Do I have to use a dedicated Xbox wireless adapter or no?

[rudeguy]

I need to setup wireless on my 360. So I have to use the special adapter or will any one work?

Also... can someone please link me to the adapter that lets you use you 360 controller on pc?

Thanks!

 

[RedRooster]

Nope, you can use those gaming adapters/wireless bridge/access points companies like Netgear and DLink make. Like this. The only downside is you can't configure it from the XBox dashboard(I don't think?), which is no biggie.
Although now that the new slims have wireless built in, I notice a lot of people are selling their old official Xbox N adapters on kijiji and craigslist for cheap.

 

[purbeast0]

when i was playing wifi, i just had a router that i had ddwrt on and used it as a wireless bridge, then wired my 360 into it. worked fine.

 

[dagamer34]

Because you have to pair a 360 controller to either the wireless PC adapter or a 360 (and not both at the same time), I'd highly suggest just getting a wired controller instead. Far simpler and saves you a ton of headaches.

 

[rudeguy]

Because you have to pair a 360 controller to either the wireless PC adapter or a 360 (and not both at the same time), I'd highly suggest just getting a wired controller instead. Far simpler and saves you a ton of headaches.

Lil rudeguy wants it. He has three or four controllers and only uses one.

 

[rudeguy]

when i was playing wifi, i just had a router that i had ddwrt on and used it as a wireless bridge, then wired my 360 into it. worked fine.

Good call! Any suggestions on which router to get?

 

[fbrdphreak]

Good call! Any suggestions on which router to get?

Any cheap Linksys or other DDWRT compatible router. 802.11g vs N doesn't matter much if all you're using it for is the Xbox. I have a version of the WRT54G with DDWRT installed and it works fine. I regularly pull host in Black Ops too.

Instructions on how to configure DDWRT for bridge mode here: http://www.dd-wrt.com/wiki/index.php/Client_Bridged

Would also behoove you to setup port forwarding for XBox Live on your main router.

 

[rudeguy]

Any cheap Linksys or other DDWRT compatible router. 802.11g vs N doesn't matter much if all you're using it for is the Xbox. I have a version of the WRT54G with DDWRT installed and it works fine. I regularly pull host in Black Ops too.

Instructions on how to configure DDWRT for bridge mode here: http://www.dd-wrt.com/wiki/index.php/Client_Bridged

Would also behoove you to setup port forwarding for XBox Live on your main router.

Hmmm...I have a dlink 615 that works well. Maybe pick up another? I am pretty sure it will run ddwrt.

Or would there be issues using the same model router?

 

[fbrdphreak]

No issues at all using the same model. Just check the DDWRT website to ensure compatibility and away you go.