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[budakhan81]

Hi, sorry if this has already been covered or is in the wrong section, i tried to search the boards but it wouldn't display any topics even though it said there was 3 pages of results.

Anyway i bought a Linksys WGA54G Wireless G Game Adapter a while back with the intention of using it on my original xbox but never got round to it. Now i've got a 360 and i was thinking of signing up for Live, but instead of paying £50 for an official wireless bridge i wondered if i'd be able to use this? and if there are any known problems in doing so?

I've checked a few sites out and most say its compatible but there are some people saying they've had problems with IP's etc as well as issues with lag on Live. Is there anyone here who uses one of these or has experience with them and can give me some advice? I don't really wanna spend £50 on an official bridge + £40 on Live if this will do the job as i still need to buy a wireless router and the costs soon adding up!

just to let you know i don't know a whole lot about networks, enough to get by just but thats about it, so please keep the answers simple lol  (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif)

cheers in advance.

[Wattafax]

If you have to buy a router anyway, you might as well try doing it with this thing. I don't have the official wireless bridge, but Live works fine for me. In the network test it does show up as a wired connection, but that doesn't make any difference anyway.

And by the way, you don't have to pay when you sign up, the first month is free so you'll have plenty of time to test it.

This post has been edited by Wattafax: Jan 6 2008, 09:08 PM

[budakhan81]

nice one, sounds like theres a good chance it'll be ok then, but i'll get a router and see what happens. suppose i can always try and flog it ebay if it doesn't work.

thanks for letting me know about the free month on Live, didn't know that, thought you had to pay for a full year as soon as you signed up, like you said that should give me some time to sort any problem outs.