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There's a variety of gadgets out there that plug in to a standard RJ-45 LAN cable connector and give it wireless capabilities. I'm looking to link our XBox to my router (IEEE 802.11g) and play back videos without having to snake a cable through the house. But I have a few questions and I'm hoping someone on here has done it already.
1. Are there any downsides to doing it this way, apart from financials?
2. What hardware would I have to get to do this? I'm thinking a small antenna (7d
from the router to give it better throughput if it's not running full speed due to interference (optional) and some sort of RJ-45 to Wireless converter (required) - I believe these cost about $60.
3. Has anyone done this before and can verify that it actually plays back without any issues (e.g. laggy playback due to not having a high enough throughput)?
I play 350mb 43 min TV eps and the occasional virtual DVD hosted on my PC (I believe this would have a slightly higher throughput), but the TV eps are the main thing that I want working with this. I'm getting a bit annoyed with the 30m Cat5 cable running through the house and a wireless connection would solve this (rental place, so can't drill holes through the house...)
1. Are there any downsides to doing it this way, apart from financials?
2. What hardware would I have to get to do this? I'm thinking a small antenna (7d
from the router to give it better throughput if it's not running full speed due to interference (optional) and some sort of RJ-45 to Wireless converter (required) - I believe these cost about $60.3. Has anyone done this before and can verify that it actually plays back without any issues (e.g. laggy playback due to not having a high enough throughput)?
I play 350mb 43 min TV eps and the occasional virtual DVD hosted on my PC (I believe this would have a slightly higher throughput), but the TV eps are the main thing that I want working with this. I'm getting a bit annoyed with the 30m Cat5 cable running through the house and a wireless connection would solve this (rental place, so can't drill holes through the house...)
