Anyone got a Linksys G game adpator ?

Pre the game adapter, I went with a Linksys WET11 (bridge) -b and it worked
fine. I set it up on a PC first to enable the WEP, then unplugged from the
PC and into the xBox.

"Nick Wilson" <nfwilson@nospam.hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:uQ8g6rIEEHA.580@TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl...
> Drat, I am going to eat crow on this one. After having the issues that I
> have been having with my gaming adapter, I was just about to RMA it
through
> Cisco. I tried one last thing though before I packed it up. I tried
> configuring it over a wired connection. That seemed to work now - which is
> odd that I hadn't thought of doing that before hand. Augh, three months of
> bantering back and forth with Cisco/LinkSYS only to find out I should have
> been using a wired connection to change the settings rather than my
wireless
> laptop. Anyways, looks like I am back in business then.
>
> - Nick
> nfwilson@nospam.hotmail.com
>
>
>
> "Nick Wilson" <nfwilson@nospam.hotmail.com> wrote in message
> news:umFR414DEHA.2564@TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl...
> > Welcome to my world unfortunately. I have had this adapter since
November
> > now and the goings back and forth with Cisco have been extremely
painful.
> If
> > you have the receipt and it's not past the expiring date I'd recommend
> > returning this adapter. My problems have been inability to hide the
SSID,
> > inability to enable WEP, and the setup program is the absolute WORST I
> have
> > seen for a LinkSYS product. I think this was really rushed out the door.
I
> > have been told that LinkSys/Cisco is aware of the issues (have been
since
> > November) but do you think they would give me an update on when a new
> > firmware would become available? For now I use the adapter - leaving the
> > network open save for securing via MAC address. This really sucks and I
am
> > horribly disappointed in the total lack of support since Cisco purchased
> > LinkSYS. If this is their attempt at garnering support for the home,
they
> > really flubbed up. I have been through 3 technicians now, all with the
> > promise that something will be done. I have been an avid user of LinkSYS
> > products for 5 years and this is the one product that has left a sour
> taste
> > in my mouth. Sorry if the rant is a little lone, but I would really
advise
> > you to purchase the Microsoft one instead -- I wish it was available
here
> in
> > Canada back when I was looking for adapters. It certainly would have
saved
> > me a lot of grief and aggravation.
> >
> > Nick
> > nfwilson@nospam.hotmail.com
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > "127.0.0.1" <127.0.0.1@hushmail.com> wrote in message
> > news:c3g4vo$283vpo$1@ID-9141.news.uni-berlin.de...
> > > X-No-Archive: yes
> > >
> > > "Deuteronomy" <blah@blahblah.com> wrote in message
> > > newsDK6c.51$mz4.1@newsfe1-gui.server.ntli.net...
> > > > i have the game adapter model wga54g
> > > >
> > > > " seems it sometimes doesnt recognise the Game Adaptor and wont get
> > allow
> > > > you to get into
> > > > the configuration... other times it forgets its settings"
> > > >
> > > > what do you mean, is this the bit where you hook it to your pc? i
> just
> > > > plugged mine into the xbox and it works no issues im using DHCP
via
> > > > linksys WRT54G have had not a single issue
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > if your talking about the xbox dashboard revognisnig it when you
goto
> > the
> > > > wireless section it wlaways reports not found but then i bet thats
> > > specific
> > > > to he ms adapter which is only availalbe in the states
> > > >
> > > >
> > >
> > > No when you run the "setup.exe" program it says game adaptor not found
> but
> > > other times it will will find it
> > > so you can set it up.
> > >
> > > I set the adaptor IP to static and also have trouble using its web
> > > interface.
> > >
> > > I can't get it to set it SSID and have it remember it other than the
> > default
> > > linksys123.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
>
>

yep, me too. Never had any problems. Great piece of equipment.

