09-11-2009, 10:05 PM
hey fellas-
i'm looking for a network expert. my little boy has a birthday coming up in a couple weeks. he will be 7, and it's his dream to have his own xbox 360. so i got him the hookup, and got him a new xbox 360. now i'm trying to get him the entire solution, and get it hooked up to xbox live. his bedroom is at the other end of the house from where my router and stuff is set up. i could go out and buy him one of the wireless networking adapters, but they're kinda pricey (100 bucks!) and i'd prefer to do it on the cheap. my question is this, i have 2 identical netgear routers. i buy them at the shack when they go on the dirt cheap, just in case one burns out or something. can one of those be configured to be used as an access point instead of actually sending out a wireless signal? meaning, can one receive the signal in the bedroom and wire into the 360 for it to connect to the internet to play games on live, or system link against me. or can this not be done? by doing a little searching on google, it would appear it may be possible. however, i can't figure out what i'm reading. i might as well be looking at something in french when i look at most of these sites. does anyone know if this can be done? is it something i can do? or should i just break down and buy the wireless adapter? any help is appreciated guys.
i'm looking for a network expert. my little boy has a birthday coming up in a couple weeks. he will be 7, and it's his dream to have his own xbox 360. so i got him the hookup, and got him a new xbox 360. now i'm trying to get him the entire solution, and get it hooked up to xbox live. his bedroom is at the other end of the house from where my router and stuff is set up. i could go out and buy him one of the wireless networking adapters, but they're kinda pricey (100 bucks!) and i'd prefer to do it on the cheap. my question is this, i have 2 identical netgear routers. i buy them at the shack when they go on the dirt cheap, just in case one burns out or something. can one of those be configured to be used as an access point instead of actually sending out a wireless signal? meaning, can one receive the signal in the bedroom and wire into the 360 for it to connect to the internet to play games on live, or system link against me. or can this not be done? by doing a little searching on google, it would appear it may be possible. however, i can't figure out what i'm reading. i might as well be looking at something in french when i look at most of these sites. does anyone know if this can be done? is it something i can do? or should i just break down and buy the wireless adapter? any help is appreciated guys.