Re: Xbox - DI524 Wireless to DIR-655 - Computer

On Thu, 10 Jan 2008 19:10:25 -0500, The1Falcon
<The1Falcon.32zx4e@no-mx.wirelessforums.org> wrote in
<The1Falcon.32zx4e@no-mx.wirelessforums.org>:

>I have an Xbox360 that I'd like to avoid having to buy the $100+
>Microsoft proprietary wireless adapter. I have an old D-Link DI524 which
>is apparently compatible with the Xbox 360.
>
>My current computer is in another room and is wired to a D-Link
>DIR-655.
>
>Is there a way to have the Xbox ethernet wire connected to the DI-524
>and have that router talk wirelessly to the DIR-655 and join the rest of
>the network?
>
>I've never attempted hooking router to router wirelessly before and
>can't think of a way to do it other than having a wireless nic in one of
>the computers and bridging the connections to the internet and the rest
>of the network that way.
>
>So any solutions would be welcome. Do I need any extra hardware or
>should it be possible with the components I have already?

Router to router (access point to access point) won't work in
infrastructure mode. You need a wireless Ethernet _client_ bridge for
the Xbox 360.

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