X box live

Anyone have experience with x box live?

My kids want me to hook them up with x box live for their birthday.

I checked on wireless network adapter from x box and they are $100! Wow!
Can I accomplish the same thing with a generic wireless USB adapter?

I have a DSL modem in the office and it has an antenna out of it so I'm sure it has wireless capability.

Maybe I should just get another DSL modem?

I had experience with it with the original Xbox. I used a regular ol' DSL modem and router. I just plugged the Xbox into the router with an ethernet cable. Were I you, I'd stick with the hard wired option if it exists.

Originally posted by mlprior
I checked on wireless network adapter from x box and they are $100!

Originally posted by rbmorris
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Originally posted by mlprior
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If you are serious about using XBox Live (gaming, rather than downloading) then it is best not to use wireless anyway. Can you not hang a bit of string from your router to your Xbox? The results will be better, and it will be way cheaper.

Another alternative to wireless is to route your LAN traffic over your house power cables. Probably worth doing some research on that though, because I have no experience of doing it myself. [late edit : don't insert cat5 cables into mains sockets kids - devices exist to make this work! 🙂 )

-Russ

Originally posted by Russ
If you are serious about using XBox Live (gaming, rather than downloading) then it is best not to use wireless anyway. Can you not hang a bit of string from your router to your Xbox? The results will be better, and it will be way cheaper.

Another alternative to wireless is to route your LAN traffic over your house power cables. Probably worth doing some r ...[text shortened]... n't insert cat5 cables into mains sockets kids - devices exist to make this work! 🙂 )

-Russ