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MS wireless access point
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| I'm thinking about buying the MS branded wireless access point for Xbox. Can
it be used for anything other than the Xbox? Just wondering since it is
$100. Can it be used as a wireless router? Anything in case I do not always
use it for the Xbox?
Thanks.
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| Chris H. 2004-12-10, 6:46 am |
| It is an adapter, meaning it will receive/send to a base station/router, but
in itself cannot act as a broadcast location to other adapters. Once
programmed and updated through the Xbox Dashboard, the MN-740 can be used on
a regular computer as a wireless adapter.
--
Chris H.
Microsoft Windows MVP/Tablet PC
Tablet Creations - http://nicecreations.us/
Associate Expert
Expert Zone - www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone
"Gina" <ginareeves@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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quote:
> I'm thinking about buying the MS branded wireless access point for Xbox.
> Can
> it be used for anything other than the Xbox? Just wondering since it is
> $100. Can it be used as a wireless router? Anything in case I do not
> always
> use it for the Xbox?
>
> Thanks.
>
>
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| Nicholas Andrade 2004-12-10, 6:46 am |
| Gina wrote:
quote:
> I'm thinking about buying the MS branded wireless access point for Xbox. Can
> it be used for anything other than the Xbox? Just wondering since it is
> $100. Can it be used as a wireless router? Anything in case I do not always
> use it for the Xbox?
>
> Thanks.
>
>
Which product are you referring to? The MN-500 (802.11B) & MN-700
(802.11G) are both routers and can be put into bridge mode and work with
the XBox. I don't see why you would be paying $100 as both products can
easily be had for less than half that (MS no longer produces them to the
best of my knowledge). I am actually using a MN-500 that I picked up a
couple years ago right now as my access point when I'm down at school.
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| what kinds of things can you use a wireless adapter for? why would I connect
a wireless adapter to a regular computer? don't computers receive their
wireless signals through wireless cards installed in them?
"Chris H." <winxpnews@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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quote:
> It is an adapter, meaning it will receive/send to a base station/router,
but
quote:
> in itself cannot act as a broadcast location to other adapters. Once
> programmed and updated through the Xbox Dashboard, the MN-740 can be used
on
quote:
> a regular computer as a wireless adapter.
> --
> Chris H.
> Microsoft Windows MVP/Tablet PC
> Tablet Creations - http://nicecreations.us/
> Associate Expert
> Expert Zone - www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone
>
>
> "Gina" <ginareeves@yahoo.com> wrote in message
> news:eD$vExn3EHA.2592@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl...
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| Not sure of the model number, but I was just at FRY's and they sell the
wireless adapter in the Xbox section for $99 (I believe that's what it was).
This was the MS branded one.
"Nicholas Andrade" <sdnick484@nospam.yahoo.com> wrote in message
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quote:
> Gina wrote:
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> Which product are you referring to? The MN-500 (802.11B) & MN-700
> (802.11G) are both routers and can be put into bridge mode and work with
> the XBox. I don't see why you would be paying $100 as both products can
> easily be had for less than half that (MS no longer produces them to the
> best of my knowledge). I am actually using a MN-500 that I picked up a
> couple years ago right now as my access point when I'm down at school.
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| Kendrick Kerwin Chua 2004-12-10, 6:46 am |
| Scuse me while I fix all the top posting.
In article <#rvV1Rp3EHA.2804@TK2MSFTNGP15.phx.gbl>,
Gina <ginareeves@yahoo.com> wrote:
quote:
>"Chris H." <winxpnews@hotmail.com> wrote in message
>news:%2382QsCo3EHA.3908@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl...
>
>what kinds of things can you use a wireless adapter for? why would I connect
>a wireless adapter to a regular computer? don't computers receive their
>wireless signals through wireless cards installed in them?
The idea is that any device with a regular Ethernet port could be
connected to a wireless network. Normally, you need dedicated hardware
(like a PCMCIA slot wireless adapter for an older laptop, or a PCI card in
a desktop computer) and you configure it like any other network card. But
some computers have integrated network ports, or otherwise can't have
their network gear swapped out. A device like the MN-740 is properly
called a wireless bridge, since it takes existing network hardware and
bridges it over into another network that happens to be wireless.