"Jonnie Santos" <see_contact.gif@jonniesantos.com> wrote in message
newsCpbc.37604$wl1.34364@fed1read06...
> Pre the game adapter, I went with a Linksys WET11 (bridge) -b and it
worked
> fine. I set it up on a PC first to enable the WEP, then unplugged from
the
> PC and into the xBox.
>
> "Nick Wilson" <nfwilson@nospam.hotmail.com> wrote in message
> news:uQ8g6rIEEHA.580@TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl...
> > Drat, I am going to eat crow on this one. After having the issues that I
> > have been having with my gaming adapter, I was just about to RMA it
> through
> > Cisco. I tried one last thing though before I packed it up. I tried
> > configuring it over a wired connection. That seemed to work now - which
is
> > odd that I hadn't thought of doing that before hand. Augh, three months
of
> > bantering back and forth with Cisco/LinkSYS only to find out I should
have
> > been using a wired connection to change the settings rather than my
> wireless
> > laptop. Anyways, looks like I am back in business then.
> >
> > - Nick
> > nfwilson@nospam.hotmail.com
> >
> >
> >
> > "Nick Wilson" <nfwilson@nospam.hotmail.com> wrote in message
> > news:umFR414DEHA.2564@TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl...
> > > Welcome to my world unfortunately. I have had this adapter since
> November
> > > now and the goings back and forth with Cisco have been extremely
> painful.
> > If
> > > you have the receipt and it's not past the expiring date I'd recommend
> > > returning this adapter. My problems have been inability to hide the
> SSID,
> > > inability to enable WEP, and the setup program is the absolute WORST I
> > have
> > > seen for a LinkSYS product. I think this was really rushed out the
door.
> I
> > > have been told that LinkSys/Cisco is aware of the issues (have been
> since
> > > November) but do you think they would give me an update on when a new
> > > firmware would become available? For now I use the adapter - leaving
the
> > > network open save for securing via MAC address. This really sucks and
I
> am
> > > horribly disappointed in the total lack of support since Cisco
purchased
> > > LinkSYS. If this is their attempt at garnering support for the home,
> they
> > > really flubbed up. I have been through 3 technicians now, all with the
> > > promise that something will be done. I have been an avid user of
LinkSYS
> > > products for 5 years and this is the one product that has left a sour
> > taste
> > > in my mouth. Sorry if the rant is a little lone, but I would really
> advise
> > > you to purchase the Microsoft one instead -- I wish it was available
> here
> > in
> > > Canada back when I was looking for adapters. It certainly would have
> saved
> > > me a lot of grief and aggravation.
> > >
> > > Nick
> > > nfwilson@nospam.hotmail.com
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > "127.0.0.1" <127.0.0.1@hushmail.com> wrote in message
> > > news:c3g4vo$283vpo$1@ID-9141.news.uni-berlin.de...
> > > > X-No-Archive: yes
> > > >
> > > > "Deuteronomy" <blah@blahblah.com> wrote in message
> > > > newsDK6c.51$mz4.1@newsfe1-gui.server.ntli.net...
> > > > > i have the game adapter model wga54g
> > > > >
> > > > > " seems it sometimes doesnt recognise the Game Adaptor and wont
get
> > > allow
> > > > > you to get into
> > > > > the configuration... other times it forgets its settings"
> > > > >
> > > > > what do you mean, is this the bit where you hook it to your pc? i
> > just
> > > > > plugged mine into the xbox and it works no issues im using DHCP
> via
> > > > > linksys WRT54G have had not a single issue
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > if your talking about the xbox dashboard revognisnig it when you
> goto
> > > the
> > > > > wireless section it wlaways reports not found but then i bet thats
> > > > specific
> > > > > to he ms adapter which is only availalbe in the states
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > >
> > > > No when you run the "setup.exe" program it says game adaptor not
found
> > but
> > > > other times it will will find it
> > > > so you can set it up.
> > > >
> > > > I set the adaptor IP to static and also have trouble using its web
> > > > interface.
> > > >
> > > > I can't get it to set it SSID and have it remember it other than the
> > > default
> > > > linksys123.
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
>
>