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[The*galloping*zebra]

I've used my Belkin wireless bridge to stream films to XBMC in my room for ages, flawlessly. But I much prefer my PC, 360 and 'main' Xbox to be wired for reliability, they are in close proximity so this is not a problem.

I would chose a Router/Wireless bridge over the USB adapter any day because I could use it on other appliances.

[Kolavar]

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v2.3_sp2 in client bridge mode currently doesn't
support wpa2-psk, but only wpa2-psk mixed mode, so the AP has to be set
to mixed and not wpa2-only mode (it can be either AES or TKIP).

Successful setup of client bridge mode with WPA

[elmo_sni]

QUOTE(masked_giraffe @ Jan 31 2007, 05:30 AM)

I had no problems connecting my 360 to the internet using a second wireless router (Sweex Nitro), but could not get past the Strict NAT for xbox live use. This was after attempting port forwarding and DMZ solutions. So I just went for the official adapter.

i bet you a million dollars that it's because you didn't enable UPNP. a lot of new routers ship with a version of this and most versions are capable of xbox live without setting the dmz or ports servers on. but for some reason companies ship there routers with the setting OFF. to enable it go to the router interface, which is usually 192.168.2.1, 192.168.1.1 , 192.168.1.100. if those don't work check the box for the normal gateway address.

[Matt Devo]

QUOTE(Kolavar @ Jan 31 2007, 05:59 AM)

Like what others have said, get a cheap Buffalo WHR-G54S, flash it with DD-WRT and then set the router to "client bridge" mode. Has worked flawlessly for me. Doesn't work yet with WPA2 though, and it has trouble with AES mode.

Successful setup of client bridge mode with WPA

this is what I do also, since I need wireless for my 360 as well as my original xbox running xbmc.  the whr-g54s are great little routers when running dd-wrt.  No issues whatsoever when playing on live wired vs wireless

[kevhonda]

I agree DD-WRT is the way to go if you wish to accomplish this, but if you dont own a DD-WRT router already then you will still have to spend the money to buy 2 wireless routers to achieve WDS.  If this is the case buy 1 DD-WRT compatable router and setup a bridge, serves the same perpose.  Stores in my area still have the Version 6 WRT54G in stock so this would be a cheaper solution for some.

[k3n85]

My apartment building has 'free high speed internet' with encryption and I'm a college kid, what do I do?  DD-WRT my Linksys WRT54g, then plug my server, PC, 360, and Xbox in to the bridged connection   FYI you wanna hardcode your IP's so you can FTP/RDC to connected devices

Also DD-WRT is nice (with the new build) for it will keep all local traffice within the router and not travel to the AP first thank god  

The main reason for this is I didn't want to have to buy 2 WiFi PCI cards, 2 Adapters for both Xbox's.  Saved ? ~ $100 -200 and now I can keep my LAN even more local.

[HaveMusic]

My setup. Xbox in bedroom 1 wAP in AP client, Xbox in bedroom two wap in ap client. Wrt54gs in living room flashed with DDwRT runing xbox 360 and xbox. Main router in dining room flashed with Tomato. WDS connected to all. Have really no lag when on xbox live. All xboxes can play system link and run kai with script on main router, also all can stream movies using xbmc. 360 streams movies with tversity. All work flawlessly. The only thing is all security is set to WEP. Also have QOS setup on router where Xbox 360 gets the most bandwidth when connected to live.

 

[dhrandy1]

QUOTE(Pheidias @ Jan 31 2007, 01:56 AM)

I thought the point with wireless was no wires, if you use a router you still need to use wires two of them as a matter of fact one for power and one for the the ethernet, Seems like a stupid solution, but I guess if you don't want long cables its a solution for that..

Agreed.

[bucko]

I knew that back in 2005 and I don't even have a 360 . The thing that many people fail to realise is that the 360 official wireless adapter is capable of Wireless A, hence why it's expensive.

[Tcornwall]

Easiest setup is with Dlink, I think cheapest also.

Use an AP2100 access point in repeater mode, and any dlink wireless router (624).  

The Dlink router was $35 and the AP was $80

[webmister]

Choosing this path has the big plus of knowing that in a near future you won't need to buy another wireless adapter specific to the device you are connecting, provided it has an Ethernet port. Also you can connect both the 360 and original XBOX wirelessly to your main router in another room, and take advantage of XBL in both.

Is it a totally new thing? No. But the point of this article is to raise awareness to this cheaper and future-proof alternative.
I bet all those $ony fanboys never saw this coming with all their comparison charts and mediocre sales  

[DMAddict]

Good article, even better replies. Wheels are turning. . .anyone out there bridge more than two? I'm thinking yes, but please confirm. Much better alternative than drywall repair.

[xprimex]

I haven't had any problems with the MS wireless adapter for the 360

works just fine

no lag in gaming

[JEB-101]

I would personally prefer to use wired connection.. But since my ethernet port on the 360 is shot I'm using the wireless adaptor.. not to bad... Just expencive as hell

 

 



JEB

[feflicker]

100% agree with Heet. Wireless just isn't there yet, I only use it for my "internet" laptop. For my Xbox's, I have wired too...

I totally agree with the T.V. thing too. While all the clowns where buying those first plasma TV's I was standing there saying "uh, but it looks like crap". Just in the last year or so have they got decent enough looking for me to start thinking about actually buying one...

I guess I can see the point in the "wireless" argument being that the little adapter hooks on the back and has no extra cables (power, ethernet, etc). But I much prefer a bridge, it's not like I would take my wireless gear out of the house anyway, so I don't care. And the bridge can be used for other devices at any time...