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by clarkd038

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Hello, I have a netgear router in my house, which I use when home for a desktop upstairs, I now want to move my xbox there as well.

Is there a way to bridge the connection from the desktop to the xbox without having to buy a wireless adapter for the xbox?

Desktop is Vista home basic.

Thanks for your help

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by wizard-09

I would give you the answer but i am a PS3 fanboy so i can't help you on this one maybe if you ring m$ they can help you lol Intel Evil Inside <:)

by ---tk---

It would take a decent amount of configuration, and I don't know if it work with the xbox...

You will need two NIC cards in your PC (wireless card and NIC or two NIC's) from there you will need to create a bridge (in network places), set permissions allow the device to pass through, then you will probably need a "crossover cable" because your running from NIC to NIC. On top of that you are going to have a decent bottle neck (the PC)... then trouble shoot it... Its probably not worth the trouble...

I would recommend getting a wireless adapter, Save yourself the headake, and 20 hours of trying to figure it all out...

by wanttocancel

But I can't see myself parting with 100 bucks to buy the darn thing when you could get an awesome wireless router for that price. At least that's how much the adapter cost here in the South.

by wanttocancel

That the router was downstairs and he wants to put everything upstairs. The poster isn't very clear of where the router will be.

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