Xbox Wireless adapters are used to join together the Xbox console wirelessly to the existing network (that is associated to the broadband internet) to allow you play games online in the comfort of your living room without the hassle of running the network cable.
Wireless network in home provides the easiness and portability. For gamers, having the wireless network in home is a much benefits. With your Xbox console, you can find a convenience place to caress online gaming without the clutter of the wires. How can you do that? You need an interface that allows you to join together to the existing network via the radio frequency band. Xbox wireless adapter will function as the bridge that will allow the Xbox console to relate with the network via the airwave and then join together to the wild internet.
Identify Your Existing Wireless Standard
One of the main reasons you build a wireless network in home is to share the broadband internet relationship with many computers or any other network clients together with the Xbox in the household. Now, which Xbox wireless adapter will fit to your existing network? Firstly you need to recognize your existing network environment which wireless appropriate it is: 802.11 b/g/n or dual band. Dual-band frequency can be wireless G/A (802.11a/g) or wireless N/A (802.11a/n) network standards.
Knowing which appropriate your existing network is, indeed you need the adapter with the same appropriate as your network. For example, if you use the wireless -G router for your network, you should also need wireless -G adapter for the Xbox. Any way that statement doesn't all the time true. Basically you can join together wireless -N adapter to the existing wireless -G network. But, you need to recognize if the adapter is labeled with the Wi-Fi Certified. With the Wi-Fi Certified labeled, the adapter is assured to be compatible with the standards as described in the labeled (wireless b/g/n).
Should y0u select the adapter from the same seller as your router? Wi-Fi Certified labeled will certify that the adapter will be compatible with any industrial wireless devices. Or you can recognize the constructor specification if the adapter supports the Xbox console. Basically the principle of the Xbox wireless adapter is a wireless bridge. You can use any types of wireless bridges as the wireless game adapter with Ethernet port enable to join together to the existing wireless network.
Future Upgrade
Probably your existing wireless b/g network is not satisfactory for daily tasks that query higher speed, trustworthy relationship and longer distance coverage, and you plan for future upgrade with the new wireless technology ready today - the wireless n with dual-band network. Then you need the Xbox wireless adapter that is powered by the most recent technology ready in the marketplace today: the 802.11n appropriate with dual-band feature. With the adapter that supports the draft 802.11n and dual-band technology, you will perform the maximum throughput when connecting to the most suited wireless router that supports draft 802.11n, dual-band, and QoS.
Wireless -G Adapter
If your existing network uses the router with 802.11 b/g standard, and you will never plan for future upgrade to 802.11n dual-band, then you should select the Xbox wireless adapter with 802.11g standard. The adapter with 802.11G appropriate is economy than 802.11N.
Microsoft introduces two types Xbox adapters with 802.11G standards, one of them supports dual-band (wireless -G/A) and the other one is 802.11G adapter that supports all the wireless b/g/n networks.
D-Link also introduces Dwl-G820 and Dgl-3420 which are powered by 802.11G standards, but the Dgl-3420 is a dual-band (wireless -g/a) version with the maximum speed up to 108Mbps in ideal condition.
Wireless -N adapter
For Xbox wireless adapter with 802.11n standard, Microsoft also introduces the wireless -n version with dual-band features. The adapter is designed for covenant and high carrying out and is powered by Xbox 360 to eliminate adapter clutter. TrendNet also introduces Tew-647Ga gaming adapter which is also powered by wireless -n standard. Linksys also introduces Wet610n Linksys Gaming Adapter which is powered by wireless -n with dual-band highlight too.
If the price separate among Xbox wireless adapter products are not much big different, having the wireless -n with dual-band technology would be much benefit. If your current wireless network is based on wireless -n router with dual band, the throughput would be optimum. But if your current wireless network is based on wireless -g router, make sure that your wireless -n adapter is backward compatible with wireless -g standard.