Changing From Wired to Wireless Problems

bazz891 · 04-05-2008, 08:02 PM

Hey, im having trouble trying to connect to my wireless network. When I go into the systems blade and edit my network settings the "Wireless Mode" panel is grey and cant be selected even though my wireless adapter (The official microsoft one) is connected and has a solid red light showing its ready to connect to a network.
When i do a Xbox Live or a Media test it says that the network adapter is "Disconnected", and all the advice i seem to be able to find is try taking it out and plugging it back in and that really dosnt make any difference.

I dont have an ethernet cable plugged in, although i did used to have it wired. Could there be some setting to change my console over to wireless? i have tried re-setting to the factory settings and have even tried maintenace on my hard drive, but with no luck. And I have tried the adapter on all the USB ports.

Im using a Orange Livebox, and the Official Microsoft Adapter, and i have 3 other pc's the have been able to connect to the network fine which makes me think its an issue with my xbox.

Has anybody else had this problems of know whats causing the "Wireless Mode" panel to be unavaliable?

Cheers.

timstone · 04-06-2008, 12:26 AM

to be honest, ive heard the microsoft adapter is a piece of junk

for the price you paid for it, you could have gotten a wireless N router and usb adapter for the pc (if you need it)

my only guess is that possibly your gateway (wireless router or whatever) is not compatible with the microsoft adapter

im pretty sure they have a list of compatible gateways on the xbox website, try and search for it and you'll see

bazz891 · 04-06-2008, 06:40 AM

It seems to be more a problem with the console as i cant even select wireless mode, rather than not being able to connect to my network.

ShadowmanUK · 04-06-2008, 07:09 AM

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bazz891 · 04-06-2008, 08:18 AM

Thanks, good site but im still not getting anywhere as i cant select the wireless settings from the network system blade as its greyed out.

timstone · 04-06-2008, 11:57 AM

see the reason I'm thinking it's a hardware problem is because when I switched from wired to wireless I never had to change anything it just automatically detected it to be wireless

ShadowmanUK · 04-06-2008, 03:19 PM

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Originally Posted by bazz891

Thanks, good site but im still not getting anywhere as i cant select the wireless settings from the network system blade as its greyed out.

Your adapter is faulty then, especially if you've tried it on all USB ports.

omeletduefromag · 04-06-2008, 05:53 PM

directed towards timstone.

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to be honest, ive heard the microsoft adapter is a piece of junk

for the price you paid for it, you could have gotten a wireless N router and usb adapter for the pc (if you need it)

my only guess is that possibly your gateway (wireless router or whatever) is not compatible with the microsoft adapter

im pretty sure they have a list of compatible gateways on the xbox website, try and search for it and you'll see

you can not use pc usb adapters on the xbox. you need drivers to install a usb adapter to a pc and u obviously cant do it on an xbox now can you. think before you post next time.

ShadowmanUK · 04-07-2008, 03:06 AM

timstone · 04-07-2008, 03:22 AM

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Originally Posted by omeletduefromag

directed towards timstone.

you can not use pc usb adapters on the xbox. you need drivers to install a usb adapter to a pc and u obviously cant do it on an xbox now can you. think before you post next time.

maybe you should think before you quote me next time

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for the price you paid for it, you could have gotten a wireless N router and usb adapter for the pc (if you need it)