Hot: Logitech Play Link wireless bridge $23.99 shipped

[Kabob]

I just bought one of these because I didn't feel like dropping $100 to buy a M$ brand wireless adapter for my new Xbox 360.

Hardocp did a writeup on it for this very purpose and loved it.

$23.99 w/free same day shipping!

*edit* the man says it's hot so I'll switch it to hot 🙂

 

[whiteboy81]

Are these good for transferring data as well. I read a review somewhere that said that it only transmitted internet connection and that you couldn't upload through the network with it.

 

[brownzilla786]

I just bought one and it's really the easiest thing to connect to. Just plug one into your modem and one into the 360 and thats it. I didn't even have to open the manual, and for this price its a STEAL! Nice find.

 

[Syndicate]

The description at frys is confusing. Says its 1.5 Mbps then states it helps eliminate lag associated with slower 54 Mbps and 11 Mbps (Wireless B & G) networks. Unless its actually 1.5 MBps, 1.5 Mbps is significantly slower then 11 or 54. Am I missing something?

 

[slashbinslashbash]

Originally posted by: Syndicate
The description at frys is confusing. Says its 1.5 Mbps then states it helps eliminate lag associated with slower 54 Mbps and 11 Mbps (Wireless B & G) networks. Unless its actually 1.5 MBps, 1.5 Mbps is significantly slower then 11 or 54. Am I missing something?

Bandwidth: how much can go through the pipe at the same time
Latency: how quickly it takes to go from one end of the pipe to the other

My favorite illustration is a 747 full of hard drives vs. a typical Internet connection. Say you want to get data from LA to NYC. The 747 full of hard drives will have massive bandwidth (petabytes per hour) but pretty bad latency (at best, it will take 5-6 hours to get any data at all from LA to NYC, and that's not counting all the time to hook up all the hard drives, copy the data, etc.). A typical DSL line will offer much worse bandwidth, but it can start getting data within milliseconds, offering very good latency. For gaming purposes, latency is MUCH more important than bandwidth.

I bought one of these a few weeks ago with the woot.com deal that was posted here. It was like $20 shipped.... this deal is almost as good.

It came in really handy. My initial thought was just like the OP, I'll buy one instead of paying $100 for the Xbox 360 wireless adapter (even though I don't have a 360 yet, and if I did, it wouldn't be a problem to run Cat5 to it). You know, just planning ahead because it's a good deal. And I ended up needing it the next week when I put an older, non-wireless-equipped Mac in a place where I really didn't want to run Cat5! (cheap Mac-compatible wireless cards are hard to come by... I've got like 3 various PCI wifi cards sitting around, but no, they don't work in a Mac. *sigh*) Anyway, that compy will only see occasional use, but the Logitech wireless thingy works very well.

 

[Syndicate]

You're trying to say that the latency related to this logitech dealy is lower then the typical latency (10-30ms) of a decent Cable/DSL line?

You do realize that the data has to come through the DSL/Cable line first...then theres added time to transfer across the Logitech system...

Perhaps I missed something, again.

 

[Kaido]

I have a couple of these. My wireless router is on the second floor and my wife's iMac computer is in the basement and it gets really bad signals down there, low or none. I popped one of these puppies in and it solved the problem. No interference, great range. I don't think they are good for file transfers but for Internet they work just great. Not setup required, just plug into Ethernet and power.

 

[Kabob]

Good to see people having decent results with 'em. I plan on hooking 'em up to my 360 for online gaming. I don't plan on doing alot of downloads so I think the speed will be just fine for me 🙂

For the price, warm or hot?

 

[Xecuter]

In for 1, Thanks OP

 

[dds14u]

Originally posted by: kabob983
Good to see people having decent results with 'em. I plan on hooking 'em up to my 360 for online gaming. I don't plan on doing alot of downloads so I think the speed will be just fine for me 🙂

For the price, warm or hot?

I think it's pretty close to hot.

 

[Kaido]

Originally posted by: dds14u

Originally posted by: kabob983
Good to see people having decent results with 'em. I plan on hooking 'em up to my 360 for online gaming. I don't plan on doing alot of downloads so I think the speed will be just fine for me 🙂

For the price, warm or hot?

I think it's pretty close to hot.

Yah they are normally 3 - 4 times that amount

 

[Souka]

Good info... I was interested in one of these for my home, but I need bandwidth.


Got a Haupage MVP device....uses Cat-5 to stream video/pics to your TV where its coverted into S-Video/Component to the TV.

Problem is that I really don't wanna run Cat-5 all the way to my TV which is on a different floor and several rooms over.

 

[dds14u]

Is it possible to buy two sets of these and use them in the same vicinity??

 

[Kabob]

Sorry for the delayed reply. I'm pretty sure that each has it's own unique signal and won't interfere with others in the area. Just make sure you mark which is communicating with which 😛