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Wireless w/o the $99
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Sat Jul 05, 2008 9:12 amby Salzgablah
So ive heard that you can use a regular usb wireless adaptor instead of the microsoft one that is way overpriced. Dont know if my friend was just makin stuff up, but have you all ever heard of it happening?
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Sat Jul 05, 2008 10:52 amby Terdinglage
Yeah, I think you can buy the old Linksys "gaming"" ones and make them work with a little bit of extra effort.
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Sun Jul 06, 2008 12:39 pmby Salzgablah
what qualifies as extra effort? any hardware mods needed?
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Mon Jul 07, 2008 6:06 pmby BKFraiders7
I personally use my Laptop to get on Live.
Pretty sweet hook up....no effort at all
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Mon Jul 07, 2008 9:23 pmby Terdinglage
It would be software if anything
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Tue Jul 08, 2008 3:55 amby Salzgablah
bkf, how do you do that? do you have a diagram or pic of some sort. Kind of lost with that statement.
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Tue Jul 08, 2008 6:36 amby BKFraiders7
Just plug ur ethernet cable from ur 360 to your laptop. Im using vista, so i go to "Network and Sharing Center" then "Manage Network Connections", right click the wireless network connection, the clikc properties. There is a sharing tab on there and check both boxes. Ur done now.
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Tue Jul 08, 2008 6:37 amby Terdinglage
Salzgablah wrote:bkf, how do you do that? do you have a diagram or pic of some sort. Kind of lost with that statement.
I've actually been looking to try it myself, I'll do that and get back to you. Otherwise, check these amazon reviews on the Linksys one, one should explain how to use it on the 360.
http://www.amazon.com/Linksys-WGA11B-Wi ... B0000AJVBW
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Tue Jul 08, 2008 12:41 pmby Salzgablah
bah my laptop now is a piece of crap, running xp. Dont think it could handle having vista. you like it?
terdinglage, ill check it out and see what happens. $100 is just rediculus for wireless capabilities.
Might have to get some kind because lightning just sturck my internet (not the power, ive got enough UPS and surge protection for that) but actually hit my cable line and my box was plugged in. Hope the damage stopped at the modem, otherwise ill be very very sad.
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Tue Jul 08, 2008 3:11 pmby BKFraiders7
There is probably an option on XP but i dont kno exactly where it is.
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Tue Jul 08, 2008 5:33 pmby Salzgablah
ok so i broke down and bought the $99 from M$. But there was a catch that MADE me buy it.
Lightning stuck, and fried my modem, router, switch, pc nic card and my 360 nic card. So i cant use Ethernet capabilities on it ever again. So i had to go with the only USB wireless adaptor that works with 360's. Dam it sucks but you gotta do what you gotta do.
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Tue Jul 08, 2008 6:52 pmby Terdinglage
well, at least nothing else on it got fried
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Tue Jul 08, 2008 8:19 pmby Salzgablah
yeah guess you got to be thankful for that. Only the nic cards.
Cheapest Method
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Sat Feb 21, 2009 4:35 pmby I N 7 E 7V S I 7 Y
If you have a laptop you can just bridge the connections. Its the cheapest method.(Assuming you have a laptop)