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i have a Linksys WGA11B hooked to my tivo and xbox via a dlink switch. i've tried the gaming bridge directly in the xbox and it performs the same as on the switch.

i've finally got it working, but the problem is that the connection is intermittent. while playing xbox live games, the connection will drop at random. i'll shut it off and play single player for a while, then decide to check for friends online and the friends list will appear so reconnection is obvious. after a while it may or may not drop again. the other night it did. i shut the xbox off to watch rescue me on fx and at the end i decided to try a network connection via the tivo. so the tivo connects fine and the xbl connects. the next morning i will try connection again for shits and giggles...it works.

i come home from work it doesn't work.

wtf is going on????? this is my first wireless device. is this normal? should i reboot something or tweak the ghz signal to better the connection. i've configured correctly, but i'm at a loss on how to keep the connection going. it is 25' between the wap and the gaming adapter.
 
[quote name='gaelan']wtf is going on????? this is my first wireless device. is this normal?[/QUOTE]

Sadly, yes, sometimes it is.

Break out your drill and run CAT5 through your basement. After months of trying wireless with various routers and adapters, it just wasn't reliable enough for gaming or streaming video. I gave up and ran cable through the basement and up into the respective rooms.
 
Do you live in a subburb?

If so, your neighbors probably all want to be 'cool' with wireless too. So you all go to BB and buy generic access point #4 and you're all using the factory settings of admin:pass@default:6 :p

Anyways, I'm willing to bet cash that you're just on the same channel as all your neighbors. When that happens, a shift in signal strenth can fuck up your connection. Go into your access point's config and change the channel to 3 or 9.

If that doesn't work, my guess is that the key is set wrong. (open/shared) I've had that do it to me.
 
[quote name='Zing']Sadly, yes, sometimes it is.

Break out your drill and run CAT5 through your basement. After months of trying wireless with various routers and adapters, it just wasn't reliable enough for gaming or streaming video. I gave up and ran cable through the basement and up into the respective rooms.[/quote]

i'm coming off a wired setup. all i've read is positive shit about wireless convenience, but this has been a freakin crap shoot on whether i'll wake up with wap to bridge connection. i reset/cycled the channels on this little gaming adapter and presto the tivo "found" the previously lost gateway. xbox live signed right in...i assume cycling the channels refreshed the signal????

the various channels are for head to head play with other gaming adapters the "in" setting is for internet play. oh well i'll see how it goes from here. if anyone has any suggestions...

does b network vs g network make a difference on connection consistency?
 
[quote name='Kayden']Do you live in a subburb?

If so, your neighbors probably all want to be 'cool' with wireless too. So you all go to BB and buy generic access point #4 and you're all using the factory settings of admin:pass@default:6 :p

Anyways, I'm willing to bet cash that you're just on the same channel as all your neighbors. When that happens, a shift in signal strenth can fuck up your connection. Go into your access point's config and change the channel to 3 or 9.

If that doesn't work, my guess is that the key is set wrong. (open/shared) I've had that do it to me.[/quote]

i've reassigned wap ip and setup a unique username/password. i also shifted signal from 11 to 10 whatever that does. the peeps next on one side are wired. i'll check on the other side. the other 2 in neighborhood are old, so i'm betting they are wired.
 
Can your stuff be upgraded to G? (I don't know anything about wireless adapters specifically for consoles, so maybe they are restricted to B.)

It's worth testing out if you really want to go wireless.
 
Some things to try:

1) Check the wap logs to see if it is rebooting. If it is rebooting, make sure channel auto-select is not enabled. Lock on to a channel and set transmission rate to "best". If you can select channels, avoid channel 6 which is the default channel. Channels 1 and 11 are also used by Turbo G devices that are not very socially friendly to nearby networks.

2) Is there a line of sight between the Linksys and the wap? If there is a wall, is there plumbing or anything electrical that could interfere with the signal? Try temporarily relocating the devices so that there is a line of sight to determine if this is the source of the problem.

3) Any nearby cordless phones operating at 2.4 Ghz or microwave ovens? These share the same frequency as 802.11b and g devices. Try relocating them away to a different room to see if this solves the problem.

4) If the wap supports dynamic fragmentation, turn it off. Xbox Live is incompatible with this feature.
 
[quote name='wilcat']Some things to try:

1) Check the wap logs to see if it is rebooting. If it is rebooting, make sure channel auto-select is not enabled. Lock on to a channel and set transmission rate to "best". If you can select channels, avoid channel 6 which is the default channel. Channels 1 and 11 are also used by Turbo G devices that are not very socially friendly to nearby networks.

2) Is there a line of sight between the Linksys and the wap? If there is a wall, is there plumbing or anything electrical that could interfere with the signal? Try temporarily relocating the devices so that there is a line of sight to determine if this is the source of the problem.

3) Any nearby cordless phones operating at 2.4 Ghz or microwave ovens? These share the same frequency as 802.11b and g devices. Try relocating them away to a different room to see if this solves the problem.

4) If the wap supports dynamic fragmentation, turn it off. Xbox Live is incompatible with this feature.[/quote]

there is not line of sight, but not much electrical or plumbing in between...no microwave

cordeless phone is voip so it sits next to the computer about 3 feet away from the wap
 
Dunno if this applies to consoles, but for my Wifes wireless PC, I had to do some 'port forwarding' so she could play WoW without dropping all the time. I found out which ports WoW uses, and forwarded them in my wireless router, and she's been fine ever since.
 
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