Cool trick for 360 and Wifi

So I'm pretty much a genius (jk), I love how I can think on my toes. Okay so I purchased an Xbox 360 for my girlfriend for an early christmas present and she took it home today and said she had Wifi and asked if she needed an adapter. The adapters cost so I didn't want to do that. She said she didn't know why the 360 didn't have it built in like her PS3 and I thought for a maximum of 6 or 7 seconds after she said that and it dawned on me. PS3 as a Wifi adapter! Okay so here is my idea... She is bringing her PS3 over tomorrow I am installing linux on it and taking the ethernet from the PS3 and plugging it into the 360 and setting up a bridge and making it load default with the eject button. So anytime she wants to get on her 360 on Live she just presses the eject button her PS3 powers up and then bridges the wireless connection to her 360 through the ethernet cord linking them together. Walla! PS360 ftw.

Just thought it was a cool idea and that I would share it for anyone with a PS3 and needing it for something without wireless built in. Cool or what?

 

That would be cool if you can get it to work. The Xbox wireless adapters are frickin expensive, $90 when I bought one. Lame, Microsoft.

 

Nice, although using a notebook to connect a Xbox 360 wirelessly has been around for a while, also a cheap router that supports the dd-wrt bios (helps with the MTU errors that the Xbox 360 loves to throw up if using a normal wireless router) would be around $30 and would be less hassle.

 

The problem isn't that there isn't a router because there is a wireless router hence how she gets online, nor does she have a computer nearby so the problem is actually recieving the wireless connection in her room to the 360. Thats why I am forced to use the only "half assed computer" in her room to bridge connections i.e. PS3.

 

What I saying it that you could buy a second hand Linksys WRT54G wireless router for around $30 (hell you could buy a compatable low end chinese branded router new for about the same price), which you connect to the Xbox 360 and use it as a Wifi bridge to the Wifi connection you have. The DD-WRT bios makes this quite a simple process.

The PS3 would require between 200 to 90 watts of power depending on model, a router would be around 4 watts, or around 72 to 32 Kilowatt hours of power a year if you played an hour a day compared with er 1.5 Kilowatt hours a year...

Although nice it would be like trying to use your car to crack open nuts rather then going out and buying a nut cracker...

 

Cool idea man but I just purchased my girlfriend a 360 I really don't want to even spend 30 after that lol. Maybe down the road but I wasn't aware a wireless router could recieve wireless connection.

Correct me if I am wrong on this diagram.

Internet Ethernet--->Wifi Router-->Wifi Router?-->Ethernet-->Xbox360

lol

Just trying to save money short term man.

 

You might be escaping the cost of a Wifi adaptor but you're introducing more wires, more hardware, more man hours to set it up and ultimately run on more juice. That's like using a washing machine as a table, it's neither pretty or convenient, but it can be a table if you really want it. If I were a girl I d make you buy me an adaptor

 

Have you considered that your ethernet cable connecting from your 360 to your PS3 has to be crossover? besides that it should work but it's ugly as hell.. plus switching between PS3 OS and Ubuntu is a pain if you ask me
ununtu takes ages to boot on the ps3 and start game os at lilo and then set it back in your system settings in PS3 mode pfff and what do you mean with that eject button?

Anyway if you ask me I would spend an extra 30 bucks on powerline ethernet adaptors (the cheapest you can find are good enough) and connect your wireless router by cable to one of these things and the other in the bedroom both connected to your home power network.

 

Agree with Port, I hate the fact that I have 3 x 360 and if all of them were to be linked to the wireless network I'd need to purchase either 3 adaptors (or using your method, 3 PS3 units lol) so I took the plug in solution

 

Cross over comes with the 360. I will price an adapter one moment.

 

Crossover cables havent mattered in quite a while. It can all be handled in software now. It didnt matter 5 years ago when I was doing networking at school even, just good to know for older devices.

And the cable included with the 360 is a standard patch cable.

