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Xbox Wireless Adapter Info Leaked

Posted by simoniker on from the look-ma-no-wires dept.

cdneng2 writes "Yahoo!/Reuters has an article on the a new official wireless LAN/broadband adapter for the Xbox, details of which were unintentionally leaked on the FCC's website ahead of Microsoft's product unveiling. There's even a picture of the adapter, which has '54 Mbps' printed on it, in a Digitimes.com article." According to this latter story, "The chipset in the MN-740 wireless adapter appears to be supplied by Atheros Communications, possibly its 2.4GHz AR5002AP-G chip, which supports 802.11b/g. The device also features user-configurable 128-bit WEP (wired equivalent privacy) security."

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  1. Infrastructure vs. Peer mode by neglige · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Wouldn't it be cool if all the up-and-coming (and currently available) wireless input devices using IEEE802.11something could work with any access point/wireless card in infrastructure mode? You could play all your games from your neighbours house while the xbox is safe in your livingroom....

    Errr.....

    It *would* be cool! IPv6 force feedback gamepads! Yay!

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  2. The new freeway shootouts... by JasonMaggini · · Score: 4, Funny

    ...will be kids in the backs of minivans playing Halo against each other.

    "Mommmm! Speed up! We're getting out of range!"

  3. Re:That should go into the Gameboy Advance by Anonvmous+Coward · · Score: 4, Insightful

    "The whole idea of Wireless networking relies on moving around place to place, not too viable with a static console."

    Eh? Why? I kinda thought the idea behind wireless networking is that you wouldn't have to connect stuff with wires. Am I being too literal?