Wireless Adapter

the corpo

so i managed to nab me one of those xbox 360 bargains in tescos this morning and now have a new forum to post in, howyiz


disappointed to see that, unlike the wii, the xbox isn't wireless out of the box, and needs this adapter? my router is in another room, so i ain't no choice.

the official one seems on the pricey side, anyone know of any third party ones available in town?

Hail 2 Da Chimp

Congratulations and welcome to the team.

Also this question is relevant to my interests!

lee_baby_simms

the corpo wrote:

so i managed to nab me one of those xbox 360 bargains in tescos this morning and now have a new forum to post in, howyiz


disappointed to see that, unlike the wii, the xbox isn't wireless out of the box, and needs this adapter? my router is in another room, so i ain't no choice.

the official one seems on the pricey side, anyone know of any third party ones available in town?

If you wanna get online this weekend you're probably gonna have to bite the bullet and shell out for the official one.

Karmafaerie

You probably won't get it before Christmas, but you can find some good deals for the wireless adapters online.

Wertz

Another n00b to the world of 360 and I was about to post a similar question....I'm thinking of just moving the router down to the living room and getting a USB wireless adaptor for the bedroom PC.
Dunno if I can be arsed with pulling cables round the house just now though...

Myksyk

Thought I saw on xbox site that the 360 only works with the official adaptor but could be wrong. The reviews of the official adaptor are very good btw.

Ri_Nollaig

only the offical is suppose to work on usb but all ethernet wireless adapters will work, however they are still around 50-60eur and will need an extra power supply.

super_furry

eBay is the way to go. I got the official wireless controller within 5 days for €45.

RAIN

I also just hooked my self up with 360 this weekend with GoW .And im disgusted cus my wir router is downstairs !So i gotta buy one 95 squid in game ..I pulled the router upstairs but i used a normal phone cable instead of the purple one you get with the broadband so it wouldnt pick up the dns info .i was gna input it manually but it wouldnt work im guessin the cable is the issue ?am i rite ?if so i mite as well get the adaptor someone tell me my eircom broadband is gna work fine with it and that im not gna waste 95 squid please .

robinph

Only the official MS one will work via USB with the 360 but I've seen plenty of them about in the shops. It can be got for slightly cheaper from Playasia but you could well get stung for VAT when it arrives and you won't get it by xmas. Your other option would be something like this which will plug into the ethernet port of the 360 and get it onto your wireless network that way.

Furp

super_furry wrote:

eBay is the way to go. I got the official wireless controller within 5 days for €45.

Hate to tell you but Harvey Norman in Blanchardstown sell the official controller for 44.99.

Anyway the official wireless network adapter is a nice piece of kit, if pricey and once working you will never notice it.

The device is an A/B/G wireless protocol compatibile so it can connect to the network at very fast speeds, and if you use your pc for streaming yu cna stream video if the bandwidth is high enough.

Myksyk

Here's a review of the official adaptor. Sometimes the extra € is worth it.

Furp

Myksyk wrote:

Here's a review of the official adaptor. Sometimes the extra € is worth it.

I completely agree, I first set mine up arount this time last year and I have not had a single problem with it, be it downloading from marketplace, playing games online or streaming media from my PC which is in a bedroom.

Plus unlike Nintendo wireless features it supports the more secure WPA wireless security protocol and not just WPA.