Does anyone use the old Xbox Network adapter with thier 360?

[Xian042]

I had one hanging around and it would be so much easier if I could just use that instead of dishing out $100 on the 360 adapter. The Xbox sees it but just wont connect to the network. I tried a few things and found a tutorial online, but no good. I called MS Customer Support but they just say tell me that unit is not supported with 360. But I know some people have gotten it to work without a mod or anything.

any help out there?

[c0ldb33r]

it works. I saw a faq about it earlier tonight.

[incubus421]

here you are sir....I knew I read something about what you're doing the other day and I re-found it for you.

http://i.gizmodo.com/5133447/how-to-...ly-and-cheaply

[BlackandBlue]

Yeah, I had mine setup for a while before I broke down and ran an Ethernet wire for the rest of my consoles. Just keep in mind if you are using wireless security, the mn-740 doesn't support wpa unless you flash it to the d-link model.

[CDiablo]

Theres plenty of wireless bridges to be had out there for nearly the same price or less than the old adapter(for whatever reason its still pretty pricey). Id use a bridge, which has way more features than the regular xbox adapter. If you already have the original XBOX adapter it can be done, just google it.

I on the other hand got a working official 360 wireless dongle for $33 shipped somehow.

[Jimid2]

We've got two of those XBox adapters in my house... We use one on the 360, and the other as a portable wireless port onto the household network. Once you flash them up, they're fantastic as ports for old tech - weve got some old Linux laptops that don't have built in wireless we use them with for surfing and homework and whatnot... Anyway, once they're configured properly, they should work fine with any device that has an ethernet port... When you use one on your XBox 360, as far as the 360 is concerned, it's as if it's plugged directly into a (rather slow) bridge...

[shopkins]

That sounds like a good idea. The official adaptor is a little steep.

A couple of days ago I discovered that I can get on live even cheaper by sharing my laptop's connection with my Xbox. It takes a bit of fiddling but not as much as I expected it to. There weren't really any advanced settings to change, I just have to make sure to do things in the right order or I get an error.

My problem now is that my 360 says my Nat is set to strict and some game might not work right. I heard that could be fixed by changing settings on the router but, unfortunately, I don't have access to it. My landlord allows me to use his wireless.

But I have been able to play some online games. I was playing Ultimate Mortal Kombat 3 earlier and it worked okay, with not much lag. I haven't tried the headset, though, and that's something my Xbox warned me might not work right.