Xbox 360 Wirless Connection

Take Your Pants Off

Is there any cheap way to connect the wifi wirelessly through the xbox so I can play live.
By cheap I mean less then 25E

wotzgoingon

Second hand off adverts is your best bet. Unless you can pick one up cheaply new off ebay.

MiskyBoyy

It's over your set budget (€35) but it's a much better solution and will work for any device, not just restricted to 360.

http://www.argos.ie/static/Product/partNumber/1397640/Trail/searchtext%3EHOMEPLUGS.htm

You plug one into an empty electrical socket near your modem/router, connect both together with an ethernet cable. Then plug the second one into an electrical socket anywhere else in your house, in your case, beside your 360 and you got yourself hard wired to your modem for the best possible connection.

Much better solution than wifi.

Ubiquitous Synergy Seeker

MiskyBoyy wrote: »

you got yourself hard wired to your modem for the best possible connection.

Much better solution than wifi.

Not entirely true. It depends on your wiring and your wifi. Either solution can be better than the other. You'll lose a LOT of potential bandwidth going over mains, even with a 500Mbps plug like the ones above. You'll top out at about 85-90 megs a second absolute max, which is loads for online gaming, obviously, but for downloading it may actually work out slower than your wifi, situation dependent.

There are also other things to keep in mind, like making sure you use the plugs directly into the mains and not through a power bar or extension lead, and in some cases what else is on the circuit can reduce bandwidth further.

They're also prone to the occasional drop out at times I've found over the years.

That said, if you've got a new house, the wiring is good, and wifi just isn't cutting it, then the chances are you'll get a much better result using powerlines

Take Your Pants Off

MiskyBoyy wrote: »

It's over your set budget (€35) but it's a much better solution and will work for any device, not just restricted to 360.

http://www.argos.ie/static/Product/partNumber/1397640/Trail/searchtext%3EHOMEPLUGS.htm

You plug one into an empty electrical socket near your modem/router, connect both together with an ethernet cable. Then plug the second one into an electrical socket anywhere else in your house, in your case, beside your 360 and you got yourself hard wired to your modem for the best possible connection.

Much better solution than wifi.

Can I use any twin powerline adapter or does it have to be specifically that one.

CatInABox

Take Your Pants Off wrote: »

Can I use any twin powerline adapter or does it have to be specifically that one.

You can use any of them, but once you start going beyond two of them, you should probably try to keep them with the same manufacturer and speed. Don't think that the speeds mix well or something like that, so adding a 200 onto a set-up that already has two 500s will make the 500s work at the 200 speed.

feelgoodinc27

For €30 from cex
https://ie.webuy.com/product.php?sku=882224035699#.Va4MtPlVhBc

wotzgoingon

feelgoodinc27 wrote: »

For €30 from cex
https://ie.webuy.com/product.php?sku=882224035699#.Va4MtPlVhBc

That's the best option plenty of shops around the country and you can even buy online as well.