mattmatik Posted December 16, 2006 Share Posted December 16, 2006 I'm just curious as to who uses the wireless adapter for the 360 and how well does it work? Is there any noticeable lag or random disconnects? Currently, I am using my PC (which is connected wirelessly to my router) and then running Ethernet from the PC to my 360. But I am moving in January and would like to not have my PC near the 360. The caveat is I use the 360 as a Media Center Extender quite frequently. I remember reading a month or so ago that going wireless is not very good for MCE - so if anyone who runs this setup can reply I'd appreciate it. Thanks :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daniel. Posted December 16, 2006 Share Posted December 16, 2006 (edited) I got my 360 (and the extortionately priced Wireless Network Adaptor) a few days ago and although I haven't really had it for long enough to judge, so far I've found that the speeds are quite good although there can sometimes be a lot of lag, which may or may not be due to the adaptor because sometimes other people in the match complain of lag as well. Also I never seem to see any games where the 'ping' bars are green, it's always red for me (and I've got 10Mb NTL cable internet.) As for MCE, I tried viewing a few photos on my Xbox coming from my PC (also connected by wireless) and it was quite slow, haven't tried video yet. So I would recommend using it only if there is 100% no way of using a wired ethernet connection. Hope this helps. Daniel Edit: I should mention, I use 802.11g and the router is about 6m away, through one wall. Edited December 16, 2006 by Daniel. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Express Posted December 16, 2006 Share Posted December 16, 2006 I use 802.11a exclusively and I find no difference between wired and wireless. I get drops if I switch to 802.11g. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hupp Posted December 17, 2006 Share Posted December 17, 2006 (edited) I use it and I got some drops with media center but since i switched over to tversity i dont have any problems. whoops, i should probably say that i get no dropouts on xbox live with it Edited December 17, 2006 by Hupp Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dragon2611 Posted December 17, 2006 Share Posted December 17, 2006 I have the wireless adaptor and my xbox is usally upstairs in my room connecting wirelessly to a dlink 54g adsl router downstairs have no problems playing on live, i've hosted 8 player GOW games and never had any complaints about lag, also hosted COD3 games without problems. dunno about Media becuase i've never tryed it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MightyJordan Posted December 17, 2006 Share Posted December 17, 2006 I've got the adapter as well, and I think it works brilliantly. I don't like the price of it, but I think I can see why it costs so much; because it supports 802.11 a/b/g. I have a Belkin wireless adapter for other PCs in the house and they cost ?20 each, and that works only on the g signal, so it equates. I can't really see any difference from the wired connection. When my PC was on wireless, it was actually faster. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dragon2611 Posted December 17, 2006 Share Posted December 17, 2006 I've got the adapter as well, and I think it works brilliantly. I don't like the price of it, but I think I can see why it costs so much; because it supports 802.11 a/b/g. I have a Belkin wireless adapter for other PCs in the house and they cost ?20 each, and that works only on the g signal, so it equates. I can't really see any difference from the wired connection. When my PC was on wireless, it was actually faster. Yep its quite expensive, i was just going to run ICS on my pc and connect it that way, but i didnt want to have to have the pc on all the time + port mapping would have been a nightmare :|| I got mine for ?45 from game which i thought was still rather expensive but much better than the ?60 it usally costs (i got a leaflet though advertising GOW and on the back was a coupon for ?15 off the wireless adapto:yes:yes: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mattmatik Posted December 17, 2006 Author Share Posted December 17, 2006 Thanks for the replies everyone. I think I'm going to go ahead and get one...if need be I can re-sell it. My PC won't be extremely far from the 360, so hopefully the MCE side of things will function normally. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shadrack Posted December 17, 2006 Share Posted December 17, 2006 I use 802.11a w/ my 360 wireless adapter and it works fine for MCE and music streaming. I'm not sure if LIVE is lagging at all because of it. Most of my games come up in the red and I think that is just because my DSL connection sucks for online gaming. But I still have fun playing GoW on coop through LIVE and don't notice the lag except at a few parts. I need to run a cat5 to my 360 to see if there is any difference in live games. But I'm pretty sure most people's bottle necks will be their internet connection, and not their wireless adapter as long as you are getting a strong signal. Although I could be wrong.