Three Six Zero

[jsbowden]

So, the kiddo has been wanting an Xbox360 for a while. He's got quite a chunk of change in birthday money that he's never spent, so we used that to cover part of the cost. I picked up an Elite version for him yesterday. Yeah, it's a bit more expensive than the standard box (and the Arcade wasn't even an option), but it comes with Lego Indiana Jones and Kung Fu Panda along with all the other extras the Elite throws in the box over the standard configuration, so it was worth the extra dollars. The color also matches all our AV gear, which is a nice side benny.

So, I guess maybe I'll have to pick up whatever it is y'all play regularly and join in?

Once I get it networked. Which I haven't figured out how I'm going to do. I'm not about to spend the $100 Microsoft want for what's a $15 USB WiFi adapter under the injection molded plastic. I guess I'll have to run a cable to the second machine upstairs and bring the wireles bridge it's plugged into to the AV gear. That would get the PS2 on the network also. What I need is a four foot relay rack in the basement with a nice rj48 patch panel wired to dual or quad jacks in every room, and a gbit switch that I can cross connect any of them with (and hey, it makes phone lines easy too, since POTS runs over cat6 just as well as it does over cat3, and rj11/12 plugs into rj48 just fine). Of course, trying to retrofit that kind of wiring into the house would be expensive. But I'm pretty sure it'd also be worth it.

This here post be locked me hardys, as my kiddo can't see it that way.

Comments

[paoconnell.livejournal.com]

If you have a USB connector on the XBox (and I really don't know if it has one), Belkin sells a wireless G adapter for about $40 or so that can connect to a USB port directly, or through a supplied cable. We bought one at Best Buy, IIRC.

[jsbowden.livejournal.com]

I have a Linksys USB wireless adapter, but I doubt the 360 is going to use it. MS are going to want me to pay a premium for theirs. The 360 and the PS2 both have ethernet interfaces on them, so it's easier to just move the bridge to them.

[pokeypenguin.livejournal.com]

I'm not sure what does and doesn't work, but you definitely can get some USB wireless adapters to play nice. (I'm pretty sure Linksys is one of them, even.) Which is not to talk you out of running the cable instead.