xbox 360 wireless adapter

cpmer

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Can you use any usb to wireless adapter for the 360 or does it have to be microsofts 100 dollar one?
 

Queasy

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You can only use MS's USB wireless adapter.

There are plenty of ethernet based wireless adapters that you can get for $50 or less though. Many have just taken to getting a wireless router, modding it with DD-WRT, and setting it up as a wireless accesspoint.
 

RagingBITCH

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It's not a wireless USB adapter...it's a wireless bridge. Hence you not being able to plug in a USB wireless adapter for your PC into your 360.
 

Queasy

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You're right, bridge. Was typing faster than I was thinking.
 

blackdogdeek

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I did the linksys wrt54g dd-wrt install for my wireless live access. I was able to find them in the FS/T forum for $30/each.
 

Queasy

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Originally posted by: blackdogdeek
I did the linksys wrt54g dd-wrt install for my wireless live access. I was able to find them in the FS/T forum for $30/each.

The Airlink AR430W is also DD-WRT compatible. I got a couple at Fry's for $19.99 last week. They were going for $9.99 during Black Friday.
 

biggestmuff

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I implemented the DD-WRT solution on a spare, bricked WRT54G that I was storing because I didn't want to just throw it away. I had to recover the router using the TFTP fix. It wasn't as painful as I thought it'd be. Ended up fun and easy to do and saved some money. Now my 360 and HD DVD player in the living room have internet access.