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Best Xbox 360 Accessories to Add to your Gaming System

Once you have invested in your first Xbox 360 console, the fun has only just begun. The next step will be to collect games to play on your console, and many of those games will also require Xbox 360 accessories to allow you to play the games properly. There are many accessories on the market today, and not all of them will be necessary to complete your gaming experience. Read on for the most useful Xbox 360 accessories to keep in your gaming collection, and why you need them.

Controllers
Probably the most important Xbox 360 accessory that you will ever purchase will be the controller that actually allows you to play the games. Controllers generally come with the console, but you will either need to add to your collection so that more than one player can play at a time, or you will find a particular controller that you like better, making it well worth the investment. Many gamers find themselves switching over to a wireless controller that gives them more freedom to play their games from a variety of locations in the room without having to worry about wires getting in the way. Controllers can often be used for your PC as well as your gaming console, making them a versatile Xbox 360 accessory.

Wireless Networking Adapter
With the trend going to wire-free play today, the wireless networking adapter is an important Xbox 360 accessory indeed. Not only can you use your Xbox console from any room in your house, but you don't have to deal with the mess of wires coming out from your entertainment unit any longer. This adapter also allows you live access to the Microsoft community, so you have the ability to chat with friends and play live games from your console. You can also download data from your PC like photos, music and movies.

Headsets
To help you communicate with the live Microsoft community, you can purchase a headset that will plug into your Xbox console and allow you to talk directly with other gamers or leave short voice messages for friends. This fun Xbox 360 accessory will enable you to adjust the volume and offers a crisp voice communication that is unsurpassed. The comfort of the headset itself means that you can wear it for hours of game time with your friends.

The gaming industry gives participants plenty of options in games and other online services. By purchasing the right Xbox 360 accessories, you can extend your playing enjoyment in numerous ways.

Wireless Networking Adapter
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	Xbox 360 Wireless Network Adapter A/B/G & N Networks Sale Price: $75.88
	Designed for versatility and ease, the Xbox 360 Wireless Networking Adapter ‘N’ enhances your Xbox 360 experience in the digital home, seamlessly synchronizing with the Xbox 360 system with the newest Wireless N standard...

	Xbox 360 Wireless Network Adapter A/B/G Networks Only Sale Price: $52.50
	Xbox 360 Wireless Network Adapter seamlessly synchronizes with the Xbox 360 system to enhance your Xbox 360 experience in the digital home. You can easily transfer videos and music from your Media Center PC, chat with your friends, play games via Xbox Live, and much more.

	Xbox 360 Wireless Network Adapter Sale Price: $69.99
	The Xbox 360 Wireless Network Adapter with "N" speed connects the Xbox 360 to Xbox Live via your wireless home network.

	Microsoft Xbox 360 WiFi Wireless Networking Adapter Network adapter Sale Price: $48.99
	Features: High-performance design and the Xbox 360 Wireless Networking Adapter enhances your Xbox 360 experience in the digital home, well synchronizing with the Xbox 360 system. Easily transferring videos and music to your Xbox 360 system from your PC, chatting with your friends, playing games via Xbox Live, and more all without the clutter of wires...

	AirLink101 AWLL6075 Wireless N Mini USB Adapter Sale Price: $10.00
	Extend the range of your current wireless network with this AirLink AWLL6075 Golden N Wireless Mini USB adapter.The compact, mini design makes this adapter ultra portable and easy to take with you anywhere...

	Alfa 1000mW 1W 802.11b/g USB Wireless WiFi Network Adapter With Original Alfa Screw-On Swivel 9dBi Rubber Antenna Sale Price: $34.99
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	Airlink101 AWLL5077 Golden 150Mbps Wireless Mini USB Adapter Sale Price: $11.50
	Airlink101 AWLL5077 Golden 150Mbps Wireless Mini USB Adapter

	Xbox 360 Wireless Gaming Adapter - White Sale Price: $56.94
	Wireless network at home but no means to connect your Xbox 360 or PlayStation 3 to the Internet? Problem solved with the Wireless Gaming Adapter from Mad Catz. Just plug into a PC—with the included Ethernet cable—for a quick and easy configuration process then plug directly into your console’s Ethernet port to let the online gaming, downloading, and movie viewing begin...

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	Linksys Instant Wireless USB Network Adapter WUSB11 - Network adapter - USB - 802.11b Sale Price: $24.50
	The Linksys WUSB11 USB Wireless Network Adapter is perfect if you're looking to start a wireless network, or just want an easy way to connect to an existing one. With this external adapter you can access a wireless 802...

It is amazing how simple it is to establish a wireless home network in your home or office. I actually believe it is easier to set up a wireless network than it is to get the components out of those hard plastic cases.

However, you need to do some planning up front. The time spent in assessing your networking needs, do a little research about what is available to meet those needs and shop for the best values for the components you need will save you time and aggravation as you set it up.

Here is a list of items you may want to consider before you head off to the 'gadget' store:

What kind of computers will you be connecting to the network? Do you have PC's or Macs...or both?

Will the network be a hybrid mixed users of wireless and hard wired computers?

What wireless standard will you be installing? (See my article. "What Do I Need to Know about Choosing the Right Wireless Network?" for more about standards)

Computer Adapters - How will you be connecting each computer to the wireless network? Internal PC adapter? USB device? PC or PCMCIA Card?

