I must be the last person in the world to buy an XBox 360. Just half a week ago I had the bright idea to go to the closest Best Buy and purchased the XBox 360 Elite, Halo 3, Gears of War, and Lost Odyssey. Being mostly a PC gamer, I already own Call of Duty 4, BioShock, Oblivion, and the Orange Box.
The biggest reason I bought a 360 was the XBox Live community, also, I have a few old friends from high school who each own the console. The only problem now, was choosing what brand of router to pick from.
I previously owned a Linksys wireless-G a few years back, which I got, not only to connect both my computer and my Dad's to the internet, and to take advantage of the DS's Wi-Fi connection(which oddly wasn't compatible until I discovered I was able to connect my Wii to it). At first my Dad and I had a ton of trouble getting it connected for that day. We ended up throwing out the wireless USB adapters we bought that day and wiring the computers because we were fed up with the constant disconnecting and reconnecting of the wireless. But after the first two months of owning the router, the problems began to disappear.
Now, maybe it's because of the combination of the modem/router that my new Wireless-G isn't working(I have an ARRIS brand modem), I don't know. A friend of mine got the router to work after 6 hours of toying around. Then, its favorable performance proceeded to fuck right off after my friend left. My modem did not want to share with my Linksys as soon as I finished updating the XBox, and establishing a Live account.
I now have to return it to the store and I'm thinking of getting a D-Link, Netgear, or some other brand of modem. Something that's better than THIS piece of shit or is compatible with an ARRIS modem.
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Linksys routers, especially the W54G seem to have real problems the game consoles. I bought a D-link with Gigabit ports for and it's worked like a charm. My PS3 is wired (why not, it's right next to the router, but I use it for wireless with my Wii, DS, and PSP and they all work great.
that's weird.. I have a linksys wrt54g, and ive never had an issue with gaming consoles connecting to it... even my psp, which is often extremely picky about what it connects too.
Routers can be a right bitch. Its possible its a firewall problem, or whatever; many routers try to pretty much shutdown any internet access for consoles. For my friend i eventually just made a de-militarized zone (dmz) for a specific ip address, and set the 360 to that.
Well, I'm going to return it this week for a Netgear router and see how it handles. I hear that Linksys users often have compatibility issues with their modems.
I've been thinking about replacing my W54G (because it does suck as hell) for a while, I just don't have the money.
Funny enough, though, the only connection problems I've ever had with it is with my laptop itself, and not with any of my consoles. (DS, PSP, and Wii all work fine.)
Never go wireless with game consoles especially if you want to play online.
I used to have a d-link router (some old piece o shit) that connected my laptop and pc. Then I got my 360 and it turned out the router didnt like it connected or wirelessly.
I have the W54G with speedbooster and it worked perfectly. Connected it to the pc, did all the instructions and shit, and bam it worked with the 360.
Made of win
I FUCKING HATE ROUTERS! THEY ARE THE ONLY COMPUTER PART THAT COMPLETELY BAFFLES ME
Well, i use a Belkin Traveler it can even use batteries instead of going into the wall, but it works perfect with the Wii, DS and PSP
@ Redzie: I'm definitely wiring my 360 to my future router. I plan on returning my Linksys today.
@ hc22: That has to be the sexiest router I have ever seen.
What tehdopefish said... I have zero problems connecting with my DS, Wii, and 360. Very weird. Did you try Linksys customer service?