Customer Reviews

Xbox 360 Wireless Gaming Adapter - White

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Okay, I don't write many reviews unless the item makes a huge impact in the quality of life, and this one did.

1. This adapter is multi-functional and everyone should have at least one of these in their home.

a. This adapter will hook up to your PS3, and Xbox 360 with ease and run flawlessly
b. This item can also be used on various other devices such as your Direct T.V. box and your internet ready T.V. if your T.V didn't come with a wireless interface. For example, my Mitsubishi 73738 didn't come with a wireless card built in, so I connected one of my Madcatz adapter to its Ethernet port to obtain internet for the T.V. Likewise, you can use this device to give your Direct T.V. box access to the internet without using a hard line. I am using an HR-22 box from Direct T.V. just so you know.

Hook up is not that hard, I bypassed the CD entirely and hooked it up manually. However, this can be a pain for anyone who has not hooked up a device like this manually before. I will leave the procedure below to help you set yours.

1. Whatever computer you plan to configure this device with, disconnect it from the internet, UNLESS its hooked up wirelessly, then you can leave it connected.

2. go into your configuration for your ethernet port on your computer and change the IP address to 10.10.10.4 with a subnet of 255.255.255.0

3. After you do that, connect the Madcatz adapter to your Ethernet port. Next, open a browser and type in 10.10.10.254 and hit enter. You should now be looking at the login screen for your Madcatz adapter. Both the username and password is admin.

4. Once your logged into the adapter, select the folder that says, Site Survey.

5. Click the radio button next to your router or the router you want this device to use for the internet, then select Add Profile.

6. A window will pop up. Add in the same encryption that is on your router here along with the phrase or keyword used to access this router. When you are done here, click apply and your done. Dont forget to set your computers IP address back to "Obtain IP by DHCP" or whatever it was set to prior to configuring this Mad Catz Adapter. Incidentally, I am currently on the internet using the mad catz adapter on my laptop.

Side notes, and summary;

1. You must changed your computers LAN (Local Area Connection) IP address (not your Wireless Network Connection) to 10.10.10.4; subnet 255.255.255.0 - do not skip this step
2. Hook up Madcatz to your Ethernet Port, bring up a browser, type 10.10.10.254, and login using username; admin, password admin
3. Access and configure ONLY the Site Survey folder, don't open any other folder, YOU DON'T NEED THEM!. If you do, and you dont know what your doing, consider yourself screwed.
4. Select your router in the list of routers you see and hit Add Profile. 9 times out of 10, this area will already be configured with the encryption of your router. The only thing you normally have to update is the encryption phrase or passkey. Your adapter will normally pull all the information it needs to configure itself, however it will need you to enter whatever the passkey or phrase is.
5. Click apply, close the browser, disconnect the router from your computer and hook it up to your Xbox to test.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION TO UNDERSTAND

1. Be aware that your router maybe older and if you haven't updated the firmware in awhile, now maybe a good time. This is a newer device.

2. If this device disconnects from the network periodically, it may have lost its DHCP address and needs a new one. I suggest telling your router to lease the address to the MadCatz Adapter indefinitely, so there is no overlap and conflicting addresses.

3. I strongly suggest using the Web based application only to set up this device. Contrary to earlier post by others, you DO NOT need the CD to set this device up through Web based.

4. Finally, if you set this device up correctly, its extremely fast. Its faster than my D-Link USB Wireless N. Testing this device against a USB D-LINK wireless N was no contest. The madcatz adapter hooked up to my laptop performed faster, downloading page request from the internet quickly. As noted earlier, this device can be used to provide wireless to a range of devices to include, desktop computers, laptops, Xbox360, internet ready T.V's, PS3, DIRECTV and so on (I've tested this device on most of these).

Good luck!

This wireless N adapter works flawlessly. The nay sayers consider it an inconvenience to have to connect it to your PC first but it's easy as 1-2-3. It takes less than 3 minutes to configure and you are up and running. I was lucky enough to pick this up from an Amazon seller for $20.00 and is well worth the $49.00 that most Amazon sellers are selling it for. It's cheaper than the Microsoft adapter and well worth it. The other reviewers must have had other home network issues because it is a breeze to get up and running. I was enable to configure it in Windows 7 64 Bit with zero problems. There are many negative revies on this product here at Amazon but let me tell you this thing has worked flawlessly quite a few days now. The key is not to use auto channel selection within your wireless router settings. This thing is so easy to configure Stevie Wonder could do it. You don't have to be a computer tech to set it up. If you just use the disc that comes with it and follow the on screen instructions you should have no problem. If you find yourself in the network adapter properties of your computer in Windows 7 just keep clicking every item in the box until the property tab allows you to select it. Then set the ip to the one suggested on setup. When you'r done just change it back to obtain ip address automatically. If you set it up properly you wont be dissapointed.

I'd thought mine was broken cause I was following all the instructions from various sources. It turns out there's one thing you MIGHT have to do that no one mentioned to me. I'll note a couple of small issues here some people might get caught by.