The main complaint about the MN-740 is that you MUST use an Xbox to
configure the settings on it. Plenty of people have non-gaming wireless
bridging needs (since you can't very well swap out the network port on a
Citrix console, for example) and it's a little strange that there isn't an
equivalent Microsoft-branded device that can be configured from a normal
web browser or other PC-based interface.
-KKC, looking for a copy of the Xbox factory build disk. Do they give one
of those to the licesned Xbox repair guys, and who do have to sleep with
to get one?
--
-- I was treated unfairly and without consideration by eBay - kendrick
and Paypal. If you require independent testimony about - @io.com
or corroboration of illegal or questionable business -
practices by those two companies, please contact me. -
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| Aelwyn 2004-12-10, 9:47 am |
| Most notebooks nowadays do some with standard wireless
ethernet cards. Most desktops do not have wireless cards
installed in them unless specially ordered, or added after
time of purchase.
quote:
>-----Original Message-----
>what kinds of things can you use a wireless adapter for?
why would I connect
quote:
>a wireless adapter to a regular computer? don't computers
receive their
quote:
>wireless signals through wireless cards installed in them?
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>"Chris H." <winxpnews@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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| Dude you are anal
"Kendrick Kerwin Chua" <kendrick@io.com> wrote in message
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quote:
> Scuse me while I fix all the top posting.
>
> In article <#rvV1Rp3EHA.2804@TK2MSFTNGP15.phx.gbl>,
> Gina <ginareeves@yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> The idea is that any device with a regular Ethernet port could be
> connected to a wireless network. Normally, you need dedicated hardware
> (like a PCMCIA slot wireless adapter for an older laptop, or a PCI card in
> a desktop computer) and you configure it like any other network card. But
> some computers have integrated network ports, or otherwise can't have
> their network gear swapped out. A device like the MN-740 is properly
> called a wireless bridge, since it takes existing network hardware and
> bridges it over into another network that happens to be wireless.
>
> The main complaint about the MN-740 is that you MUST use an Xbox to
> configure the settings on it. Plenty of people have non-gaming wireless
> bridging needs (since you can't very well swap out the network port on a
> Citrix console, for example) and it's a little strange that there isn't an
> equivalent Microsoft-branded device that can be configured from a normal
> web browser or other PC-based interface.
>
> -KKC, looking for a copy of the Xbox factory build disk. Do they give one
> of those to the licesned Xbox repair guys, and who do have to sleep with
> to get one?
> --
> -- I was treated unfairly and without consideration by eBay - kendrick
> and Paypal. If you require independent testimony about - @io.com
> or corroboration of illegal or questionable business -
> practices by those two companies, please contact me. -
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| Chris H. 2004-12-10, 5:50 pm |
| You can use the MN-740 on a desktop or laptop which does not have built-in
wireless or a wireless card, but does have an Ethernet port. A desktop may
have a Network Interface Card (NIC) for connecting by Ethernet cable, but if
it is in a position within your residence which prohibits running cables,
then it could be a solution.
However, it MUST be set up via the Xbox Dashboard utility first.
--
Chris H.
Microsoft Windows MVP/Tablet PC
Tablet Creations - http://nicecreations.us/
Associate Expert
Expert Zone - www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone
"Gina" <ginareeves@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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quote:
> what kinds of things can you use a wireless adapter for? why would I
> connect
> a wireless adapter to a regular computer? don't computers receive their
> wireless signals through wireless cards installed in them?
>
>
> "Chris H." <winxpnews@hotmail.com> wrote in message
> news:%2382QsCo3EHA.3908@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl...
> but
> on
>
>
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| Snothas 2004-12-12, 6:46 am |
| You can also use thoes Wireless access point from Linksys called Game
adapter:
http://www.linksys.com/internationa...grid=33&scid=36
"Gina" <ginareeves@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:eD$vExn3EHA.2592@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl...
quote:
> I'm thinking about buying the MS branded wireless access point for Xbox.
> Can
> it be used for anything other than the Xbox? Just wondering since it is
> $100. Can it be used as a wireless router? Anything in case I do not
> always
> use it for the Xbox?
>
> Thanks.
>
>
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