 

I was thinking of the Xbox1 the cable included was Cat9 designed for LAN.

Also I checked at www.bestbuy.com and the bridges cost 100 dollars not to mention that the routers listed cannot recieve wireless connection and does not function as a bridge. This is also not $30.00

AND it requires a firmware hack as well it doesn't recieve wireless by default.
I checked all my options including using a ethernet cord to her room but the router is too far I even mapped out using her pc which is in the kitchen as a bridge but she uses wired for that so It's all insane I'm just going to do the PS3 thing. I'll let you guys and gals know if it works. So far its the cheapest solution.

 

1) You don't buy a standalone bridge.

2) You don't go by what the router specs say if you're going to use DD-WRT because DD-WRT completely replaces the default router firmware.

3) Getting a 360 for your GF is nice, but if you just got it didn't you get in on the Amazon/Wal-Mart/Best Buy deal last week? Arcade + $100 GC = $200 total cost.

Use that $100 GC to snag a cheap $30 refurb G/N Netgear router and flash it with DD-WRT. Viola, instant firmware upgrade and stupid easy to use as a bridge.

Not to mention that a router with DD-WRT in bridge mode is going to outperform the PS3's weak WiFi signal. Setup the router in her room, set it to bridge mode and then run wires from the PS3, Xbox 360 and Wii all into the bridge.

That'll be your ideal setup.

-hl718

 

Yeah I checked into all that and I missed the 100 dollar gc sale by a day so I'm boned there also the wireless router you are referring to can only be purchased online as a refurb otherwise its 60 bucks. I will get this setup eventually but this is a temporary solution for her untill I have money to dish out.

EDIT: Alright you all win. I forgot how much I hate Linux. Off to the store I go.

 

You can install DD-WRT on old ass Linksys WRT54G routers and use them as a bridge, most of these old routers can be picked up check second hand on ebay or in crappy pc stores.

LOL i am getting old :thumbsup:

 

I've got at least one extra ddwrt router, man. Since you live so close and I need money, I'll sell one to you for mega cheap. I don't know why I didn't think of this when I read the thread earlier. If you give me enough high fives, I'll just give it to you. Cheers!...?

EDIT:
Found it. WRT-54G V5. Not the best (even older models are even better, more RAM, and more flashram for more functionality) but I used it for just this application (bridging) for a long time with no effort. In fact, I have a second one being borrowed by a friend (... he's had it for at least two years now... I should have him just buy the damn thing) for the exact purpose you describe, as a bridge for a 360 that's too far from the main router. I've even got a third one (older model) being used as my main router and a fourth (same as the third) being borrowed by my brother... as a bridge.

One word of caution, is that I have had minor trouble getting the bridge to work depending on what the main router is. I had no trouble getting the previously mentioned friend's network set up when he had another 54G V3, but then it took a little longer to get it going when he switched to AT&T DSL (not sure why he did...) and they required him to use their proprietary modem/wireless router thing (those 2-Wire### wireless networks you may see if you've ever went wardriving).
Once it's running (and I haven't failed yet) it is rock solid.

PM me if you want it. I'll be around tomorrow, as far as the east side for class and then the middle of town in the evening to play a show.

 

If you've bought her an Xbox 360, why can't she buy the wireless adapter if she *really* wants one.

 

The GC's broadband adaptor used a crossover cable for 2 consoles connection and a straight cable for the router way. Not all adaptors can do the switch in software, although most can nowadays.

 

Same with the Xbox1 but the Xbox360 can. I made a bridge out of spare utilities for her don't ask me how but I got it to forward the IP gateway and DNS as a static and now her 360 works.

Man I wish I would have read this before I rigged up that horrid physical bridge I made. Well anyway man it seems like a lot of hassle but just curious how much are you selling it for? I may need around the house to boost the signal to my drum room where I get crap connection.

 

$20 at most. Whatever works for you. I'm not using it.