Just thought id share my thoughts with you all and maybe a little advice if you dont know already.
I'm an IT technician and have worked with wireless for about 9 years, one conclusion i have come to is that its unreliable but hey if you have to use it then read on!!
So ive been happy that my xbox360 has been joined to Live using my trusty cable, however a few weeks ago i decied to move the thing upstairs to the spare room. Shit!! didnt think about the lack of internets upstairs!! So i looked about on the net for a wireless dongle....£50!!! for a wireless adaptor!!! You have to be mad to pay those prices!!
So i have a soloution and its not run a 15m ethernet cable but does include a laptop with a wireless adaptor.
Make sure your laptop is connected to your wireless router, now plug the ethernet cable from your xbox360 into the laptop. Now right click on my network places and click properties(if there is no 'my network places' on your desktop you are probabaly using the shitty WinXP theme, shame on you!! you will have to venture into the control panel).
You should now see your two network cards, wireless one, and the ethernet one. Highlight the two by dragging the mouse while holding the left mouse button or using the Ctrl key and clicking. Once highlighted right click on one of the connection and hit bridge connections.
Right after a moment or two they should be bridged, like me you may need to disable and 3rd party firewall software and turn on the windows one. It should now work, hey presto a wireless adaptor for nothing!(if you have a laptop) (excuse my spelling)
:( i was hoping for a real work-around, i used this method a while back using my macbook (internet sharing, manually assigning the IPs) but it was a pain to have to change settings back to automatic, then change them back to manual whenever i moved my xbox, also when i did it that way i lost the ability to play online with some people, and my NAT type lost it's open status.
this was too much of a pain for me, still thinking of just picking up the xbox 1 wireless adapter, if you can find it, it's really cheap and works. my cousin bought one off a kid who didn't know it worked on the 360, for 20 bucks, who was just selling it to get a 360 one
My workaround was to use two Linksys WRT54GL routers flashed with the DD-WRT firmware, then set them up for WDS, making one router connect to the other as a client. In total, it costs as much as the 360 wireless adapter. But I already owned one, so buying another made this solution half the price of the adapter. And now I don't have to have a ton of devices downstairs sending conflicting wireless signals since I have 5 ethernet ports on the router.
Never tried it on a mac, but works fine with xp no messing about what so ever, took me 2 mintues to set up and then just turned my laptop on every time i want to use live.
I do like the power drill and cable technique though!!
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good deal, i never thought about this, but this will be a big help for me! Thanks alot for the info!
No Probs mate, it does work too, if you have any problems i there are a couple of vids on you tube etc.
:( i was hoping for a real work-around, i used this method a while back using my macbook (internet sharing, manually assigning the IPs) but it was a pain to have to change settings back to automatic, then change them back to manual whenever i moved my xbox, also when i did it that way i lost the ability to play online with some people, and my NAT type lost it's open status.
this was too much of a pain for me, still thinking of just picking up the xbox 1 wireless adapter, if you can find it, it's really cheap and works. my cousin bought one off a kid who didn't know it worked on the 360, for 20 bucks, who was just selling it to get a 360 one
My workaround was to use two Linksys WRT54GL routers flashed with the DD-WRT firmware, then set them up for WDS, making one router connect to the other as a client. In total, it costs as much as the 360 wireless adapter. But I already owned one, so buying another made this solution half the price of the adapter. And now I don't have to have a ton of devices downstairs sending conflicting wireless signals since I have 5 ethernet ports on the router.
I use internet sharing with my Macbook Pro, same basic idea, works like a charm!
My work around is a drill and 50ft. cable from Monoprice.com. You won't find it cheaper anywhere.
welkstar your input was soo worthy.
Never tried it on a mac, but works fine with xp no messing about what so ever, took me 2 mintues to set up and then just turned my laptop on every time i want to use live.
I do like the power drill and cable technique though!!
I just have a 30ft Ethernet cable that runs around my living room
Thanks.
No thx, wires are fine.