Jacko Posted June 14, 2007 Share Posted June 14, 2007 Can any of you wise Xbox owners please tell me what the support is on it for secured wireless? Is it WEP, WPA, WPA2 etc? Just that I want to see whether I can connect to my secured wireless network at home (if I bought one)..... Ta Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sarnie Posted June 14, 2007 Share Posted June 14, 2007 Can any of you wise Xbox owners please tell me what the support is on it for secured wireless? Is it WEP, WPA, WPA2 etc? Just that I want to see whether I can connect to my secured wireless network at home (if I bought one)..... Ta Just buy one Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
janoof1 Posted June 14, 2007 Share Posted June 14, 2007 i connect through wpa, it asks for all the codes on the console when your setting up , easy as pie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
holtehero Posted June 14, 2007 Share Posted June 14, 2007 Yes it does support WPA and WEP Personally i don't like wireless for the 360, now using netgear HD homeplugs and its far quicker to log in and i seem to get less lag Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jacko Posted June 15, 2007 Author Share Posted June 15, 2007 Yes it does support WPA and WEP Personally i don't like wireless for the 360, now using netgear HD homeplugs and its far quicker to log in and i seem to get less lag What are these Netgear HD Homeplug thingies? I've got the Netgear 834PN MiMO wireless router, and its obviously all secured etc..... But concerned that the wireless would be crap with Xbox? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
holtehero Posted June 15, 2007 Share Posted June 15, 2007 there these - http://www.broadbandbuyer.co.uk/Shop/Sh ... uctID=3478 these are the HD ones as they can be used for streaming HD film content from a PC to a mediabox as they offer a very good bitrate. essentially you plug one in a spare power socket next to your router and attach an ethernet cable. Then in the room where your xbox is you plug in another one and run a cable to the back of your xbox. Data is then transferred via your electrical copper wiring in your house (though if you house is very old or has different circuits it might not work) Also, if you have more than one thing in your living room you could attach a hub to the homeplug and then attach all of your devices to that, as long as they acquire there own IP address from the router you won't have a problem Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris`I Posted June 15, 2007 Share Posted June 15, 2007 I looked into gettting those as they are meant to be pretty good, albeit with the warning of the old houses and poor wiring - I've heard horror stories of them not working. All good in newer houses though. However, I spent £30 on some CAT5 cable and wired it all up properly as it was a lot cheaper PS Dont do Xbox over wifi, it will suck. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jacko Posted June 15, 2007 Author Share Posted June 15, 2007 there these - http://www.broadbandbuyer.co.uk/Shop/Sh ... uctID=3478 these are the HD ones as they can be used for streaming HD film content from a PC to a mediabox as they offer a very good bitrate. essentially you plug one in a spare power socket next to your router and attach an ethernet cable. Then in the room where your xbox is you plug in another one and run a cable to the back of your xbox. Data is then transferred via your electrical copper wiring in your house (though if you house is very old or has different circuits it might not work) Also, if you have more than one thing in your living room you could attach a hub to the homeplug and then attach all of your devices to that, as long as they acquire there own IP address from the router you won't have a problem Thanks, I'll look into them...... prefer doing it that way for online gaming rather than over wireless anyway! Cheers! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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