2006-12-30

Linksys WGA 11B

I've had the Linksys WGA 11B 802.11B gaming bridge for a while and I broke it out the other day for use with an Xbox 360. It's kinda cool (RJ-45 to wireless bridge) but there are some problems with it:


  • Can't use WPA

  • Uses the MAC id of the Ethernet device connected to it, not its own

  • Have to turn on SSID for the thing to work (more of a problem now that I have a router that actually DOES turn off SSID unlike my old Belkin)

  • 11 MBps performance



The XBox is a loaner from someone who's moving but while I have it I'd like to try the media server thing; however, I do not want to broadcast my SSID. I could set up another router as a honeypot and turn it on/off but that's a lot of ho-de-ho for this. I should just spring for a new 802.11G flavor sexy thing but then what would this poor guy do?

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