Dr Gadget - Gadget Shop - Xbox 360 Wireless Bridge (Required For Wireless Online/Live Play)

	List Price: £59.99 Our Price: £51.69 Your Save: £ 0.00 ( % ) Availability: Usually dispatched within 24 hours Manufacturer: Microsoft
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Manufacturer Maximum Age: 18 Audience Rating: Parental Guidance Binding: Accessory Brand: Microsoft EAN: 0882224035699 Label: Microsoft Manufacturer: Microsoft Manufacturer Minimum Age: 36 Number Of Items: 1 Platform: Xbox 360 Publisher: Microsoft Release Date: 2005-12-02 Studio: Microsoft
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Spotlight customer reviews: Customer Rating: Summary: Good but no WPA2 Comment: Simple to install, reliable, easy to configure BUT does NOT support WPA2 (supports WPA though). Even though there's an option on the 360 setup that says WPA2 (greyed out) this item does not support it whatever else you may hear. There's even a knowledgebase article on www.xbox.com apologizing for some incorrect manuals that claim that it does support it. Come on Microsoft, even my two year old Netgear WAP can do WPA2! Second gripe is of course the price. Yes, it's very neat, matches the 360, configures easily and nicely clips onto the back of the machine, but is that really justification for TRIPLE the price of any other USB wireless adaptor? No, it's just a rip off. Sure put on some margin for the 360 badging, but times three? Get real. Given the pain WiFi can be, the ease of setup gets this to score three stars. Would have been five, but high price loses one star and no WPA2 loses another. Customer Rating: Summary: Excellent Investment Comment: True - £50-60 is a good deal of money to splash out on one little bit of kit. But boy, is it worth it! I can connect to Xbox LIVE wired or wirelessly, and the ONLY sure-fire way to connect without any wires is this little beauty. The investment is definetly worth it. If you want/need wireless connection to LIVE, this is the way forward. Customer Rating: Summary: Job Done Comment: I'm just going to reiterate what people here have been saying. I got this, plugged it in, it detected my network and I was online in a few minutes. DONE! The reception is very good even between 2 walls and a ceiling. The instructions are rubbish but it's quite simple (go to network settings, EDit settings, Network Type (or something), input WEP key DONE! The only real downside is the COST! However, this appears to be quality bit of kit & stops my wife from complaining about the wires. Customer Rating: Summary: Wireless bridge- costly, but reliable and worth it. Comment: How much of a hit this product will be with you depends on how simple you find it to set your console up to your network.It took me weeks. However, it took me weeks with a D-Link router, to work with with this bridge, and it never worked properly, but it took minutes to set it up with a netgear router. Since then it has worked fine, and opened up X-box live to me. Get it if: You can't really get wired You are good with computers and networks or know someone who is You have a good router ( i recommend Netgear ADSL2) ((( I rated this products fun on xbox lives fun, and i took a star off for price and how long it took me to set it up. Customer Rating: Summary: Totally unreliable Comment: Well, I would have to agree with pretty much all the previous reviews, the positive ones mention all the good points and the negative ones mention pretty much all the problems I've found. On the plus side the adaptor is very easy to set up, and at times it works perfectly. Unfortunately the majority of the time it lags like mad and becomes totally unusable. There doesn't seem to be any reason why it switches between the two, making it extra frustrating. Overpriced to start with, it's just not worth the money. Update: Here is something you might like to know. If you own a laptop with wireless internet you can actually use this to connect your xbox to the internet! Just set your laptop to allow shared connections and run an ethernet cable between the laptop and the xbox. I didn't realise you could do this but it works perfectly, no lag, no random crashes, it only ever goes wrong when there is a problem with my network! I can't believe microsoft are flogging this adaptor when all you need is the cable that comes with your xbox. I'm assuming if you have a wireless network most of you will have a wireless capable computer so for most of you this is £60 totally wasted! More Reviews
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