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Connecting wireless XBOX Live - bandwidth and router question
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| My neighbor (I live in an apartment) has DSL and lets me use his wireless
connection as long as I do not download large files or anything that would
significantly slow his connection down.
1. Would going online with XBOX Live eat up alot of his bandwidth to where
it would be noticeable for him?
2. I have a Netgear wireless router model # MR314. Could I connect this to
my xbox to pick up the signal rather than buying the wireless adapter?
3. Is there any reason why I would have any problems using xbox Live with
his connection?
Thanks!
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| Nicholas Andrade 2004-11-29, 12:49 am |
| Dave wrote:
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> My neighbor (I live in an apartment) has DSL and lets me use his wireless
> connection as long as I do not download large files or anything that would
> significantly slow his connection down.
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> 1. Would going online with XBOX Live eat up alot of his bandwidth to where
> it would be noticeable for him?
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Yeah, it'll probably be noticable assuming he's got the typical 1.5M
down/ 256K up. Obviously, you should not plan to host any games. If
your neighbor's connection is around 3Mbps down and 512Kbps up I'd say
you'd be a bit safer (he'd probably only notice you if he downloads
something large or uses bittorrent).
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> 2. I have a Netgear wireless router model # MR314. Could I connect this to
> my xbox to pick up the signal rather than buying the wireless adapter?
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If the router can be put into "Bridge Mode" than yes.
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> 3. Is there any reason why I would have any problems using xbox Live with
> his connection?
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If he does anything that utlizes a lot of bandwith it can effect your
connection to live. The person is already being generous and I would
think asking to use Live! on his connection would be overstepping
(unless you're chipping in financially).
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| Is there anyway I can determine his connection speed?
How can I find out if the router can be put in bridge mode?
Thanks!
"Nicholas Andrade" <sdnick484@nospam.yahoo.com> wrote in message
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> Dave wrote:
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> Yeah, it'll probably be noticable assuming he's got the typical 1.5M
> down/ 256K up. Obviously, you should not plan to host any games. If
> your neighbor's connection is around 3Mbps down and 512Kbps up I'd say
> you'd be a bit safer (he'd probably only notice you if he downloads
> something large or uses bittorrent).
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> If the router can be put into "Bridge Mode" than yes.
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> If he does anything that utlizes a lot of bandwith it can effect your
> connection to live. The person is already being generous and I would
> think asking to use Live! on his connection would be overstepping
> (unless you're chipping in financially).
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| Nicholas Andrade 2004-11-29, 6:46 am |
| Dave wrote:
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> Is there anyway I can determine his connection speed?
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Asking your neighbor may be the easiest. Give DSL Reports a shot
(dslreports.com), they will report your speed in Kbps, so 1200 Kbps is
about 1.2Mbps -- a speed around there would imply 1.5Mbps down.
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> How can I find out if the router can be put in bridge mode?
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Download your router's manual and check for yourself:
ftp://downloads.netgear.com/files/m...f_guide_326.zip
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> Thanks!
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| thanks for your help!!
"Nicholas Andrade" <sdnick484@nospam.yahoo.com> wrote in message
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> Dave wrote:
> Asking your neighbor may be the easiest. Give DSL Reports a shot
> (dslreports.com), they will report your speed in Kbps, so 1200 Kbps is
> about 1.2Mbps -- a speed around there would imply 1.5Mbps down.
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> Download your router's manual and check for yourself:
> ftp://downloads.netgear.com/files/m...f_guide_326.zip
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| The MR314 has issues with Xbox Live as well.
"Dave" <daverreth@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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> thanks for your help!!
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> "Nicholas Andrade" <sdnick484@nospam.yahoo.com> wrote in message
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| what kind of issues?
"M N" <dc@houston.rr.com> wrote in message
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> The MR314 has issues with Xbox Live as well.
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> "Dave" <daverreth@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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