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LunarFalcon Posted December 17, 2006 Share Posted December 17, 2006 I use this as well, and my router (a sad 802.11B, yeah B) is upstairs in my spare bedroom/office, and the 360 is downstairs in the living room. I experience minimal lag, and any lag I do see I attribute to the old router Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dragon2611 Posted December 17, 2006 Share Posted December 17, 2006 I use 802.11a w/ my 360 wireless adapter and it works fine for MCE and music streaming. I'm not sure if LIVE is lagging at all because of it. Most of my games come up in the red and I think that is just because my DSL connection sucks for online gaming. But I still have fun playing GoW on coop through LIVE and don't notice the lag except at a few parts. I need to run a cat5 to my 360 to see if there is any difference in live games. But I'm pretty sure most people's bottle necks will be their internet connection, and not their wireless adapter as long as you are getting a strong signal. Although I could be wrong.... yeah its prolly the internet connection the wireless adaptor should be able to push upwards of 20mbit/s if the channel is free from interferance and nothing else is on the wireless lan. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shadrack Posted December 17, 2006 Share Posted December 17, 2006 yeah its prolly the internet connection the wireless adaptor should be able to push upwards of 20mbit/s if the channel is free from interferance and nothing else is on the wireless lan. The amount of mbit/s isn't the issue here. The issue is always latency; the amount of time for a signal to get from device to the other (as oppose to how much information is packaged into that signal). If I could ping my xbox 360 from my computer I could measure the difference between the wireless and wired connections. But the 360 doesn't seem to have a ping response system needed for this measurement so :(. Anyway, it probably adds something like 5ms over a wired connection. If it adds anymore then 20ms then I'd want it wired instead of wireless. Oh yeah, the Wireless Adapter is stupid expensive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mattmatik Posted December 17, 2006 Author Share Posted December 17, 2006 I use this as well, and my router (a sad 802.11B, yeah B) is upstairs in my spare bedroom/office, and the 360 is downstairs in the living room. I experience minimal lag, and any lag I do see I attribute to the old router Well, my current router is B as well. When I do go ahead and get the adapter I'll get a G router though...I've been meaning to do it for awhile but didn't want to mess with the setup I have (this will give me a reasont to now, haha). Oh yeah, the Wireless Adapter is stupid expensive. Yeah, it is but it beats the alternative (CAT5 cable running through the front room). It's possible to use other adapters, isn't it? I thought I read somewhere that if it is 360 certified, it was able to work? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roger H. Veteran Posted December 17, 2006 Veteran Share Posted December 17, 2006 you can use the old Xbox one which is cheaper. You can also use some other models but i don't have a list. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shadrack Posted December 17, 2006 Share Posted December 17, 2006 Well, my current router is B as well. When I do go ahead and get the adapter I'll get a G router though...I've been meaning to do it for awhile but didn't want to mess with the setup I have (this will give me a reasont to now, haha). You may consider getting an 802.11a router. There are some "dual" band routers that do both "G" and "A." "A" is the same speed as "g" but on a broadcast frequency that isn't as populated. For instance, if you have a 2.4ghz cordless phone you could potentially have problems with xbox live and 802.11g because they are on the same broadcast frequency. The 360 wireless adapter supports 802.11a. I think that the original xbox wireless adapter only supported 802.11b which wouldn't be sufficient for streaming video media from your PC, which is nice to have. Yeah, i'd rather do wireless as well. Spending all day pulling cat5 through the wall isn't worth it to me. (also I live in an adobe house, so it is pretty damn near impossible). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dragon2611 Posted December 17, 2006 Share Posted December 17, 2006 The amount of mbit/s isn't the issue here. The issue is always latency; the amount of time for a signal to get from device to the other (as oppose to how much information is packaged into that signal). If I could ping my xbox 360 from my computer I could measure the difference between the wireless and wired connections. But the 360 doesn't seem to have a ping response system needed for this measurement so :(. Anyway, it probably adds something like 5ms over a wired connection. If it adds anymore then 20ms then I'd want it wired instead of wireless. Oh yeah, the Wireless Adapter is stupid expensive. Some people take their PING way to seriously :laugh: the wireless adaptors not going to make much difference, however the number of hops between you and the host WILL make a much bigger difference. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shadrack Posted December 17, 2006 Share Posted December 17, 2006 Some people take their PING way to seriously :laugh: the wireless adaptors not going to make much difference, however the number of hops between you and the host WILL make a much bigger difference. :huh: I'm not sure if you are being sarcastic, or just don't know how valuable of a tool ping is. It annoys me that xbox live only reports latency on a green/yellow/red system. Does anyone know what actual latency delays those color codes correspond to? Anyway, some real numbers would be helpful. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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