1. One reviewer on a different website claimed their unit didn't hold it's settings if it was powered off. This may cause problems in using the adapter for some, but mine didn't have that problem.

2. In my case, the only thing that was actually holding me back from getting it to work? The xbox 360 needed to be set back to it's factory defaults. After that it connected like a charm, no problem in the slightest.

I don't really know any other tips to give that aren't covered right there in the manual, it's really very simple besides such small issues.

After reading over many of the other reviews I thought to my self, "I can do this." I really didn't think it would be a big deal at all.

My first attempt to get this thing hooked up I chose to configure it via the web method with the CD. I went through all of the steps which the CD lays out for you very well. Step by step it really only take about 15 minutes using the CD. However after finishing the process I went back to my 360 hooked it up fired it up and....NOTHING. So that made me a little frustrated.

The Second attempt: I go back to my router and I knew that I had a WPS button on my router so I decide to give that method a shot. Again the CD walks a person through all of the steps very well and leaves fairly little room for human error so long as you are able to follow instructions. However this all ended with the same result. So now I'm not frustrated. I'm Mad. I just paid a bunch of money for an item that does not work. So I gave myself a cooling off period and I let it be for a few days.

Third Attempt: I decide to go back and do the web method again and follow the CD walk-through again. Maybe I did something wrong the first time. I go through all of the steps and hook it back up and to my surprise it tapped right into X Box Live and I was on playing Modern Warfare 2 without any problems....

However soon after that I found that it was having an increasing difficulty connecting with my router. I found that rebooting the modem sometimes helps, rebooting the router helps sometimes, rebooting the product under review helped sometimes. However now it does not seem to be working well at all as I have not been able to get onto X Box live for three days now and this is more than a little annoying. In this case read the negative reviews and understand the risk you are taking before you buy this plastic piece of garbage.

If I were to start this over again. I would by the Microsoft adapter and would have been done with it.

I set this mad catz unit up with NO issues. WHAM BAM THANK YOU MA-AM..... My computer is in my room and we have an xbox in our living room. so i unplugged it an took it to the other room and plugged it in. and it nothing.... so i unplugged it took it back to my bedroom plugged it back in and the wireless wasnt connected anymore. See what happens is once i unpluged or turned off the madcatz it lost its connectivity to my router. so i pulled out the ole laptop and set it up in my living room. once i plugged it in, WHAM BAM THANK YOU MA-AM. Its not a hard set up and once it working it was flawless.... but i hope you the power never goes out or something happens to shut that wireless deal down.

I have read various negative testimonies about this device on the difficulty in configuring and overall quality. I purchased mine yesterday and I had absolutely no problem setting it up. I even now have it working on an old PS2 system with no problem! If you are patient and do everything step by step, you'll find once you plug in to your game console, its ready to play!

its hard to make this Xbox 360/PS3 Wireless Gaming Network work so im returning it to the seller i dont know whats the problem with the Mad Catz Xbox/PS3 - Wireless Gaming Network

I saw all kinds of different reviews ranging from the best device ever to a total waste of money d/t setup issues. I decided to be optimistic and try it out since I didnt want to spend way too much money on Xbox's wireless adapter. Setup was pretty straight forward from the disc provided, although using the WPS connection didn't work for me - I had to use the web setup. It worked right away! The only issue I've been having is that it occasionally loses connection for some reason and I'll have to quickly setup it back up to my router. Other than that, it works like a charm. Oh, and I followed the advice of another review and hooked it up to an ethernet port switch, so now I'm getting high speed internet to both my xbox and ps3! Not to mention I have another 5 ports remaining if I had other devices that had ethernet ports.

This little gadget works Great for streaming content from PC to TV through my Xbox
and the price is right.

I bought this 6 months ago to use with my Blu-ray DVD player. It was a little difficult to setup with software, but the web interface config is a breeze. You simply open [...] (after assigning a 10.10.10.x address to your PC and plugging in directly...if you don't know how to do this, forget web interface config) and click on plus next to "wireless settings", click on "site survey", find your network, click on it, enter your wireless passphrase and name profile and save. Then go to the "profile", click on that profile and click "activate" then you are good to go.

Also, you can use WPS by simply using a paperclip and pushing the WPS button on your router and WPS button on your Madcatz Wireless gaming device.

Now that I have figured all of that out, the big PROBLEM is when I unplugged device to move, or if power goes out, it doesn't reconnect to wireless network. :(

I called Madcatz tech support and held for about 15-20 minutes and got a tech that was more than happy to help. Unfortunately my phone disconnected us and I was not pleased. When my phone came back up, I immediately recieved a call from Madcatz tech who was helping me! How many tech support people actually call you back if disconnected? Not many! He stepped me through a number of tasks and determined that something is faulty with that particular device (serial number indicated it was one of the faulty devices that had this problem). He sent me an RMA and I am returning to hopefully get a fully tested and working device.

Not what I prefer out of a device I purchased, but at least tech support is trying to make good on it.

1 Star for device, 5 stars for Madcatz tech support!