Wireless network adapter

[Grady Durden]

I'm trying to get some feedback on the wireless adapter. Who has it? And how well does it work? And can you connect to a windows based pc with it to access your computer for music and pics if your pc is wireless? Thanks guys!

[Rival24]

I'm trying to get some feedback on the wireless adapter. Who has it? And how well does it work? And can you connect to a windows based pc with it to access your computer for music and pics if your pc is wireless? Thanks guys!
I don't have one, but Nino and Curry (also on this forum) do have one. With a wireless network adapter you can do exactly the same things as with the built in ethernet card. So yes, you can connect to a windows based pc and share music and pics.

[Nino]

No I don't. My PC is on wireless and my Xbox360 is wired to that PC. Curry has the official Xbox 360 wireless adapter.

[Curry]

The wireless adapter works flawlessly and has great reception at 10m and 3 walls distance from my Linksys WRT54G. Just plug it in, add your SSID and network keys as required (works on WPA/WEP), and you're good to go. Flawless multiplayer at that distance even with PDZ, DoA4 has been laggy but considering I've also had lagless games I don't think it was my connection.

Verdict: Expensive, but you get what you pay for :)

[Aift]

The wireless adapter works flawlessly and has great reception at 10m and 3 walls distance from my Linksys WRT54G. Just plug it in, add your SSID and network keys as required (works on WPA/WEP), and you're good to go. Flawless multiplayer at that distance even with PDZ, DoA4 has been laggy but considering I've also had lagless games I don't think it was my connection.

Verdict: Expensive, but you get what you pay for :)
Dude you stole the words right out of my mouth(I am watching you)...But i get no lag, maybe you should try joining a smaller party:)

[Rival24]

Dude you stole the words right out of my mouth(I am watching you)...But i get no lag, maybe you should try joining a smaller party:)
Curry didn't have any lag at all, he lost 15 times in a row and blamed it on the lag :+ You should ask Nino about this ;)

[Curry]

As a matter of fact I've only had horrible lag against Nino and he didn't have the MS sanctioned WLAN adapter :P

[Aift]

Wow, Curry. We found out you secret...You suck at Dead or Alive 4. You can't be serious 15 times? Thats insane, i bet my little cousin could beat him(He is 8)...Wow,Curry i will never look at you the same:P

[Curry]

He won 5 out of 6 if I recall correctly but somehow people always overestimate their achievements when bragging to others ;)

I didn't consider it all that bad if you realize my last fighting game was Street Fighter II on the SNES and Nino played DOA3 and DOAX to shreds before :D

[Aift]

But still, you need to clean you're game up dude>:). 5 out of 6 is still bad, dude i hadn't played a fighting game in years, and i am still good at Dead or Alive 4. Dude maybe we can play sometime, you know my Gamertag(Considering is in my information screen);)

[Curry]

You go try on Nino for size first then :P

Don't think Chicago will be playable on DoA4 anyway regrettably, that game really requires the lowest of pings :)

[hurricanepilot]

I play online almost every night with 3 people from Plymouth (in the UK) and 1 guy from the USA and It almost never lags.

not that it matters if you are as crap at it as I am ;)

[Curry]

I've had good games with Swedish and British people as well, so it seems it's rather forgiving indeed :)

[Aift]

I've had good games with Swedish and British people as well, so it seems it's rather forgiving indeed :)
Indeed;)

[D4V360]

The only difference between wired and wireless with the wireless network adaptor for me is the download speed, it's a little faster on the wired connection (1 mb/s) then the wireless (300 kb/s), oh well, i can wait for that demo to download once in a while ;)

No lag here (yeah, on CoD sometimes, but thats normal), great thing allthough it was kinda expensive :)

[Curry]

The only difference between wired and wireless with the wireless network adaptor for me is the download speed, it's a little faster on the wired connection (1 mb/s) then the wireless (300 kb/s), oh well, i can wait for that demo to download once in a while ;)
And supposedly background downloading will be in the next dashboard update :)

[Rival24]

And supposedly background downloading will be in the next dashboard update :)
Wasn't that promised for the first update? :P

[Curry]

Wasn't that promised for the first update? :P
No that was people creatively interpreting the news, perceiving what they wanted to see as what was going to be delivered :)

[amjadabbas]

it's been wokring great 4me so far..my 360 is about 30 meter away from the router n there is no connection dropping problem...

[Chris]

Yeah, i've got the adapter. Works like a charm. :)

[Curry]

it's been wokring great 4me so far..my 360 is about 30 meter away from the router n there is no connection dropping problem...
30 meters is quite a bit to get a good stable connection actually. Got any stone or concrete walls in between?

