Question on 360/Netflix/Wireless

[Fingolfin269]

I managed to snag an Arcade at one of the circuit city liquidation sales so I can now move my ancient non-hdmi 360 to the bedroom. I only have one wireless adapter so I'm thinking of converting my WRT54G for use on the old one in the bedroom and going out to buy a new router for streaming HD.

First, what router would you suggest? This WRT54G has been a great device over the last few years and I really hope to find one with the same flexibility but faster transfer rates.

Second, I believe the 360 wireless adapter will accept the higher 'N' speeds. Can someone confirm? The reason I want the higher speeds is that this service has a bad habit of suddenly wanting to drop to some god awful res from HD if there is any kind of transfer hiccup.

Third, unrelated to networking, will I be able to log in to my 360 account from both 360s (not at the same time) and access the Netflix streaming functionality from both locations? I would NOT be logged into both at the same time. Only one HD so I would be moving it from box to box as needed.

 

[Queasy]

The wireless adapter supports A, G, and B. There isn't an official 360 adapter that supports N yet.

 

[gorcorps]

If you're moving the hard drives from console to console then you should be fine with the profile switching.

 

[MrChad]

Originally posted by: Fingolfin269
First, what router would you suggest? This WRT54G has been a great device over the last few years and I really hope to find one with the same flexibility but faster transfer rates.

I have a WRT54G with DD-WRT firmware installed and it works great as a wireless bridge. YMMV always with wireless routers, but I can stream HD just fine over my 802.11g connection with WPA2 encryption enabled.

Originally posted by: Fingolfin269
Third, unrelated to networking, will I be able to log in to my 360 account from both 360s (not at the same time) and access the Netflix streaming functionality from both locations? I would NOT be logged into both at the same time. Only one HD so I would be moving it from box to box as needed.

My understanding is that you'll need to get a memory card and store your Live profile on that card. Just move the card to the Xbox where you'll be signing in and you'll have no trouble switching between consoles.

 

[LordGestle]

Originally posted by: MrChad

Originally posted by: Fingolfin269
First, what router would you suggest? This WRT54G has been a great device over the last few years and I really hope to find one with the same flexibility but faster transfer rates.

I have a WRT54G with DD-WRT firmware installed and it works great as a wireless bridge. YMMV always with wireless routers, but I can stream HD just fine over my 802.11g connection with WPA2 encryption enabled.

Originally posted by: Fingolfin269
Third, unrelated to networking, will I be able to log in to my 360 account from both 360s (not at the same time) and access the Netflix streaming functionality from both locations? I would NOT be logged into both at the same time. Only one HD so I would be moving it from box to box as needed.

My understanding is that you'll need to get a memory card and store your Live profile on that card. Just move the card to the Xbox where you'll be signing in and you'll have no trouble switching between consoles.

^Correct. I have 2 xbox 360s and use the memory card to login to either system when I require Xbox live. The alternative would be to recover the profile on each console, takes several minutes, when you switch machines or to transfer the hard drive.
I aslo use WRT54G with DDWRT in the same configuration and get full bars on netflix streaming, including HD.