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>Can the 360 work with any B/G wireless router? I Know there is an XBOX
>compatible router, but will any b/g router work?
>

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> Can the 360 work with any B/G wireless router? I Know there is an XBOX
> compatible router, but will any b/g router work?
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>Can the 360 work with any B/G wireless router? I Know there is an XBOX
>compatible router, but will any b/g router work?

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> On Mon, 20 Feb 2006 21:55:48 -0500, "JoeM" <joem83@msn.com> wrote:
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>
> Yeah but i think you still need a bridge/hub or something near the 360
> to receive the connection and go into the LAN port at the back.
>
> I'm sure it's not wireless network compatible out of the box.. I hope
> i'm wrong though.

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> "JoeM" <joem83@msn.com> wrote:
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> Yes. Any Router will do. I imagine you could run into one that fails to
> work,
> but that should be the exception and it probably would fail to work with
> more
> than the xbox. If you are talking about the adapter, which connects to the
> xbox,
> you're more limited due to compatibility issues. The Router should not be
> an
> issue.
> -steve
> --
> Stephen Boots
> MVP MSN.COM
> sboots@mvps.org

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> routers are pretty much a standard peice of networking kit. The only
> problem I can forsee is if it has an inbuilt firewall which block certain
> ports that the live service uses.
>
> I have a netgear router/wireless/firewall running on my DSL connection and
> I have had no problems. Like I said watch for ports that might be blocked,
> and Also check your DHCP/ IP configuration.
>
> "JoeM" <joem83@msn.com> wrote in message
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> Can the 360 work with any B/G wireless router? I Know there is an XBOX
> compatible router, but will any b/g router work?
>

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> I'm sure it's not wireless network compatible out of the box.. I hope
> i'm wrong though.

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> You can check the Xbox-compatible routers here:
> http://www.xbox.com/en-US/live/conn...uterlanding.htm I would avoid
> using the "speed booster" touted units because you would also have to
> match that with a compatible (proprietary) wireless device if you're
> heading in that direction. Make sure you purchase a router which uses
> standard, approved protocols. If you're planning in the future to use the
> Xbox 360 with a Media Center Edition computer or want to stream music or
> pictures, I would look into a router which will do 802.11g and a. The
> Xbox 360 brand wireless adapter will give you the best performance on
> 802.11a.
> --
> Chris H.
> Microsoft Windows MVP/Tablet PC
> Tablet Creations - http://nicecreations.us/
> Associate Expert
> Expert Zone - www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone
>
>
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> Can the 360 work with any B/G wireless router? I Know there is an XBOX
> compatible router, but will any b/g router work?
>

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> Skijumptoes <SjT@privacy.net> wrote:
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>
> There is a 360 wireless adaptor, but I think it's pretty expensive.
>
> Alternatively, you could just buy a wireless access point (WAP) and plug
> your
> Xbox into that. Or, if you want to be even cheaper, buy a separate
> router. For some reason, routers are really cheap, like $30, but WAPs
> cost
> $70-80. I don't understand. A router is a WAP, plus an ethernet switch,
> plus some extra firmware for the DHCP server, firewall, etc. IT should be
> the more expensive thing, not the WAP!

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> Skijumptoes <SjT@privacy.net> wrote:
>
>
> There is a 360 wireless adaptor, but I think it's pretty expensive.
>
> Alternatively, you could just buy a wireless access point (WAP) and plug
> your
> Xbox into that. Or, if you want to be even cheaper, buy a separate
> router. For some reason, routers are really cheap, like $30, but WAPs
> cost
> $70-80. I don't understand. A router is a WAP, plus an ethernet switch,
> plus some extra firmware for the DHCP server, firewall, etc. IT should be
> the more expensive thing, not the WAP!

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> Can the 360 work with any B/G wireless router? I Know there is an XBOX
> compatible router, but will any b/g router work?
>

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> Not all routers can be used as a wireless bridge. Actually, you end up
> spending just about as much to buy one that can as you do buying a wireless
> bridge.

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> Can the 360 work with any B/G wireless router? I Know there is an XBOX
> compatible router, but will any b/g router work?
>
>

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> Rick Mogstad <rick.mogstad@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> The original poster already has a router, so if a 2nd router will work,
> why spend more than what 2 routers costs?

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> JoeM wrote:
> Yes, but steer clear of wireless bridges or access points as these can
> mess up UPnP, which is required for streaming music, pictures from your PC
> (or Windows Media Centre PC).

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> Rick Mogstad <rick.mogstad@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> The original poster already has a router, so if a 2nd router will work,
> why spend more than what 2 routers costs?

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> JoeM wrote:
> Yes, but steer clear of wireless bridges or access points as these can
> mess up UPnP, which is required for streaming music, pictures from your PC
> (or Windows Media Centre PC).

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>I am using a netgear wireless bridge with a linksys WRT54G router, and all
>is working fine. I cant stream TV from my wifes media center laptop since
>both of them are wireless, but everything else runs just fine.

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> Yes, it is highly recommended because of the bandwidth requirements for
> streaming videos, that the Media Center Edition computer system be wired.
> Having both wireless eats too much up, and the result is totally
> unacceptable.
> --
> Chris H.
> Microsoft Windows MVP/Tablet PC
> Tablet Creations - http://nicecreations.us/
> Associate Expert
> Expert Zone - www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone
>
>
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> "Doug Jacobs" <djacobs@shell.rawbw.com> wrote in message
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> Once you know anything about wireless technology, post back here and we can
> discuss it.

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> Rick Mogstad <rick.mogstad@gmail.com> wrote:
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>
>
>
> I can't help but feel I've somehow fallen into an alternate universe where
> things like basic logic and vocabulary no longer mean what they once
> did...
>
> While some routers don't support bridging, some do, or you can configure 1
> router as an access point, yes?
>
> The store near me sells bridges for like $100 but routers for only $30.
> So if a 2nd router would work, why spend $100?

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>
> The store near me sells bridges for like $100 but routers for only $30.
> So if a 2nd router would work, why spend $100?

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> plain and simple, there are not any $30 routers that will act as a client
> bridge. you will be spending as much money on one that will, as you would
> on a dedicated bridge.

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> My point: they only thing that will work is a device that performs wireless
> bridging. So drop the words "access point" and "router". They are
> irrelevant.

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> Rick Mogstad <rick.mogstad@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>
> But that doesn't make sense to me.
>
> A router IS essentially a bridge - a bridge with a lot of brains, but a
> bridge nonetheless.
>
> Or am I falling victim to market-speak? Just as "DSL Modems" have nothing
> to do with MOdulating/DEModulating analog phone signals, are these
> "wireless routers" really not true routers?
>
> Otherwise, I don't see why you couldn't do this:
>
> Game Console--networkA--[router1]))) networkB ((([router2]-{internet}
>
> NetworkA is ethernet, NetworkB is wireless and are different networks,
> like 10.10.10.x/24 and 10.10.20.x/24.
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> With the wireless router I have, I know I CAN do this if I connected an
> ethernet cable from router1's Internet port to a switch port on router2.