Xbox network adaptor

[daveyrach]

Evening All

I want to get my son a wireless network adaptor for his Xbox360 but my question is do I need to use a genuine Microsoft one or not as they are extortionately expensive.

I can find a Datel adaptor which is compatible but is still £35, can I use an even cheaper one?

[Thunderace]

Yep any will do! You may get a touch of lag with games like COD, getting shot with invisible rounds and such but you get what you pay for, I paid 79euro's for the one on my old 60gb xbox and that was better than the built in one to the 260gb one I have now!

[Spank86]

Difficult to tell with wireless. All depends on how good it is normally in Your house, if you've got interference then even the best stuff may not cope.

[daveyrach]

It will cope OK I have the PC hardwired to the modem by ethernet then 3 laptops, 3 android phones, a cheap android tablet, 2 Xboxes and a Smart TV all connected and everything works quickly, its just this extra xbox in his room that isn't connected.

[andrewsmith]

I've got the genuine wireless
More stable TBH (mines a old one too). If you follow microsofts router set-up it'll work decent

[daveyrach]

What is MS router set up, it that when it says wireless network found etc?

[andrewsmith]

What is MS router set up, it that when it says wireless network found etc?

No its porting on the router itself, was the only way mine would run with Telewest cable at the time. Most newer ISP provided ones won't allow you to do this (because most are ****e and locked out to the point that makes it useless)

http://support.xbox.com/en-US/xbox-live/connecting/network-ports-used-xbox-live

[Spank86]

Depends who your provider is as to whether you need to bother but it wouldn't work with three xboxes anyway.

Just plug the next one in like the others.

[daveyrach]

So in short I can use any wifi adaptor?

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[Thunderace]

Yep!:D

[Wideboy]

i used the genuine wifi adapter on mine for years but recently my internet has gone down hill (sky, nuff said really) so i had to hard wire it in otherwise BF3 was unplayable at peak times.

Wireless + bad connection = much swearing

[daveyrach]

i used the genuine wifi adapter on mine for years but recently my internet has gone down hill (sky, nuff said really) so i had to hard wire it in otherwise BF3 was unplayable at peak times.

Wireless + bad connection = much swearing

I have sky with all the devices mentioned previously attached with no issues at all. Strange.

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[Wideboy]

probably just my area, i live in a newish estate but the max that sky can give me is 2mbps, in reality im getting about 1.5mbps. I think it was plusnet or someone that quoted they could get up 8-10mbps. Stuck with them as I've been informed I'm not allowed to get rid of sky telly :rolleyes:

[daveyrach]

I have just read that u cannot use generic wifi adaptors as the normally require additional drivers which the xbox cannot support

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[Thunderace]

Did that nugget of info come from a Microsoft or Xbox website? Even so buying the Xbox adapter + £100 will buy the 260gb Xbox with built in adapter!;) Go on treat the nipper to a new Xbox for Christmas!

[Spank86]

probably just my area, i live in a newish estate but the max that sky can give me is 2mbps, in reality im getting about 1.5mbps. I think it was plusnet or someone that quoted they could get up 8-10mbps. Stuck with them as I've been informed I'm not allowed to get rid of sky telly :rolleyes:

Some of the cables to your cab are longer than the others, you're probably unlucky.

Although when it comes to online gaming ping time is more important that throughput speed.

[daveyrach]

Did that nugget of info come from a Microsoft or Xbox website? Even so buying the Xbox adapter + £100 will buy the 260gb Xbox with built in adapter!;) Go on treat the nipper to a new Xbox for Christmas!

No couldn't find anything on xbox site. It was on a few techno geek sites though.

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[Wideboy]

Some of the cables to your cab are longer than the others, you're probably unlucky.

Although when it comes to online gaming ping time is more important that throughput speed.

According to speedtest.net (not sure how accurate it is) in the past few weeks as my internet performance has been up and down, my hub has changed from winchester to Canterbury and last time I checked is now Bournemouth. Ping was something like 59

[Spank86]

Ignore the server it's pinging to (as long as it's in england), thats just down to the best ping time, 59 is highish but not too bad, you might try pingtest.net to get more than a one shot test.

or use dosbox to run a continuous ping to the bbc or google.



Speedtest is pretty reliable as far as throughput goes.

[Steve_God]

What distance are you looking at? Might be cheaper to buy a length of flat network cable and run it straight from your router to the xBox under the carpet?

[daveyrach]

What distance are you looking at? Might be cheaper to buy a length of flat network cable and run it straight from your router to the xBox under the carpet?

If yo are refering to my original question then the router is in the lounge and the Xbox is upstairs so quite a way.

[Steve_God]

If yo are refering to my original question then the router is in the lounge and the Xbox is upstairs so quite a way.

Yeah, the original question ;)

It's worth looking into, even if only for price (although it has the speed benefits too): I only needed 10m for it to go from my router in my lounge to the spare room upstairs with it under the carpet all the way, for when I wanted to hook my PC up directly.

At the moment on eBay I've found a 20m flat cable for £7 delivered.
And also 30m for £10.50 delivered.

Thought it was at least worth throwing in the suggestion :)

[NTECUK]

Did that nugget of info come from a Microsoft or Xbox website? Even so buying the Xbox adapter + £100 will buy the 260gb Xbox with built in adapter!;) Go on treat the nipper to a new Xbox for Christmas!

A nice excuse to get the halo special addition .

[daveyrach]

Managed to get a genuine one for £25