Xbox 360 802.11n Wireless Adapter Hits UK
Simply wetting yourself with excitement over Microsoft's new Xbox 360 Wireless N Networking Adapter? Well, pull yourself together because it looks like there isn't long to wait.
Engadget reports that the elusive adapter was recently spotted in Asda, a UK supermaket branch. Asda has the adapter priced at £49, which is in line with the older model.
Microsoft has been vague on the release of this new adapter, but it's real and here now in retail stores.
For those of you who aren’t familiar with Asda, its a supermarket chain that was, until a couple of months ago, owned by Walmart. So speculating that we're not too far away from a U.S. release couldn't exactly be considered going out on a limb.
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Supertrek32 $85 for a freakin' adapter. For that price, I'd just buy a second router and configure it as an access point. Then I could hook up anything else in the area as well.Reply -
85 bucks i laugh at all you xbox fans. you have to pay extra to get wireless internet. wile all of us with a ps3 have ours built in.Reply
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tester24 WHY!!! WHY WHY WHY WHY WHY?! Sure N is faster but then you're whole network has to be N for it to work, and I highly doubt your internet connection could even saturate a 802.11G card. Makes no sense.Reply -
jch059008 You can't stream hd content from your pc hard drive reliably over 802.11 g thats why i ran ethernet to my xbox. So for people who don't have that option upgrading to an 802.11n network would be a solution.Reply -
mikepaul tester24WHY!!! WHY WHY WHY WHY WHY?! Sure N is faster but then you're whole network has to be N for it to work, and I highly doubt your internet connection could even saturate a 802.11G card. Makes no sense.Not your WHOLE networ, just the 802.11N device it talks to. I hate to say one brand of 802.11N gear will work WELL with this, but a WNHDE111 plugged into your old 100mbps router as an Access Point might do just fine. Refurbished makes the experiment cheaper...Reply -
volks1470 Just saved myself some big money by just bridging the network between my computer and 360.Reply