The xbox wireless adapter - help p2 - Saxperience

MrHouston^p · 16th December 2009, 22:02

So I need one ja

But I was in game last week and was about to pay for one at the till ( the black one ) and a gent in front was bringing one back, I listened in and then asked him why and he said this was his 3rd one he's brought back because it doesn't work, something to do with the disc and the fact group 'N' wont work in the average house

So what's best, the white or black? Do they do the same job? I don't want to buy 1 and end up having to take it back

de4n0 · 16th December 2009, 22:07

I dont know why people are wasting there money with these things, if you buy a normal wirless usb reciever it works fine, you dont have to buy the actual xbox one. Just plug it in and thats it.

Danny · 17th December 2009, 00:32

does that mean u can use

Jungle_Jim^m · 17th December 2009, 00:44

that is the first i have heard you can use 3rd party receivers without connecting it via a laptop

, i tried my belkin one and it didnt work

karlh944 · 17th December 2009, 15:18

when i had my xbox i had the white one and i didnt have any problems with it

Scott^p · 17th December 2009, 15:22

You cant just plug any receiver in, where would it get the drivers to work with the xbox?

No point buying the black one unless you have a wireless N network.

Wireless has been released in ranges: a, b, g and now N.

Each one has been faster and transmits further. Likewise your router will most likely broadcast in a, b and g, unless you bought a new router very recently that supports N.

Hazmanscoop · 17th December 2009, 15:26

well i have the white one, works with no issues

my brother has the black one

Running a Netgear wireless router and had no problems as of yet

Scott^p · 17th December 2009, 15:30

the black one will be backwards compatible with normal wireless but no real point paying extra...yet

Hazmanscoop · 17th December 2009, 15:37

there not any extra at game, i payed the same price for my white one

Bound · 17th December 2009, 15:56

No difference between the black and white ones, I work in GAME, and there is a problem with the disc, it will display "mixed media", sometimes, if you go to video library, then "current disc", it can still be run.

Hazmanscoop · 17th December 2009, 16:06

thats what happened when my brother put his on, but it works without even running the disc?!?!

MrHouston^p · 17th December 2009, 16:09

Ah im so confused, need to know because my nan said she'd get it me for christmas, id get the white one but asda have the black ones in cheaper than anywhere ive seen

hmm

Hazmanscoop · 17th December 2009, 16:19

what wireless router you got?

MrHouston^p · 17th December 2009, 16:26

BT home hub, white one got it about 6 months ago

Hazmanscoop · 17th December 2009, 16:27

im gonna say that the black one would work tbh mate

but the white one will definatly work

AXVTR2 · 17th December 2009, 18:55

i've got the black one and im using a speedtouch router

Rob-6 · 17th December 2009, 22:03

i have the white one and it works fine never had an issue with it

AXracing · 17th December 2009, 22:32

You can use LAM to WiFi bridges. They plug in to the LAN port and not the USB ports as per the MS item. I use the original white MS WiFi dongle and it works a lot better than the one built in my PC and laptop.

Penn · 18th December 2009, 19:42

Buy the black one as it's compatible with A/B/G and N wireless networks.

Means you're future proof should you ever upgrade to N which you will more than likely do at some point as it is noticeably better than G.

If you buy the white one, you'll then have to buy the black one when (if) you upgrade to an N network.

PSPDan · 19th December 2009, 11:26

I've had the white one ever since I got my 360 and never had any problems personally.

But as above if the price is the same may as well get the black one and be future proof?