For the time being, you can connect to the wireless on your laptop, buy a crossover cable from your 360 to your laptop, and have both of those on the network at least.

You have to turn internet connection sharing on, and the 802.1x authentication OFF, this is the key. Also make sure to have all firewalls off.

 

You would probably need an access point on the 1st floor as well as the second floor. An access point can pick up the existing wireless network and re-broadcast the same network to increase the range. Many companies that use wireless will have several access points on each floor to provide reliable signals across the building.

 

Yeah I've been doing that but like i said i'll have 4 devices in 1 room so thats not going to work.

So you recommend linksys to do this with? Or belkins? What about the routers I linked although when I read the wiki it seemed its a little harder to load that software on the Buffalos. I was looking for something with G and 125mbs plus the buffalo supports Nintendo DS WiFi

Found this article for the Buffalo Routers using the DD-WRT software

 

Yeah, what he said, I got a bit distracted talking about my setup... If you just remove the IP Forewarder, you would have exactally what you need. Mine is doing exactally what you want yours to do... I have a router, bridge and forewarder. The Router and bridge is what you need. The forewarder just creates an additional "Dumb" wireless network from the bridge and sends all requests to the router.

You just need to buy a new WRT54G router. Then you install DD-WRT on a the new Linksys WRT54G router. Set the router to "bridge mode" and have it connect to your wireless network. It will usually be cheaper then buying a wireless bridge or access point and you will get 5 output ports for wired devices, while retaining the same wireless networking capabilities you have from your origonal router.

 

Well I'm looking to do this with something thats not really expensive, seems to work well and is 125mbs... thats why I was focusing on the Buffalo routers. Seems like everyone likes them, and even the ppl on DD-WRT like the hardware in their newest 125mbs wireless router.

 

Yep. Buffalo is a good router. I'm just partial to the linksys WRT54G because they are more common and alot cheaper then other routers, $50 at walmart. The WRT45G(S) is a speed booster router, I'm not sure how much faster the transmission rate is but it costs about $80. The last time I checked on buffalo routers they were about $100

 

The new ones are $42.99 at newegg

 

Buffalo? Hell, get it!

 

Yeah thinking about it.. my dad finally got back to me and we have a linksys WRT54G in the basement. Now I'm wondering if I should get a linksys or try to get the buffalo to work with it.

For some reason wont let me edit the first post so hopefully this one gets merged into my previous post...

Anyways did some research and though about throwing this in the basement

Linksys WRT54GS

And using the WRT54G upstairs as an access point. I'm assuming the "speed booster" will help with getting a better signal upstairs to the WRT54G.

 

^^ Actually you must have 2 WRT54GSs. Speedbooster is a technology which requires special hardware to interperate. The GS routers are the ones which can do that. It's the same with all 802.11G routers that are faster then 54Mbps. The "G" standard is 54Mbps. If a router exceeds that, it is beause it's something special the manufacturer does to the router and it is not the standard. Usually it means that in order to use that speed you must buy all products from that manufacturer, including wireless networking cards, access points, as well as routers.

If you need more speed, I'd look for components in the 802.11N realm. It's set to run at 74Mbps. It's faster then 802.11G and a set standard. If you really want some sort of other method of making data transfer quicker, that's probly the way to go rather then change out all of your wireless networking gear.

If you bought a 802.11N router, they're usually backwards compatable (check lablel) and you could mix the network with some parts running at 802.11N and some others running at 54Mbps. I've never been a fan of any of those speed boosting technologies because every manufacturer has their own.