Xbox 360 Xbox 360 networking question -Do I have to use a name brand microsoft wireless device

I'm on the verge of buying a system and debating between these two devices.

Linksys Wireless-G USB Network Adapter with Speedbooster :
http://www.amazon.com/Linksys-Wirel...1?ie=UTF8&s=electronics&qid=1192681067&sr=8-4

Or the name brand...

Microsoft Wireless Network Adapter Xbox 360:
http://www.walmart.com/catalog/product.do?product_id=4196272

Been to the xbox 360 forum and they seem to be completely clueless. A friend of mine uses another linksys device and it works fine. Some of the people over at teh xbox forum think that it will not work due to a driver issue which doesn't make much sense to me. Basically, the microsoft device costs $100 and the other only $15 so I'm trying to make a logical better buy.

Anyone able to clear this up for me with no assumptions... please?

 

You can definitely use third-party wireless adapters rather than the insanely overpriced MS one, though you'll have to hang around for someone with more experience than myself to confirm if that one specifically works. I'd doubt the credibility of anything coming from the MS-owned Xbox forum, given the conflict of interest there.

 

I'm fairly sure you can't. I remember asking the same question a while ago. I think the problem is the fact it's a USB wireless device you need, and the drivers are therefore an issue.

This might have changed now, but I'm sure that's what I was told a year or so ago.

 

Hmm like I said my friend uses a linkskys one and it works fine so I'm a little lost.

 

that probably acts as a bridge to the wired ethernet connection. it works, although config is a pain as you have to connect it to a PC to set all the settings first; you can't just config if from the xbox.

 

you need a bridge... something with an ethernet port on it, not USB.

 

What he said

 

Ethernet Bridge rather than USB dongle if you can (there are some USB ones which do work, although I'm not sure which ones. Although, I have used the MS one in the past and it was extremely simple to set-up).