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208 Part IV: Using a Wireless Network Console wireless networking equipment As we mention earlier, the current consoles all have inherent Wi-Fi networking capabilities (though this is optional with the Xbox 360). For older Ethernet consoles, you simply need to add an inexpensive Wi-Fi Ethernet bridge. The deeper you get into the networking world, the more likely you are to run into the concept of a bridge, which is simply a device that connects two segments of a network. Unlike hubs or switches or routers or most other network equipment (we talk about much of this stuff in Chapters 2 and 5), a bridge doesn’t do anything with the data flowing through it. A bridge basically passes the data straight through without manipulating it, rerouting it, or even caring what it is. A wireless Ethernet bridge’s sole purpose is to send data back and forth between two points. (It’s not too tough to see where the name came from, huh?) While we’re discussing these wireless Ethernet bridges in terms of game console networks in this chapter, they’re handy devices that can be used for lots of different applications in your wireless LAN. Basically, any device that has an Ethernet port — such as a personal video recorder (PVR), an MP3 server (such as the AudioReQuest), and even an Internet refrigerator (such as the Samsung Internet Refrigerator) — can hook into your wireless home network by using a wireless Ethernet bridge. The great thing about wireless Ethernet bridges, besides the fact that they solve the problem of getting noncomputer devices onto the wireless network, is that they’re the essence of plug and play. You may have to spend three or four minutes setting up the bridge itself (to get it connected to your wireless network), but you don’t need to do anything special to your game console other than plug in the bridge. All the game consoles we discuss in this chapter (at least when equipped with the appropriate network adapters and software) “see” your wireless Ethernet bridge as just a regular Ethernet cable. You don’t need any drivers or other special software on the console. The console doesn’t know (nor does it care in its not-so-little console brain) that there’s a wireless link in the middle of the connection. It just works! If you have encryption (such as WPA) set up on the network, you need to complete one step before plugging your wireless bridge into your gaming console’s Ethernet port. Plug the bridge into one of the wired Ethernet ports on your router and access the bridge’s built-in Web configuration screens; there, you enter your WPA passphrase (or WEP key if you’re using WEP) and network name (or ESSID). After you’ve made these settings, you’re ready to plug the bridge into your console and get online. It’s that simple! Not all the wireless Ethernet bridges support the (much more secure) WPA encryption technology that we discuss in Chapter 9 (and which we highly recommend you use on your wireless network). If you’re using WPA, make sure that you choose a wireless Ethernet bridge that supports this encryption
Figure 11-1: The D-Link DGL-3420 gaming adapter. Chapter 11: Gaming Over a Wireless Home Network method: You can’t mix and match WPA with lesser encryption systems like WEP, so you would have to make your whole network less secure if you mixed in a less secure wireless Ethernet bridge. D-Link DGL-3420 wireless 108AG gaming adapter D-Link (www.dlink.com) has developed the DGL-3420 wireless 108AG ($99 list price) with gaming consoles in mind. D-Link even has its own online Gamer- Lounge site with lots of great gaming information (games.dlink.com). The DGL-3420 (see Figure 11-1) doesn’t need any special drivers or configuration. It does include a Web-browser-based configuration program that enables you to do things like enter your Wi-Fi Protected Access (WPA) passphrase. (Check out Chapter 9 for more information on this topic.) The DGL-3420 is a loaded Ethernet bridge that supports both 802.11a and 802.11g (most folks use 802.11g) and even supports the higher-speed Super G 108 Mbps variant of 802.11g — if your router also supports it. There’s even some special “secret sauce” for making gaming faster — the D- Link GameFuel prioritization technology, as discussed in the nearby sidebar, “Getting your router optimized for gaming.” SMC SMCWEBT-G EZ Connect g wireless Ethernet bridge The SMC Network SMCWEBT-G wireless Ethernet bridge is an inexpensive Swiss army knife of an Ethernet bridge. First, it’s an 802.11g wireless Ethernet bridge with a theoretical 108 Mbps maximum speed (you need a router that also supports the Super G protocol). Like the D-Link bridge we discuss in the preceding section, the SMCWEBT-G supports WPA encryption, which means that it plays nicely on your secured wireless network. 209
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