How to connect an Xbox 360 Wireless Networking Adapter

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This article describes how to connect an Xbox 360 Wireless Networking Adapter to your Xbox 360 console.

The Xbox 360 Wireless N Networking N Adapter is compatible with both the original Xbox 360 console and the Xbox 360 S console. If you connect the adapter to an Xbox 360 S console, it will disable the internal wireless N feature of the console. Using the adapter may improve signal strength and bandwidth if your wireless access point is far from your console.


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Xbox 360 Wireless N Networking Adapter
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Xbox 360 Wireless G Networking Adapter
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To connect the adapter to your Xbox 360 console

  1. Attach the Xbox 360 Wireless Networking Adapter to the back of your Xbox 360 console by snapping the plastic tabs on the adapter into the slots on the back of your console.

    Note The Xbox 360 S console does not contain these slots because the console has internal wireless capability. However, in some cases, the Wireless N Networking Adapter will offer stronger range and bandwidth compared with the internal wireless feature of the Xbox 360 S console. If you are using the Wireless N Networking Adapter with the Xbox 360 S console, extend the feet of the adapter to allow the adapter to sit on the console or to the side.

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    Attach the adapter to the back of your original Xbox 360 console


  2. Plug the USB cable into the USB port on the back of your console.

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    Plug in the USB cable

    Note If you are using a wireless adapter and a Kinect sensor, use the wireless adapter extension cable included with the Kinect sensor to plug the wireless adapter into a USB port on the front of the console.

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    Use the wireless adapter extension cable to plug the adapter into a front USB port

  3. Flip up the antennae.

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    Flip up the antennae


  4. If a network cable is plugged into the back of the console, unplug it.
  5. Configure the wireless settings on your console by using the information in the following article:

    978848
    (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/978848/ )
    Error: Xbox 360 Wireless Adapter is connected but not configured
 
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Xbox Support

Please visit the following website for information about how to contact Xbox Support:
http://www.xbox.com/support/contact
(http://www.xbox.com/support/contact)
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Article ID: 907330 - Last Review: August 30, 2011 - Revision: 10.0
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