X Box 360 wireless adapter

[Jeff L]

I don't suppose anyone has an extra one of these laying around that they would be willing to sell by chance... If not, do you know where I might be able to pick one up cheaper than $100? I have looked on ebay, amazon, etc...

My oldest son has decided he would like X Box live and I told him I would look into it for him!

Thanks in advance for any info!

[Hotsauce]

newegg.com

I think it was $80

[g5jamz]

They dropped to 75 when the wireless N ones were announced.

[Scrumtrilescent]

Buy a 50 dollar router from linksys and turn it into an adapter. Works like a charm and has a greater signal strength than a regular router.

[TerriblePizza]

Buy a 50 dollar router from linksys and turn it into an adapter. Works like a charm and has a greater signal strength than a regular router.

Or spend a fraction of that for a long ass ethernet cable.

[rodeo]

Or spend a fraction of that for a long ass ethernet cable.

ding ding.

i ran an ethernet cable across the room under the rug. wireless isn't going to beat a cable any time soon.

[Jeff L]

Buy a 50 dollar router from linksys and turn it into an adapter. Works like a charm and has a greater signal strength than a regular router.

I have an old linksys router that I'm not using anymore... How would I get it to work?

[The Faceless]

Monoprice.com has very good prices on Ethernet cables, HDMI cables and all kinds of stuff.

[Taco]

Or spend a fraction of that for a long ass ethernet cable.

This is what I did. $30 for a 50 ft. ethernet cable. Not only is it a cheaper solution, you'll get a better connection too.

[Jeff L]

The problem with a long cord is the router is upstairs and my sons bedroom is downstairs. Our house is about 4,500 sf so running a cable is not realistic.

Guess I am going to have to bite the bullet and spend money on an adapter.

Thanks to everyone that suggested possible solutions!

[Scrumtrilescent]

Yeah, that's how our setup is. Modem is upstairs, XBOX is downstairs in the living room.

Here's a few sites to how to make an adapter into a gateway:

http://www.cellfanatic.com/2008/01/13/router-dd-wrt-low-cost-xbox-360-wireless/

http://www.geeksaresexy.net/2007/10/02/how-to-cheap-wireless-for-your-xbox-360/

http://www.dd-wrt.com/site/index

http://www.dd-wrt.com/wiki/index.php/Wireless_Bridge

[shinner]

Guess I am going to have to bite the bullet and spend money on an adapter.

If you're gonna spend a fair amount of money, look into the 85Mbps powerline product from companies like netgear. Side benefit is that you get 4 ports with the unit and will have 3 available for anything else you might want to plug in.

I had just bought this one XEB1004 to connect to my DirecTV receiver and Slingbox in my bedroom. It worked fine except that it stumbled every once in a while playing HD video from my other DirecTV receiver in the downstairs livingroom. It would be fine for Xbox though. I ended up taking it back and exchanging it for their 200 Mbps unit.

But....my thought being that by spending just a little more than what the Microsoft wireless g unit costs, you get a much more useful appliance.

[Chimera]

I bought mine used at gamestop. With their membership card, it was an additional $10 off. I think I paid under $60.