Does an xbox premium come with wireless?

Stercus Accidit

I have a broadband router at home that can be used as a wi-fi router.

I want to be able to use the xbox like my laptop wirelessly but does the xbox have built in wireless or do I need to buy an adaptor?

In the options menu it has some network options but the wireless option is greyed out, so does that mean It doesnt have built in wireless ability?

I should have kept the wii....:D

runs and hides

jcoote

no u have to buy the xbox wireless adaptor to make your 360 wireless...bummer i know

Stercus Accidit

jcoote wrote: »

no u have to buy the xbox wireless adaptor to make your 360 wireless...bummer i know

Lol what cheapskates

How much is one typically?

jcoote

€80-€100.. madness but kinda has to be done these days doesn't it

Stercus Accidit

ridiculous

I got it in Game, was it not the best deal?

What came with the premium console in gamestop, there was an extra controller, but would it have come with a wireless adaptor?

mgsrocks

jcoote wrote: »

€80-€100.. madness but kinda has to be done these days doesn't it

~€50 from play-asia.com

BJC

You can connect your laptop to your 360 for wireless. Its just utilising your laptops reciever.

http://www.ofzenandcomputing.com/zanswers/61

Stephen

That's a pain in the ass. Another cheapo solution though is to use an ethernet-to-wireless adaptor - i.e. you plug it into the 360's network port and as far as the 360 knows its on a cabled LAN.

Jay P

You can get second hand ones in Game Stop for 50 methinks. Or you could just get a new one off Santa like moi

grimm2005

gamestop have em for €69.99 which seems like the best high street price from what ive seen from the others

Creamy Goodness

do any xboxes come with wireless built in?

got a bonus in work i might think of using but i ain't getting one if i've to fork out another 70 quid for a wireless adapter.

supertramp

they do come with an ethernet cable though..

Jim

Cremo wrote: »

do any xboxes come with wireless built in?

got a bonus in work i might think of using but i ain't getting one if i've to fork out another 70 quid for a wireless adapter.

Its bad enough it doesn't do WiFi out of the box, but the price for the dongle is shamefull.

Creamy Goodness

supertramp wrote: »

they do come with an ethernet cable though..

is it about 100ft long though?

i live in a 3-storey house and that would be approximately the distance i'd need from the location of the xbox to my router.

Basq

Cremo wrote: »

is it about 100ft long though?

i live in a 3-storey house and that would be approximately the distance i'd need from the location of the xbox to my router.

3 storey house? Well laa-dee-dah Cremo!

Couldn't your butler Jeeves hold it instead?

Single Malt

Cremo wrote: »

is it about 100ft long though?

i live in a 3-storey house and that would be approximately the distance i'd need from the location of the xbox to my router.

If that many walls are between the box and router you would be better off with a good quality patch cable and wiring it, as broadband speed and ping are affected big time by the quality of a wireless connection.

Creamy Goodness

i get the same ping playing games on my laptop(wirelessly) where the xbox would be that i get with my main pc that is wired to the router.

Winters

If you are unsre abotu the price of the dongle, You can always pick up an Ethernet to WIFI adaptor and use that. Or even a cheap Access Point you can run in bridge mode.

Gunmonkey

If your house is that big i would go with some Homeplugs personnaly. They create a LAN network through your electiral wireing. Picked up a 2 pack on Ebay for roughly €70 in Janurary and never had a problem, my internet connection being quite **** was the only downside.

BJC

Sizeable downside though.

neacy69

Stephen wrote: »

That's a pain in the ass. Another cheapo solution though is to use an ethernet-to-wireless adaptor - i.e. you plug it into the 360's network port and as far as the 360 knows its on a cabled LAN.

Never seen one of these before... Where can you get these?

Evolute

Motosam wrote: »

ridiculous

I got it in Game, was it not the best deal?

What came with the premium console in gamestop, there was an extra controller, but would it have come with a wireless adaptor?

Game rip you off 95 euro for a wireless adaptor Smyths in bray sell them for €70