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I have used this program for another application and it is really great. It makes a old last generation router work like a new $300-400 one. You have to be very careful to make sure you are working with the reight firmare for the model number and the revision number of the hardware ( not all revisions will support all of the firmware versions.) You also have to be very systematic about flashing the firmware and follow the directions for your model number and revision number.

Dude, you need to get out of Nerdville once in a while (this coming from a nerd). Many if not most Xbox owners are not hooked up to the internet. Also, it is a major undertaking in most homes (at least in CA, concrete slabs etc.) to run ethernet to an Xbox.
I'm not sure what your talking about re:bridging that does not create an access point only a wireless access point. That's not what an Xbox needs. It needs a plug-in access point. Very few routers have that and all of them do it in WEP security only (very lame).

I should say you need a wireless bridge not just a bridge or access point.

Try a Linksys Wireless Game Adapter.
Plug a short cable from 360 to adapter, configure adapter to connect to your AP, voila! About $50
And by the list of gamers on Xbox Live I would say that quite a lot of people would find this useful. As far as this forum being nerdy...it IS PC World for crying out loud.

That was my point, I think he is discounting the PopSci article. He's assuming that everybody is already wired.

I agree that a gaming adapter is easier, the only thing is, that it is very nice to have a router in the living room for other devices.

I have been running my XBOX (and now 360) as well as a PC in my bedroom this way for years. You actually don't need (or probably want) to use a spare router (at least in router mode), but rather you need a spare access point (AP). New ones can be had for pretty cheap. I recommend at lease an 802.11g model if you are going to stream video from a home server, but otherwise even an older 802.11b model will work fine (they are faster than most home DSL/cable connections anyway).
You of course need to have wireless already setup in your home, and if you have security on it (WEP, WPA, etc) you will need to configure the AP with this info as well. But is is pretty easy to set up. Configure your spare AP for "AP client" or "bridge" mode. You can either plug the ethernet cable into a switch or use a crossover cable and plug directly into your XBOX. You should get a link light on if the cabling is correct.

Some tips ---


I configured all my wireless AP's (whether in AP mode or AP client mode) with a static IP. This makes it easy to gain access to them in case I need to make an adjustment. All other devices use DHCP in the same range. The router (or cable/DSL modem in some cases) serves out the DHCP IP's. They all have to be in the same range however. For instance, my DHCP range is 192.168.200.50 thru 192.168.200.200. This gives you 151 DHCP addresses to use (more than enough for a home setting). My static IP's start at 192.269.200.X where X is 1,2,3, etc. This also leaves some IP's up above the 200 mark as well if needed.


In my living room I have the AP plugged into a small switch and then the connection can be shared amongst several devices. In may case that would be the 360, an Apple TV, and the all important Tivo. Works great...
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There is an easier way using a computer and internet connection sharing over your home network. I have a netbook that this works great with.I hook the 360 to the book's ethernet port and enable ICS on the wireless adapter. You may have to config your firewall some though to get it to fully connect.

That is sort of the point of loading DD-WRT onto it. You can have DD-WRT's radio act as a client to attach itself to an already existing wireless network. Just client mode will let the radio act as the WAN interface, client bridge mode will bridge the wireless radio and the Ethernet ports together, effectively making the Ethernet ports act as network hookups using your existing wireless LAN.

From DD-WRT's help page:
"Client Bridged mode – The radio interface is used to connect the LAN
side of the router to a remote accesspoint. The LAN and the remote AP
will be in the same subnet (This is called a "bridge" between two
network segments). The WAN side of the router is unused and can be
disabled. Use this mode, e.g., to make the router act as a "WLAN
adapter" for a device connected to one of its LAN ethernet ports [ie the Xbox]."

My 360 is hooked up via a Pelican wireless network adapter and has been functioning fine ever since. It allows me to jump online anytime. It was quick and painless. So if you guys need a good solution, the Pelican wireless adapter works great.

STANO360 -- You are a complete idiot! Most XBOX users do not use the internet? There are over 8 MILLION xbox live users. That means 8 MILLION people play their XBOX ONLINE! XBOX has sold a little more than 11 million consoles, so you do the math. That would mean that 3/4ths of XBOX owners play online.

Also the XBOX does not need a hardwire plug in and the "how-to" that is being described in the article is a way to use a router as a "plug-in" access point. It would be a wireless reciever for your wireless router and plug into the back of the XBOX!

While reading this article and looking at the picture above, I'm cracking up because that is EXACTLY how I have it set up at home....an old linksys router flashed with DD-WRT firmware, set up as a wireless bridge, and plugged directly into my xbox 360. As far as the 360 is concerned, it thinks it's plugged directly into my D-link N router in the other room. The set up works like a charm and I saved a few bucks : )

I tried plugging my 360 into my laptop's ethernet, then bridge that connection with the wireless. I know the 2 connections are supposed to talk, but the last time I did, I lost internet on the wireless.
Do I have to use a crossover cable instead of a reg ethernet so that the 360 can share a wireless connection with my laptop and connect to XBL?