Xbox networking question

[dude8604]

I have my Xbox on the opposite side of my house from my computer/router/cable modem, and I want to connect it to the router so that I can play online games with my Xbox. The only problem is that the Xbox is at least 50 feet away from the router/etc. and it would be really hard to run a cat5 between my router and my Xbox.

Is there any way to do this with some sort of wireless network? How would I get my Xbox to connect to a wireless network? Or is there a better way to do this? I'd rather not have to spend the money on wireless networking stuff. Any ideas?



Mods, move this to networking if it's a better place. I thought off topic would be good because this is about Xbox.

 

[LiQiCE]

If you want to go wireless, Linksys will soon have an Ethernet to 802.11b Wireless bridge, it costs a pretty penny though: Buy.com Link

I am going to be dealing with this problem soon myself, and the best solution I can come up with is to run Cat 5 or Cat 6 inside my walls and to the den downstairs. A pain in the butt for sure, but thats the cheapest solution and the most permanent one.

 

[dude8604]

Yeah thats a lot of money just to get my Xbox on my network. I'd also have to buy two of those, one for the Xbox and one for the router. I guess I'll have to use cat5.

Too bad the Xbox doesn't have USB, because then I could use a USB wireless network adapter for a lot less money. I guess that's one reason that the PS2 is better.

 

[Ameesh]

Originally posted by: dude8604
Yeah thats a lot of money just to get my Xbox on my network. I'd also have to buy two of those, one for the Xbox and one for the router. I guess I'll have to use cat5.

Too bad the Xbox doesn't have USB, because then I could use a USB wireless network adapter for a lot less money. I guess that's one reason that the PS2 is better.

hows that?

with PS2 you still have to buy the network adapter which is extra, and the hard drive for any games that require it and then you only get 56k access to the servers which comes along with dropped connections.

 

[Antoneo]

Correct me if I'm wrong but don't wireless networks have more lag than the conventional wired ones?

 

[crawford]

Yea i was lucky my xbox is prolly 7 feet from my comp, so that was easy. I just want to tell you dont give up because it would be totally worth it (assuming youre going to play halo online...) Its so fun online dude.

 

[dude8604]

Originally posted by: MistaEng
Correct me if I'm wrong but don't wireless networks have more lag than the conventional wired ones?

They're slower, the max speed is 11Mbps instead of 100Mbps on 100Mbps NICs. I don't know about lag though.

 

[manly]

Originally posted by: MistaEng
Correct me if I'm wrong but don't wireless networks have more lag than the conventional wired ones?

I have both Ethernet and 802.11b connectivity. Here's the latency to each router (192.168.1.1 is wireless):

manly@P3-800:~ > ping 192.168.1.1
PING 192.168.1.1 (192.168.1.1): 56 data bytes
64 bytes from 192.168.1.1: icmp_seq=0 ttl=250 time=3.076 ms
64 bytes from 192.168.1.1: icmp_seq=1 ttl=250 time=3.056 ms
64 bytes from 192.168.1.1: icmp_seq=2 ttl=250 time=3.035 ms
64 bytes from 192.168.1.1: icmp_seq=3 ttl=250 time=3.036 ms
--- 192.168.1.1 ping statistics ---
4 packets transmitted, 4 packets received, 0% packet loss
round-trip min/avg/max = 3.035/3.050/3.076 ms
manly@P3-800:~ > ping 192.168.0.1
PING 192.168.0.1 (192.168.0.1): 56 data bytes
64 bytes from 192.168.0.1: icmp_seq=0 ttl=64 time=1.856 ms
64 bytes from 192.168.0.1: icmp_seq=1 ttl=64 time=1.038 ms
64 bytes from 192.168.0.1: icmp_seq=2 ttl=64 time=1.033 ms
64 bytes from 192.168.0.1: icmp_seq=3 ttl=64 time=1.040 ms
--- 192.168.0.1 ping statistics ---
4 packets transmitted, 4 packets received, 0% packet loss
round-trip min/avg/max = 1.033/1.241/1.856 ms

As you can see, the latency in either case is much lower than the latency to your Internet provider. Remember, it's the bottleneck that counts most.

 

[Blayze]

Im going to have this problem soon myself.

my computer room is on one side and the XBox is on the other. Plus when people come over my XBox finds its way to the living room.

The insulation in this house is super thick/my lack of skill is going to prevent me from running CAT 5.


I guess I'll just get a super long cable and run it across the hall. I'll only do this when I want to play online.