USB to Ethernet Adapter-For X-Box

There's a million wireless products out there connect a wireless network
adapter to a computer's USB port. I need an adapter that will connect a
wireless USB Ethernet adapter's connector into a standard RJ-45 (X-Box)
Ethernet jack. Has anyone seen any of these products around? I did a
Google search and could not find any. If there are any then I may be able
to hook my son's X-Box Live up without purchasing one of those dedicated
X-Box Live adapters. I don't play and he is only home from school for the
summer so I don't feel like shelling out the $90 for a game adapter when I
have plenty of USB 802.11 adapters laying around.

Be curious to see what others say about this.
The SMC2655W is promoted as a product to connect lans.
The output is an standard ethernet jack.
There is a similar product that has USB .
The SMC2655W has the Ethernet jack solely.
It is set up through a web interface on a computer.
Once set up do not think you would need any pc software.
It is a b not a g though.
What do others think of this idea for thsi product ?

SMC coroporate marketing for this product :THE SMC 11 MBPS WIRELESS
ACCESS POINT IS DESIGNED FOR BOTH BUSINESS
AND HOME USERS WITH A MAXIMUM OPERATING RANGE OF 1 800 FEET.
- IT ACTS AS A BRIDGE BETWEEN THE WIRED NETWORK AND THE WIRELESS
CLIENTS.

BudMan wrote:
> There's a million wireless products out there connect a wireless network
> adapter to a computer's USB port. I need an adapter that will connect a
> wireless USB Ethernet adapter's connector into a standard RJ-45 (X-Box)
> Ethernet jack. Has anyone seen any of these products around? I did a
> Google search and could not find any. If there are any then I may be able
> to hook my son's X-Box Live up without purchasing one of those dedicated
> X-Box Live adapters. I don't play and he is only home from school for the
> summer so I don't feel like shelling out the $90 for a game adapter when I
> have plenty of USB 802.11 adapters laying around.

<frankdowling1@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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>
> Be curious to see what others say about this.
> The SMC2655W is promoted as a product to connect lans.
> The output is an standard ethernet jack.
> There is a similar product that has USB .
> The SMC2655W has the Ethernet jack solely.
> It is set up through a web interface on a computer.
> Once set up do not think you would need any pc software.
> It is a b not a g though.
> What do others think of this idea for thsi product ?
>
> SMC coroporate marketing for this product :THE SMC 11 MBPS WIRELESS
> ACCESS POINT IS DESIGNED FOR BOTH BUSINESS
> AND HOME USERS WITH A MAXIMUM OPERATING RANGE OF 1 800 FEET.
> - IT ACTS AS A BRIDGE BETWEEN THE WIRED NETWORK AND THE WIRELESS
> CLIENTS.
>
> BudMan wrote:
>> There's a million wireless products out there connect a wireless network
>> adapter to a computer's USB port. I need an adapter that will connect a
>> wireless USB Ethernet adapter's connector into a standard RJ-45 (X-Box)
>> Ethernet jack. Has anyone seen any of these products around? I did a
>> Google search and could not find any. If there are any then I may be
>> able
>> to hook my son's X-Box Live up without purchasing one of those dedicated
>> X-Box Live adapters. I don't play and he is only home from school for
>> the
>> summer so I don't feel like shelling out the $90 for a game adapter when
>> I
>> have plenty of USB 802.11 adapters laying around.

I tired a wireless access point, Linksys WAP11, configured as a bridge. But
that did not work. The connect light did not come on when I plugged in the
Ehternet cable.

BudMan wrote:
> There's a million wireless products out there connect a wireless network
> adapter to a computer's USB port. I need an adapter that will connect a
> wireless USB Ethernet adapter's connector into a standard RJ-45 (X-Box)
> Ethernet jack. Has anyone seen any of these products around? I did a
> Google search and could not find any. If there are any then I may be able
> to hook my son's X-Box Live up without purchasing one of those dedicated
> X-Box Live adapters. I don't play and he is only home from school for the
> summer so I don't feel like shelling out the $90 for a game adapter when I
> have plenty of USB 802.11 adapters laying around.

You don't need a USB Ethernet adapter. You need a pass through wired to
wireless bridge, often called a Wireless Ethernet Converter. Any device
with an Ethernet port (game console, printer, all-in-one
printer/scanner/fax, computer) can use this device (though since it's
more expensive than a USB/PCI/CardBus wireless card, you wouldn't use it
on a computer unless you needed the wireless antenna far from the computer).

I just installed one on a printer. You first connect it, wired, to a PC,
to configure it, then connect it to the Ethernet port of whatever device
you want. It will transparently pass through the MAC address and IP
address of the device. I had to do this for a printer, because the
wireless print servers that connect to the USB ports of the printer,
don't work well with all-in-one devices (Printer/Scanner/FAX). If I had
realized this earlier, I would have bought the model of all-in-one that
included wireless, rather than just wired, Ethernet.

I used the Buffalo WLI2-TX1-G54. One good thing about Buffalo is that
they have very good technical support (English, non-outsourced, 24/7)
which I needed for this device. Most companies that make routers make
similar devices.