[amjadabbas]

30 meters is quite a bit to get a good stable connection actually. Got any stone or concrete walls in between?

i meant to say 30 feets..thanx4 letting me know..got two concrete walls between router n 360..it never drops signals...

[Curry]

Ah k 30ft and 2 concrete walls is indeed no problem :) 30 meters shouldn't be a real problem either in a wooden house or with only brick walls, if you got concrete I'd expect a low signal though :)

[Fetter]

I too was thinking about the wireless adaptor. I just ordered a 360 two nights ago... will arrive mid December. Got it for $60 off.

My good TV is downstairs while my modem is upstairs. About 10 - 15 feet stright line just through one floor/ceiling. I've read really good things about the adaptor.

[UKJAY]

Yeah the adapter is really really brilliant. I used to play with a big yellow wire attached to my laptop which was just awful to be honest. Now with the wireless adapter, yes it connects to your pc to view pics and listen to any stored music and now you can stream video's. Its ace. You only have to plug it into the console and enter your security code from your wirleless router and everything is then done!

[Fetter]

Awesome... can't wait.

[Curry]

I too was thinking about the wireless adaptor. I just ordered a 360 two nights ago... will arrive mid December. Got it for $60 off.

My good TV is downstairs while my modem is upstairs. About 10 - 15 feet stright line just through one floor/ceiling. I've read really good things about the adaptor.
It's top quality, even though my cat managed to eat through the USB cable of mine 2 days ago :X

Wasn't the quality tho, she just was persistent :(

[Fetter]

I ordered a new one on Amazon for $88

[Studley]

I'm gonna grab one after Xmas because I'm gonna move the HDTV upstairs into the bedroom, so the 360 will have to move too.

It's pretty expensive in the UK (RRP £59.99) but I got a voucher through the post from GAME which makes it £44.99, a bit more bearable.

[stieve 1]

isnt it possible to use a USB wifi dongle?

[Rival24]

A regular Wifi dongle for 10 bucks? No, that's not possible :P

[stieve 1]

sarcasme, the sauce of life.......

but seriously why wouldend it work?

[Rival24]

Microsoft isn't entirely stupid, they want to make money off of accessories. Besides, many of those dongles require specific drivers and shit. You wouldn't be able to include all of those in the Xbox 360 anyway.

[stieve 1]

Microsoft isn't entirely stupid, they want to make money off of accessories. Besides, many of those dongles require specific drivers and shit. You wouldn't be able to include all of those in the Xbox 360 anyway.

i agree partially, :P.

I think that a dongle, that doesnt requires any software installation on a XP box, should work.

stieve
ps: ill even put my money where my mouth is, i'm buying a wireless router with a dongle and then i will check it. ;-)

[Rival24]

That's a waste of your money ;)

[TwoXist]

i agree partially, :P.

I think that a dongle, that doesnt requires any software installation on a XP box, should work.

stieve
ps: ill even put my money where my mouth is, i'm buying a wireless router with a dongle and then i will check it. ;-)


Wont work. But if you plug the adapter into your computer it recognizes its there. However i couldnt get it to work. So i guess maybe it could work....

[Curry]

Microsoft isn't entirely stupid, they want to make money off of accessories. Besides, many of those dongles require specific drivers and shit. You wouldn't be able to include all of those in the Xbox 360 anyway.
Oh they could. MS just prefers to milk a 100% profit rate on all accessories, and who's to blame them :)

[deasty]

No I don't. My PC is on wireless and my Xbox360 is wired to that PC. Curry has the official Xbox 360 wireless adapter. how much is it and is it worth payin for it coz u might be able to get a deal wid game and fork out money on the network adapter

[Fetter]

I decided to pass up the expensive adapter after all. I'm better off hard wiring it... it works great.

[Curry]

how much is it and is it worth payin for it coz u might be able to get a deal wid game and fork out money on the network adapter
It's $80 or so and top quality.

[Rival24]

But not cat-proof

[deasty]

do u need a wireless modem rota for it :S or what ?

[Rival24]

You need a wireless router, access point or Wifi-card in your pc.

[Vasu]

Sigh, for some reason my adapter isn't working. I hate this. First my 360 now this. Strange things though it detects my network but I still keep getting ther ed light. I'm searching the web for some info

[Curry]

You mean the red light in the dashboard next to 'Act'? The one that means 'not enough signal'? ;)