 to the wireless router and play xbox live do I have to buy any wireless adaptor for the xbox?

Nope. You could connect it via cat5 to the router.

If you want to connect wirelessly then you have to use a wireless adapter or bridge. Microsofts one works nicely, looks good and is a favoured option amongst a lot of us. It is around £60 but as little as £45 online.

NokkonWud · 20 Apr 2006 at 11:39

Another user of the official wireless adaptor here, it's an excellent peice of kit and works straight away.

Captain-Fungi · 20 Apr 2006 at 12:59

I was thinking about getting one of these, does it have WEP/WPA support?

stewc · 20 Apr 2006 at 13:04

This link seems to suggest it does support WEP and WPA but not WPA-2.

bluesouljah · 21 Apr 2006 at 01:36

Not with a decent spi firewall it doesn't. I've posted on other forums and you need to open a rule for udp 88 as a rule 3074 TCP/UDP gets picked up through uPNP, though.

bluesouljah · 21 Apr 2006 at 01:38

And yes, it works with both as I've tested it and run WPA at the mo on my domain.

Vogon · 21 Apr 2006 at 13:53

Using a Netgear WGE111 wireless game adapter here, very pleased with it, and can be used on any PC or console with an ethernet port for flexability