wireless router arrived- now i'm stuck !!

Hugeass304

I have a netgear router and when I tried to use an encryption code my laptop was fine but my sons xbox wouldn't accept the key. Does anyone know why this should be please?

espresso

Hugeass304 wrote: »

I have a netgear router and when I tried to use an encryption code my laptop was fine but my sons xbox wouldn't accept the key. Does anyone know why this should be please?

What operating system is in use on your son's machine? Needs to be XP SP2 or above to use WPA-PSK.

Alternatively try using a HEX string from here but remove the last character. e.g. 63 chars.

Hugeass304

I'm not sure to be honest, [EMAIL="i@ll"]i'll[/EMAIL] have a look tonight. It's quite a modern xbox 360 and i'm sure it recognised that a WPA PSK encryption was required to be entered but it wouldn't have it when I tried. Perhaps I should try WEP instead

espresso

Hugeass304 wrote: »

I'm not sure to be honest, i'll have a look tonight. It's quite a modern xbox 360 and i'm sure it recognised that a WPA PSK encryption was required to be entered but it wouldn't have it when I tried. Perhaps I should try WEP instead

I'm sure that I've read that the xbox does not support WPA encryption, therefore it can't connect to a wireless router with WPA enabled.

Hugeass304

Thanks espresso, looks like i'll have to try wep

albertross_2

It does support wpa, some of the other consoles/handhelds (nintendo ds etc) don't though

http://www.xbox.com/en-US/support/systemsetup/xbox360/accessories/wirelessnetworkadapter-troubleshoot.htm

espresso

albertross wrote: »

It does support wpa, some of the other consoles/handhelds (nintendo ds etc) don't though

http://www.xbox.com/en-US/support/systemsetup/xbox360/accessories/wirelessnetworkadapter-troubleshoot.htm

Yes you are right, I was thinking of the Nintendo DS. The xbox does need a HEX passphrase when using either WEP or WPA.

stevemcol

i've set up an x box 360 using WPA and a full alphabet key, no probs.