[lug] Wireless bridging question?

[John Hernandez]

Mike,

I was in a similar situation and ended up dropping extra cash on a pair of
Homeplug AV adapters.  They provide about twice the throughput of 802.11g in
practice, and they appear to be more immune to drop-out-causing
interference.

-JH

On 7/12/07, Ben Whaley <bwhaley at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Mike,
>
> I have a modded Xbox (running Xecuter, not Linux) with the Microsoft
> wireless game adapter, and it works GREAT. The only downside (and for
> me, it's a big one) is that it doesn't support WPA - only WEP. I had
> to modify all my wireless network devices to use 128 bit WEP PSK due
> to this. However, it is 802.11g and streaming works great.
>
> Hope that helps.
>
> - Ben
>
> On 7/12/07, Mike Stanczyk <stanczyk at pcisys.net> wrote:
> > As the proud new owner of a modded Xbox, I have a question for the
> group:
> > Which is better a wireless game adapter or a converted wireless box
> > via a wrt linksys?
> >
> > My xbox is currently in the test stand and is a frontend for my mythtv
> box.
> > They talk over 100baseT Ethernet.  Works fine.  But the xbox will be
> moving
> > to the living room soon.  So I need to connect the xbox to the network.
> > I have 802.11g with WPA running (Netgear router) at home so I can
> connect
> > the xbox that way.  But do I want a "wireless game adapter" or should I
> get
> > a router (Linksys 54g or Netgear), reflash it and make it a wireless
> bridge?
> >
> > What experiences, good or bad, does the group have?
> >
> > Mike Stanczyk
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