Advantages: Wireless connectivity to Xbox live, Simply to setup Disadvantages: Ridiculously expensive, Doesn't come in black to match my Xbox 360 Elite
If, like me, you have an Xbox 360, you will no doubt be aware of the dynamic and enjoyable facility available to you online, namely Xbox live. Xbox live is a place where you can download demos and game add-ons, chat to your friends, and stream movies and videos direct to your Xbox 360 in glorious high definition. But while the Nintendo Wii and the Sony Playstation 3 can go online straight from the box without any additional hardware, Microsoft, in their infinite wisdom, decided not to include wireless connectivity as standard in the Xbox 360.
This leaves you with a couple of options should you wish to get your Xbox 360 online; an Ethernet cable from your router is probably the cheapest way, but in these wireless days I was really looking at reducing the cables stretching around my home, not add to them. There is another method ...
Having tried to connect my 360 via ethernet to my wireless connection, through my Mac or my Windows laptop, and having no success, this provided the only feasible solution.
Unfortunately, unlike the PS3, the Xbox 360 is not wireless-ready out of the box, and in order to make it so, you must invest a further £50+, which is quite a pain in the rear.
Unfortunately, it seems that, in making the console itself so cheap and appealing, Microsoft aim (as always) to make their money on the peripherals, which everybody needs for the full gaming experience.
Nevertheless, this does exactly what it says on the box (sorry to be cliched).
Plug-and-Play, as expected, you connect it to your console and through your dashboard, search for your wireless connection and, with your WEP key or security key at hand, you can instantly connect to your ...
Advantages: Can connect computers together in home or office without wires all over the pace Disadvantages: Might interfere with some cordless phones
We recently decide to buy a Belkin ASDL Modem with Wireless G Router because we have two computers at home.
My other half found it easy to install and get working on our main computer which is upstairs. Downstairs is our family computer and we though it would help the family,(kids not allowed in mum and dads bedroom), to access the internet for school work, research and e mail access.
Everything worked fine, even the remote dongle worked really well and gets a really good signal.
The best thing about this wirelessLAN is that you can use the main computer to allow certain settings on the remote computer and turn internet access on or off, transfer files from main computer to remote computer and view what the remote user is accessing so you can net nanny any of your kids while they surf without actually looking over their ...
Product Information for "Draytek Wireless LAN Aerials Antenna" »
Cabling & wiring
Connector Provided
1 x SMA male
Manufacturer's product description
Vigor routers equipped with Wireless LAN facilities are available with either the standard 3dB gain or optional 5dB high-gain aerials. The high-gain aerials provide a signal gain which can in many circumstances improve your wireless coverage/range and connection speed, particularly where your planned coverage is borderline and needs a 'little extra help'. Wireless antenna gain is a complex area and Draytek recommends seeking out a specialist site for further details but put simply, aerials are designed in such a way that they can increase the signal output from the transmitter's original output. The output of the Vigor routers wireless module is approximately 17dB (or dBmW), after allowing for any loss from cables. The standard aerials (supplied with the router) then provide a 3dB gain, giving a total output of 20dB.
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