XBOX on my wireless network?

officespace67 · #1 23-07-2003, 21:07

what should i buy to have my xbox on my wireless network?

i'd appreciate any help

JiveTurkey · #2 23-07-2003, 22:05

A wireless access point with a RJ45 connection. As a matter of fact, I saw one of the major network equipment vendors selling one that was advertised as being great for consoles but I don't remember which.

rms2001 · #3 23-07-2003, 22:19

Well there a few things you can do.

First off do you have high speed internet, cable or DSL, T1, T3, OC-48 (LOL I wish <evil grin>)?
If you, you can buy a wireless router hard wire you XBox in to the router and put a wireless access card in your PC.

If you don't have high speed internet, just get a wireless access point and a wireless accesss card for your PC. Hard wire the XBox to the access point (after you have set it up with your PC) and install the card in your PC and it should be done.

I my self use a wireless router and have my XBox wired to that and all my other PCs have external USB access points. Oh all my goodies are made by Belkin.

JiveTurkey · #4 23-07-2003, 22:22

ha - OC48 is a little pricey still - but boy can you download porn!

rms2001 · #5 24-07-2003, 06:09

Here, you can drool over this:

This is an OC-48 smoking at 2.488GPS, hooked up to a STM-16 port on a Juniper M160 router.

JiveTurkey · #6 24-07-2003, 12:08

Must be your lucky day Office. I actually remembered where I saw that WAP advertised for Xbox. It's a bridge instead of a full blown WAP and you could do a setup something like what rms suggested.
http://www.linksys.com/Products/prod...id=22&prid=432

Wireless bridge..$100, 100 feet of Cat-5 UTP....$25, Stompin your buddies on Xbconnect...priceless!!

RMS - I've never used a Juniper 160 but know thats some serious hardware. Do you get to play with it or did you just find that pic somewhere?

rms2001 · #7 24-07-2003, 13:32

This was sent to me awhile ago, I had other pics and the router but I couldnt find them.

I my self have never got to play with a Juniper router, but I have got to play with T1s with Cisco Systems routers, and also a dual OC-3 setup witch also ran Cisco's routers.
I really cant say any thing about the Juniper but I think Cisco makes the best networking goodies hands down. Even though they make great hardware I don't think it would do very well for home use. It would prob. work well, its just spending the money on the stuff it self.

Cisos makes it so easy to work with. When I was helping run an ISP to make a new account was so easy. Just dial up, Telnet in to the router, put in the new username and password and it was all done. Setting up the E-Mail accounts on the mail server took longer.

officespace67 · #8 24-07-2003, 17:26

My DSL router is also my modem. connected to that is a five port wired hub that connects my comp my bro's comp and my xbox. connected to that is a 2.4 Ghz 802.11b wireless access point router (with 4-port switch) and that's connected to my other bros and sises comps (6 comps total) . Thanks for the help. I need this to be in my living room on what'll be the second xbox that my parents want for xbpm

rms2001 · #9 25-07-2003, 09:26

Talk about a weird set up. Why can't any one ever do it an easy way?

What you should do is make your whole network wireless, more or less.
Okay since you all-ready have one five port hub. I would use this in the living room. Meaning connect the DSL Modem/Router to the uplink on the hub than hardwire the new XBox in the living room to this hub.

Now your going to want to use a wireless access point. (Linksys - Instant Wireless Network Access Point) and connect that to the hub in the living room. Now you have to decide how you want to make the rest of your network wireless.

1) Buy two switches (Linksys - EtherFast 8-Port 10/100 Switch) an buy two wireless ethernet bridges (Linksys - Wireless Ethernet Bridge). From there hardwire each group of PCs into the new switches than connect the wireless ethernet bridge to the uplink on the switch.

2) Buy each PC its own UBS wireless network adapter (Linksys - Instant Wireless USB Network Adapter). And buy one wireless ethernet bridge (Linksys - Wireless Ethernet Bridge) for your XBox.

3) Buy each PC and your XBox its own wireless ethernet bridge (Linksys - Wireless Ethernet Bridge).

I would suggest #1 b/c it would be the cheapest and you would only have to config three wireless units insted of eight in #2 & #3.

officespace67 · #10 25-07-2003, 10:04

My DSL router/modem is made by www.2wire.com

and the wireless would all be www.linksys.com

rms2001 · #11 25-07-2003, 10:10

LOL you replyed before I was done fixing my post.

JiveTurkey · #12 25-07-2003, 11:12

I don't think that's a very weird setup. Sure the router and hub should switch places to direct traffic more efficiently but he probably didn't know better.

Yeah it would be great to be all wireless too but you're forgetting that most networks are hobbled together by adding a few pieces at a time. I'm assuming Office started with a hub and just added the wireless later by taking the easy way and just plugging it in instead of rearranging things better. I doubt he wants to plunk down $400 to go all wireless just to play Xbox either.

Otherwise, I would just switch the router and hub and hook the Xbox to a wireless bridge and be done with it.

officespace67 · #13 25-07-2003, 13:39

u think the wired hub and the wireless router should switch places? see me my bro and my xbox are connected to the wired hub and since that's directlly connected to the modem/router
switching the wired hub and the wireless router would make my comps connection slower right?

JiveTurkey · #14 25-07-2003, 14:39

Yes, in theory the wireless router should be plugged into the wired router. With your current setup you are taking bandwidth away from the wireless and anything connected to it. In general, you would want routers as close to the source and hubs as far from the source as possible.

I wouldn't worry too much about it since you probably only have a few computers using the network at once and it wouldn't make a huge difference.

rms2001 · #15 25-07-2003, 16:52

Ya hes right, hubs do all right for small networks like yours. You get 16+ PCs networked together, thats when you want to start useing switches.