Xbox 360 Wireless Network Adapter A/B/G & N Networks

Comment: I have had this product for about a month and have no interuptions with my connection, and I almost always have a maxed out connection rating. Great deal good product.

Comment: It has always amazed me the Xbox 360 doesn't come with wireless networking straight out of the box. It seems a strange omission and surely it can't be that hard to implement into the console's manufacturing process? So, up until now connectivity to the internet with my Xbox 360 has been through an ethernet cable snaking its way along the skirting board, behind the couch and up into my router where it has happily behaved for the past three years or so. But now at last I am sans ethernet cable as the Xbox 360 wireless network adapter has put paid to that pesky cable.

The black wireless network adapter, which supports the fast 802.11n wireless protocol, as well as supporting the four most common standards, is aesthetically simple in appearance, having two adjustable antennae and a single light that glows green when all is well. It is designed to attach to the back of your Xbox 360 console using two clips, plugging into the rear USB connection, but as my console is closeted inside an entertainment unit having enough room for the antennae was an issue. It was quickly solved by purchasing a $5 one-metre USB extension cable from a computer parts dealer. The adapter comes with an installation DVD which guides you through the set-up procedure, which if you already have a wireless home network, involves typing in your network's SSID name (Service Set Identifier) and your network's password.

The adapter then does a connection test to ensure everything is working correctly and it can connect to your network, and if all is well, you're up and running. I'd say installation time excluded, the adapter was up and running within five minutes. The adapter runs at both 2.4Ghz and 5Ghz frequency bands so if you have several devices running at 2.4Ghz you can switch to the other band to avoid any interference. I've had no issues at all connecting to Xbox Live, either for online gaming or content downloads. So far I haven't experienced any network dropouts or connection problems and everything seems to be running according to plan. In fact, my connection speeds seem to be faster using the wireless adapter than my usual wired connection.

For the price, it's pretty good and the N network adapter delivers performance in spades.

Comment: I needed a wirless adapter for my 360, as my router was on the other side of the house, and running a very long ethernet cable just wasn't going to happen. This adapter was my only option (except for running it through my laptop using another cable, but I didn't want to do that), and I am very pleased with it, mostly. For all of my games and for random Xbox 360 connections it works great. Very fast, no problems logging on etc... However whenever I play Madden 10, it will disconnect from Xbox Live a few minutes into playing. This is the only game that I have had a problem with it in, so I am not 100% sure if it is my adapter, the game, or just a glitch with Xbox Live. I don't go online with Madden 10 much anyway, so it's not a huge deal for me, but this keeps it short of being perfect.
As far as anything else, the only complaint I would have is the price. It's not just ridiculous, but a little more than I would have liked to paid.

Comment: I originally looked into the older A/B/G adapter and was pretty put off by the inflated price that MS was asking for it. So I ended up trying one of the after market gaming adapters on the market. After fooling with it's set up for a few days and only being slightly successful, I ended up wasting my money and time. After that I just dropped the whole desire to get my 360 connected wirelessly.

I saw that Amazon had this newer A/B/G/N adapter offered at the same price as the older adapter and much less than any retail stores. So I picked one up. Quick Amazon shipping as always. Plus the adapter plugged in and started working with the bare minimum of set up. Even though the price......I should have bought one of these adapters first off.

Comment: This adapter does everything we wanted it to do. My son can play xbox live games on it, but most importantly, and the reason I bought it, is that we can now have instant access to all the Netflix movies that are available on an instant viewing basis. It's great and we already use it a lot! I love Netflix because it feeds my insatiable desire for documentaries and they can be very hard to find! It's wireless which is essential for us since there is a big distance between this device and the cable box. It does everything is it supposed to do and so far, it had done it without a hitch. No technical glitches as of yet. We're happy!