Microsoft Xbox 360 Wireless Networking Adapter
Will it or won't it? - Microsoft Xbox 360 Wireless Networking Adapter Wireless LAN

Product Type: Microsoft in Wireless LAN

Newest Review: ... FIFA against me!!! And so I took the plunge and managed to find one of these online for £34.99. On looking further, it would seem you can... more

Will it or won't it?
Microsoft Xbox 360 Wireless Networking Adapter

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Microsoft Xbox 360 Wireless Networking Adapter

Date: 05/06/09

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Advantages: Easy to set up...usually.

Disadvantages: Expensive for what it is.

I'm not sure where to start with this peripheral. It's a brilliantly designed idea really, the USB cable is just long enough to go from the USB port on the back of your console to the nearby clips just to the side where the wireless receiver is designed to live. The arial is designed to be possible to adjust for either horizontal or vertical use of the Xbox. The light on it is designed to show whether the item is working properly or not, red or green dependent.

The Xbox doesn't need any additional drivers to run the device, it's pretty much plug and play, you search under settings for your Wireless access point and then input your password/wireless access key. Now here's the catch - sometimes this works and sometimes this doesn't - and there seems to be no descernable reason why, I've tried several access points and sometimes it just drops it for no reason often resulting in up to an hours painful trouble shooting to sort - it always goes back eventually, but what can I say? I prefer to have an ethernet cable available just in case...

Summary: Usually quite reliable, a nice easy way to get your 360 online.

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