Re: wireless ethernet bridge

Eps wrote:
Peter Pan wrote:
Eps wrote:
Hi,

I need to connect a xbox (original) to a wireless network, the
official xbox 1 wireless adapter is quite hard to come by so I am
thinking about an ethernet wireless bridge.

Does anyone have any experience with these ?, reccomendations would
be helpful to0.

Any help appreciated.

Are you trying to use your own connection, or are you trying to use
someone elses wireless free?

if on the off chance you are trying to connect to your own, there
are many other types of bridges other than "wireless",
here's a couple from netgear (other companies make/sell em, just
happen to have those links handy)

powerline
http://www.netgear.com/Products/PowerlineNetworking/PowerlineEthernetAdapters.aspx

coax
http://www.netgear.com/Products/PowerlineNetworking/Coax.aspx

I have a wireless connection (yes it is mine).

I have an original xbox that I want to use as a media center, original
xbox's do not have wireless adapters, you can buy them but they are
quite hard to come by now.

I want to connect my xbox to my wireless connection (the one that my
other computers are connected to) but the xbox only has an ethernet
connection (no I can't plug my xbox into the router, its impractical).

Hence I need a wireless ethernet bridge, I don't see how your
suggestions would help me at all.

if you have your own network, you probably just want to bridge it to the
xbox location (wired instead of wireless, ie router to xbox, ethernet plug
on the router to the ethernet plug on the xbox).. don't know why you think
you need a WIRELESS bridge since you aren't trying to bridge access from
somone elses wireless network (thats why I asked if it was YOUR wireless
network or somone elses, easy to jack into the router on your own network
and do a wired bridge, whole nother can of worms to do wireless bridging)...
I use the powerline stuff above (essentially a WIRED ethernet bridge, using
the powerline instead of running a network cable, one unit at the wap/router
plugged into the router and ac, and the other plugged into an ac socket in
my LR)


below is a link for the model i would suggest..
http://www.netgear.com/Products/PowerlineNetworking/PowerlineEthernetAdapters/XETB1001.aspx

Features

* Turns any electrical power outlet into an Ethernet network connection
* Delivers fast 85 Mbps speed?
* For use with both wired and wireless routers and gateways
* Simply plug one XET1001 into your router and another XET1001 into any
Ethernet-ready device1
* Connect a desktop, notebook PC, gaming console, NETGEAR Storage
Central (SC101), SlingboxT, a DVR or NETGEAR Print Server (PS121)
* Data encryption ensures privacy and security
* Supports Windows® VistaT
* HomePlug compatible


note the line above,
* Connect a desktop, notebook PC, gaming console, NETGEAR Storage Central
(SC101), SlingboxT, a DVR or NETGEAR Print Server

isn't an xbox sometimes called a gaming console?


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