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90Coupe5.0
03-26-2009, 05:04 PM
alright. im not so smart on the wirless shit. so i need know if this will work.
alright. i found a wireless router in my old room and was wanting to know if i can hook up my xbox to it and use live without a computer in my room??
and if so how do i set this up??
this is whats in my room.....
http://www.techfuels.com/everything-else/7556-linksys-wireless-g-broadband-router-wrt54g.html
If you have a connection to the internet to connect the wireless router to (wired), then yes... else you might need a wireless bridge. Or you can get the wireless adapter for the xbox to pick up your wireless signal if it needs to be away from the xbox...
90Coupe5.0
03-26-2009, 05:14 PM
yeah i know about the wireless thing for the xbox but thats 100 bucks and right now i just have this wirless router. but no computer in my room.
i posted a pic of what i have on my original post
It is possible to make the Linksys WRT54G act as a bridge if you have a wireless router and internet connection elsewhere in the house...
ceyko
03-26-2009, 05:33 PM
Don't think the WRT will do so - the WAP54G can be a bridge or repeater though.
90Coupe5.0
03-26-2009, 05:35 PM
ok. so i hjave a computer in the living room. thats the main one and it uses at&t u-verse to connect. how am i able to get my wirless router to connect to that without a comp???
Don't think the WRT will do so - the WAP54G can be a bridge or repeater though.
Sure it can... just have to download some different firmware and it is a pita to setup... I have done it before.
ok. so i hjave a computer in the living room. thats the main one and it uses at&t u-verse to connect. how am i able to get my wirless router to connect to that without a comp???
I have no idea how you are connected to the u-verse... If it is wired, then you would need a wireless router in the living room that you could bridge to. Or just run a long network cable from a switch/hub from the living room to the xbox...
kind of hard to give you a good solution without knowing what all you have connection-wise... Sorry.
90Coupe5.0
03-26-2009, 05:49 PM
alright here is what is setup up on the comp.
http://i53.photobucket.com/albums/g79/06MustangGT/675A0145.jpg
http://i53.photobucket.com/albums/g79/06MustangGT/675A0146.jpg
Goose1
03-26-2009, 05:54 PM
If you have U-verse you can just plug into the back of any of the cable boxes. I have my Xbox plugged into the back of cable box in the living room.
U-verse has Ethernet plug-in on the back of all there cable boxes.
90Coupe5.0
03-26-2009, 05:55 PM
yeah i know that. but i dont have a 75ft. cord to reach all the way in my room.
and when my rents are watching tv i cant play live. lol.
so im wanting the wirless router i have to connect to that so i can play live in my room.
If you have U-verse you can just plug into the back of any of the cable boxes. I have my Xbox plugged into the back of cable box in the living room.
U-verse has Ethernet plug-in on the back of all there cable boxes.
That is cool.... If he has a cable box next to the tv the xbox is plugged in he should be good. If not, can you plug a wireless router into the back of the cable box and let it route your packets?
Goose1
03-26-2009, 06:06 PM
Im sure you can iv'e never tried it.
90Coupe5.0
03-26-2009, 06:09 PM
yeah. i know how to hook it up to the box by the tv. but i wanna play in my room.
EDIT!! well i figured it out. i plugged an ethernet cord into my at&t box in my room sense it had a connect and now im connected to the main box. sweet. dont need a wireless router.
ceyko
03-26-2009, 06:34 PM
Sure it can... just have to download some different firmware and it is a pita to setup... I have done it before.
Fair enough. I made the assumption that was not an option for the OP and it was not otherwise mentioned.
Fair enough. I made the assumption that was not an option for the OP and it was not otherwise mentioned.
Well that is why I did not go into detail about it... heh.
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