Xbox 360 Wifi Adapter - Worth the Hassle?
Posted by Stephany on Saturday, May 26th, 2007 at 10:36 pm under Game Consoles, Gamer Life, Microsoft
Want to connect your Xbox 360 to a network router for Wifi Internet access so you can kick butt on XBL? Who doesn’t right? Unfortunately the 360 does not come standard with a Wifi adapter, which means you will have to buy one. You can get them through Microsoft, but like everything else involving the Gates machine, it is pretty expensive. Over at infos247.com, they explain down to the last detail everything you need to make your 360 scream with Wifi goodness. They even give you instruction on how to hook it up, and fill you in on whether it is worth the trouble.
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May 27th, 2007 at 3:50 am
No it ain't worth it, ppl been telling me on Live that they keep disconnecting because of their wifi
. So it goes to say that you might as well hook in an ethernet cable… much more reliable 
. So don't go waste 60 quid on that POS. 
May 27th, 2007 at 4:53 am
^^^^^I have never disconnected on live, believe it or not.. it is worth it, if you need it that is… in my case I needed it, as the set up I have at home involved to many wires in the way if I decided to take the hooking it up to the cable route… it is kind of expensive.. so I would say only buy it if neccessary.
May 27th, 2007 at 7:35 am
I've had my wifi on my 360 and have never had any trouble ever. In fact, even streaming Hi def graphics, it doesn/t even slow down or stutter.I have never had a problem on live either. I suggest Gamer43 check the quality of his wireless router, because it should work as well as mine if he has it set up right, or he's just complaining for nothing.
May 27th, 2007 at 7:38 am
May 27th, 2007 at 9:38 am
Yup my adapter does the exact same thing! and 4get payin £60 for it. I still wont be happy with it even if it did work properly. they should have built it inside the box! i only have 1 because i got it free with my bt home hub. NOT WORTH IT AT ALL!
May 27th, 2007 at 1:27 pm
I'm glad MS chose not to include Wifi as i'd never use it to connect and would'nt want to pay extra for something i wont use. While i don't use Wifi in my house, i have'nt heard of anyone having any disconnecting problems with theirs.
Ethernet cable is always the better option if you have the choice.
May 28th, 2007 at 3:12 pm
I have had a network adaptor for about one year and five months and I dont get disconneted much and I download content faster then all of my friends who use an ethernet cable
May 29th, 2007 at 11:31 am
Just use a laptop with a lan connection and bridge the LAN and Wifi connections then go to command prompt and type netsh bridge status it will display each adapter. once you see the adapters listed you want to type netsh bridge en (1). research that command. Stop giving MS money use what you already paid for. Peace.
June 10th, 2007 at 11:10 am
Question: Do you have to use the MS Wifi Adapter?
Can you use a standard wifi adapter with USB? Has anyone ever tried that? Or, what about an access point?
Thanks for your help!
June 17th, 2007 at 1:09 am
I think jason has the idea. I tried to do that except without using the network bridge…just let me tell u it's a hell of a lot easier using the network bridge
January 14th, 2008 at 2:46 pm
i want to get xbox live on my 360 but my motem and router are upstairs and my xbox is in the basment i want to know how i could conect to live and what i have to do. i have been to xbox.com/support but it just keeps advertising stuff
January 14th, 2008 at 3:09 pm
Ive tried my friends and it never had a problem, I still prefer wired because its close to my router and i know then it wont drop connection due to Wifi issues. solution = plug it in. but for the price, id not pay for that device. Id rather run a wire.