justinian said: Squilliam said: Essentially its like this. Wireless G as seen in the PS3 is now considered useless for gaming, only N wireless is good and it doesn't matter whether you're going with an Xbox 360 or PS3 you'll still have to pay extra for it. Essentially it's like this. The wireless G add-on as currently available for the x360 is now considered useless for gaming, only N wireless is good and it doesn't......................   Wouldn't that have better than to bring the PS3 into the debate....some people just can't help themselves.

Just wait until the next 'should I get a PS3 or 360 thread of 5-10 pages' and you'll probably see it mentioned. Im just giving it the heads up.

does anyone know will this still work on my G router? if so will it only work upto G speeds?

Microsoft X360 current wireless converter $77:
http://www.amazon.com/Xbox-360-Wireless-Network-Adapter/dp/B000B6MLV4/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=videogames&qid=1255330681&sr=8-1

wireless bridge(802.11n draft) $55:

http://www.amazon.com/NETGEAR-Wireless-N-Access-Bridge-WNHDE111/dp/B00126V3EI/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&s=electronics&qid=1255330904&sr=8-2

lets hope MS's pricing is reasonable on this one

Wireless Bridge is still limited to T100 connections where as N exceeds 100mbs if I'm not mistaken

"The max speed of 802.11g is 54 megabits per second; however expect around 11 megabits per second in normal day to day use."  (http://www.tech-faq.com/802.11g.shtml)

Lets just downgrade that number to 10Mbits to be fairer ;) even then, thats more than most ppl's internet connection at home by a long long long long shot.

also depends on the bridge and the device it's wired to.

If the device is only 10/100, that'll be the limit

however, if the bridge and device its wired to are both gigabit connections, then 300mbs is well within the limit.

@scruffybunny

yup

Higher rates would be good for media centre streaming though, but all depends again on the connection of the device being streamed,

If a media centre only has a 10/100 link to the wireless n router, that'll be the limit the receiving device can get from it, regardless of the ~300mbs the wireless bridge is capable of transmitting/receiving, even if it has a wired gig link to the wireless n bridge.

@anyone

please correct me if I'm wrong, I'm thinking of putting up such a system in my house so any input would be ace