Wireless Internet

[REDCHEQHEN]

My daughter is shortly getting Wireless internet

she says she needs a gadget for grandsons Xbox360 (is this just a wireless adaptor? like so... http://www.broadbandbuyer.co.uk/Shop/ShopDetail.asp?ProductID=10078)

 

And will the Xbox360 play OK on wireless?

 

Any help/advice appreciated from you over grown boys and their toys LOL !!!!

[david.j]

my son plays his through our wireless router with 2 wireless laptops going at same time had no probs as yet .might pay her to get a top end router for speed ie a "G" slowest or a "N+" faster

[dal2]

My daughter is shortly getting Wireless internet

she says she needs a gadget for grandsons Xbox360 (is this just a wireless adaptor? like so... http://www.broadbandbuyer.co.uk/Shop/ShopDetail.asp?ProductID=10078)

 

And will the Xbox360 play OK on wireless?

 

Any help/advice appreciated from you over grown boys and their toys LOL !!!!

 

 

Its just a wireless adaptor that fits on yer xbox. It will require you to either autodetect or manually set your routers address. Only probs you will have is distance from the router slowing down game speed.

[demolition man]

My daughter is shortly getting Wireless internet

she says she needs a gadget for grandsons Xbox360 (is this just a wireless adaptor? like so... http://www.broadband...roductID=10078)

 

And will the Xbox360 play OK on wireless?

 

Any help/advice appreciated from you over grown boys and their toys LOL !!!!

 

 

all my 3 kids use wireless on there xbox's with no probs, the only problem i've got is trying to get them to move out

[REDCHEQHEN]

Thanks everyone that's helped a lot!!

[Guest bristolkev]

you need one of these..

 

http://www.play.com/Games/Xbox360/4-/719752/Official-Xbox-360-Wireless-Network-Adapter/Product.html?ptsl=1&ob=Price&fb=0

 

or one of these...

 

http://www.play.com/Games/Xbox360/4-/12510482/Official-Xbox-360-Wireless-Network-Adapter-Black/Product.html

 

personally i`d go for the top one.

[THE FIFER]

I have my PC and 2 printers in my attic room and my laptop down in the living room and are\ all wirelessed together

[REDCHEQHEN]

It doesn't help when you see instructions like this LOL !!

 

http://www.ebuyer.com/product/169923

 

Want a massive review guide thingy? Try this.

 

I bought two - I put the nasty Sagem back onto SkyDSL, & used 1 as an AP, the other as a client bridge for 2 Xbox 360s (2 teenage sons). Yes, both do work well, IF you do this every day! Daerns review was right, but a little sparse. Here's what I did, adapt for your setup:-

 

Forget WAN ports! You need 2 cat5 patch leads, you use the Ethernet ports to connect stuff. Sagem web setup, turn off rubbish wlan. Advanced, Lan IP setup, the Sagem will be DHCP server, my gateway here 10.0.0.1. Set up static IP addresses, 10.0.0.2 for Tenda 1 (main AP) 10.0.0.3 for Tenda 2. Apply, reboot

 

Disable wlan on your laptop, cat5 to Tenda 1, 192.168.0.1 Advanced, Lan settings, Lan ip set to 10.0.0.2 mask 255.0.0.0. Apply, reboot, back in on 10.0.0.2. Next - WLAN settings, Change SSID, choose Channel no., (remember it well for next Tenda setup). Next, Security, set type (ie wpa/tkip). Apply. Now DHCP, UNTICK Enable, Apply. System Tools, Reboot. Now join Sagem to Tenda 1 with cat5.

 

Enable laptop wireless. Detect SSID of Tenda 1, do security stuff. Check ip from the 10 range (Vista & 7, Network & sharing centre, view status, Details) Should be on the internet now.

 

Disable laptop wlan again, Cat5 laptop to Tenda 2, 192.168 etc again. Same stuff exactly, Lan ip on this is 10.0.0.3, WLAN, DIFFERENT SSID (I do Halo capital ships. Hmmm), SAME channels, SAME security, Disable DHCP.

 

Bridging part! WLAN, WDS Settings. Set as Repeater (NOT Bridge), same Wlan encryption & key as WLAN, click Open Scan. SSID for Tenda 1 appears, select it, Apply. (reboots here).

 

Cat5 laptop to Tenda 1 (10.0.0.2). WLan ,WDS Settings the same, select REPEATER again, SAME security, Open Scan etc. Finds SSID for Tenda 2. They are now friends. Apply, Reboot.

 

Cat5 laptop - Tenda 2, ip address via this connection. Yayy. Check internet access.

 

Although the setup guide is very sparse and a teensy bit Engrish, and the wizard is largely useless, I still give the product 5 stars for sheer works versus stoopid-cheap equation. Especially cheap for client bridge serving 4, considering the Xbox 360 official thing is way way more and only does one.

[Guest bristolkev]

is she with BT,SKY..sky uses BT line or VIRGIN MEDIA?

 

i use this wireless router

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=NW-082-BE&groupid=46&catid=1596&subcat=

 

does she have a wireless router already?...if so

 

then she just needs this

 

http://www.play.com/Games/Xbox360/4-/719752/Official-Xbox-360-Wireless-Network-Adapter/Product.html?ptsl=1&ob=Price&fb=0

[REDCHEQHEN]

She was with Virgin and has changed to Sky - she's waiting for BT Line - but gets a free wireless router

[Guest bristolkev]

right...when BT put the line in get them to set the wireless router up (make sure she password locks the wireless) then just plug that xbox adapter in from the link and away you go.