Wireless On The Xbox 360 Without An Adapter.

LegallyHigh

Jun 20 2008, 09:11 PM

Alright, I'm not sure if anyone owns an Xbox 360, or uses one at this forum. However, the other day, while playing video games on my 360, I came across some valuable information. If you have ever been looking to go wireless with an Xbox 360 this may help you out. You may have realized the very high cost of wirelss 360 use.

The adaptor for wireless is $80+ and of course you will need a wireles router (about $30), aswell. However, while I was playing Gears of War, a popular game on the 360, I was told if you already had a laptop (with a wireless adaptor), you would not need to purchase an Official Xbox 360 Wireless Adaptor. Instead, he claimed, he used his Laptop to output, or rather, split, the wireless signal to the Xbox 360.

To do this you must have a laptop recieving wireless internet, and an ethernet cable. Plug the ethernet cable from the laptops port to the Xbox 360's so they are connected, sharing a connection. Now all you have to do is go to (on your laptop, if it is wondows, I'm not sure about Macs) Control Panel -> Network and Internet Connections -> Network Connections find your wireless connection, right click it, and click "Bridge Connections".

I was surprised this was so easy, I ran wires all the way from the second floor of my house to the basement so I could get onto Xbox Live, but I would never have if I knew I could use this much easier method instead. However, I'm guessing my wired connection is probably more clear than a wireless connection would have been since my wireless router has a weak signal. I hope this tutorial helps some people out, Good Day.

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iGuest-jason

Nov 21 2008, 10:08 AM

Hey, great guide right there. After reading your article, I decided to try it out. My wireless router is in my room, and my xbox is in the living room. I hooked the xbox up with my laptop(which is able to get wireless internet), but no other connection attached to it. However, when I get to the step where you click "Bridge Connections", a pop-up message say that I need two high-speed or LAN connection to set up the bridge. I did some additional research on the web that says the same thing. Did I do something wrong?

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toby

Nov 21 2008, 10:09 PM

Does this also apply with wiring a bad/unwired laptop to a wireless laptop? iGuest, and my router telling me my wired connection is 12 mb/s makes me unsure.

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TehJohn

Nov 22 2008, 01:42 PM

Wow, I cant believe this is so easy, and here's me pulling my router from the top of my wardrobe like an idiot to plug it into the xbox

Ill have to try this later! Thanks!

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(G)jason

Nov 21 2008, 10:07 AM

hey, great guide right there. After reading your article, I decided to try it out. My wireless router is in my room, and my xbox is in the living room. I hooked the xbox up with my laptop(which is able to get wireless internet), but no other connection attached to it. However, when I get to the step where you click "Bridge Connections", a pop-up message say that I need two high-speed or LAN connection to set up the bridge. I did some additional research on the web that says the same thing. Did I do something wrong? -reply by jason

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(G)

Nov 22 2008, 04:56 AM

Replying to iGuest Select both wired LAN connection and wireless adapter connection then bridge them.

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(G)afuNk

Nov 26 2008, 01:12 AM

It actually worked, and for iGuest: I had that same problem, I had one LAN that was connected and an other one that wasn't connected, I selected both of them and than bridged it, and it worked, so try that and see if it works. Even thought it worked, I came up with alot of problems, like if I were to close my laptop so it would go to sleep or hibernate, my xbox live wouldn't work, than after that, my wireless router had limited connectivity to my laptop and it barely worked, so I just unbridged my connection and kept it the same, I could just use a switch and make my xbox live worked, I just tried so I could maybe help other people. But anyways, thats what happened to me

. -reply by afuNk

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(G)B.

Dec 26 2008, 07:19 PM

Wireless 360 without an adapter using a laptop
Wireless On The Xbox 360 Without An Adapter.

If my laptop is really slow will this affect the gameplay with lag?

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(G)Author Name - e.g. John, Mike

Mar 12 2009, 10:11 PM

What about the wireless adapters for laptops?
Wireless On The Xbox 360 Without An Adapter.

Does the usb port on the 360 support the usb wireless adapters sold for laptops? I completely understand bridging the wireless connection to the wired connection. So please, don't try to explain it to me. I was just wondering if anyone has tried a usb "dongle" type wireless adapter in one of the 360's usb ports.

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(G)David

May 2 2009, 08:44 PM

To get your xbox on live with a pc or laptop with a wireless adapter built in, right click your wireless adapter and go to properties, click on the advanced tab and make sure 'allow all other network users to connect through this computers internet connection' is ticked. Plug in your xbox to your pc or laptop and turn it on, then click on library in media player 11 and go to media sharing, tick the 'share my media' box and your xbox should appear there. I've helped quite a few of my friends this way, hope this helps anyone else.

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iGuest

Nov 14 2009, 04:19 AM

This is a reply to this. I did some experimenting with this and found a way. I use vista and I opened network and sharing, then clicked on manage network connections. Since I use a Verizon pc card for internet, it shows in as dial up. So what I did was click on the verizon 1 and clicked on properties, then the sharing tab. Selected "allow other network users to connect.. " option and on the drop down box put in Local Area Connection. It worked for me. You can tell which is which by having the network connections page open and unplug and plug in the xbox and pc card to see which is which.

I have a desktop with a wire less connection but when I click Bridge it says "To create a network bridge, you must select at least Two network connections That are not being used by internet connection sharing or the internet Connection firewall" I tried to select two and right click but it does Not have bridge network, what did I do wrong? Thanks

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iGuest

Nov 11 2009, 03:10 AM

Wireless On The Xbox 360 Without An Adapter
Wireless On The Xbox 360 Without An Adapter.

Just tried this a few minutes ago, and it worked beautifully... It seems so simple now that I think about it

THANKS!

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iGuest

Nov 9 2009, 01:48 AM

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I tried a cheap USB dongle on my XBox 360 with no luck. I am not sure if there is a way to access the settings in the XBox dashboard, but I could not find a way to change the settings to recognize the dongle and my wireless network.

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iGuest

Nov 5 2009, 02:36 AM

I have a desktop with a wire less connection but when I click bridge it says "To create a network bridge, you must select at least two network connections that are not being used by internet connection sharing or the internet connection firewall" I tried to select two and right click but it does not have bridge network, what did I do wrong? Thanks