Are you going to want to access a printer on the network? How many? How is the printer connected today? Does the printer need to be attached to a computer to be accessed or will you provide direct network access through a print server for your users?

What will be your Internet access point? Do you have a broadband (DSL/Cable modem) connection? Are you using dial-up? Is the Internet connection shared from a single computer or do you incorporate the use of a router?

How much money do you have budgeted for building the network?

Think about the future use of your network for a couple of minutes. Do you plan on running an entertainment media server for accessing MP3 music files, streaming video, downloading movies or television shows? What about moving to Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) telephone services to replace land-line services?

How will you secure your network? What steps do you need to take to make sure that your network prevents unauthorized access from your Internet connection, your file systems and keeping snoops (or worse!) out of your computers?

By taking a few minutes to write down these questions into categories, you can quickly organize your thoughts into question and answers. This will help you determine the type of components you will need to build what I call a 'Three-S' wireless network from the very start: Secure, Stable and Safe

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Wireless Networking
Quantenna Redefines Wireless Home Networking at CES 2010 With First Full-11n 4x4 MIMO Wi-Fi Product Offering
LAS VEGAS----Quantenna Communications, Inc., a leader in ultra-reliable Wi-Fi networking for whole-home entertainment, today announced it will be showcasing at CES 2010 the first wireless home networking chipsets that incorporate the entire range of Full-11n Wi-Fi features that are necessary to deliver multiple full HD video streams with 1080p quality anywhere in the home, while maintaining ...
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	Xbox 360 Wireless Network Adapter A/B/G & N Networks Sale Price: $75.88
	Designed for versatility and ease, the Xbox 360 Wireless Networking Adapter ‘N’ enhances your Xbox 360 experience in the digital home, seamlessly synchronizing with the Xbox 360 system with the newest Wireless N standard...

	Xbox 360 Wireless Network Adapter A/B/G Networks Only Sale Price: $52.50
	Xbox 360 Wireless Network Adapter seamlessly synchronizes with the Xbox 360 system to enhance your Xbox 360 experience in the digital home. You can easily transfer videos and music from your Media Center PC, chat with your friends, play games via Xbox Live, and much more.

	Xbox 360 Wireless Network Adapter Sale Price: $69.99
	The Xbox 360 Wireless Network Adapter with "N" speed connects the Xbox 360 to Xbox Live via your wireless home network.

	Microsoft Xbox 360 WiFi Wireless Networking Adapter Network adapter Sale Price: $48.99
	Features: High-performance design and the Xbox 360 Wireless Networking Adapter enhances your Xbox 360 experience in the digital home, well synchronizing with the Xbox 360 system. Easily transferring videos and music to your Xbox 360 system from your PC, chatting with your friends, playing games via Xbox Live, and more all without the clutter of wires...

	TP-LINK TL-WR1043ND Ultimate Wireless N Gigabit Router Sale Price: $62.95
	Ultimate wireless N Gigabit Router, Atheros, 3T3R, 2.4GHz, 802.11n Draft 2.0, 802.11g/b, Built-in 4-port Gigabit Switch, with 3 detachable antennas

	Microsoft Xbox 360 Wireless Controller for Windows Sale Price: Too low to display
	Using optimized technology, the black Xbox 360 Wireless Controller lets you enjoy a 30-foot range and up to 40 hours of life on the two included AA batteries—and when they run low, you're given ample warning so you can connect a Play & Charge Kit for uninterrupted play...

	AirLink101 AWLL6075 Wireless N Mini USB Adapter Sale Price: $10.00
	Extend the range of your current wireless network with this AirLink AWLL6075 Golden N Wireless Mini USB adapter.The compact, mini design makes this adapter ultra portable and easy to take with you anywhere...

	Xbox 360 Holiday Gifts Package - Xbox 360 Wireless Networking Adapter and 2 Great Games Sale Price: $99.99
	Add your Xbox® 360TM video game console to your high-speed wireless network, with the Xbox® 360TM Wireless Networking Adapter from Microsoft®. It installs with no power cables or other attachment and is equipped with enhanced technology (802...

	D-Link WBR-1310/RE Wireless G Router 4-Port 10/100 Switch Refurbished Sale Price: $17.09
	Create a basic wireless network for your home or small apartment with the D-Link Wireless G Router (WBR-1310). Wirelessly share your high-speed Internet connection and surf the web, check e-mail, share documents, and chat with family and friends online...

	Wii Wireless Sensor Bar Sale Price: $5.00
	No Matter how fast your moves are, this wireless sensor bar will stay right with you. Custom-designed for your Wii console, this cable free-beauty is pakced with wireless technology to ensure lightning-quick response time...

WEP, or Wired Equivalent Privacy, is the name of the original technology for securing a wireless network. The name is at the very best commendable but at the very least extremely misleading. The technology never came close to the goal of securing wireless networks to a level that could be considered 'equivalent' to its hard-wired cousin.

WEP is a key-matching encryption protocol that uses a pass key for every client that wants access to the wireless network. This key must be an identical match in order to be granted a right to use the network resources. If this key does not exactly match, then the user is simply unable to login to the network.

The technology itself is not inherently bad. It is the way that WEP is implemented. It is fairly easy for someone unauthorized to gain access to the network by figuring out the network key. Once this key is obtained, they can login as any other person with permission to use the network granting them access to the resources or receiving all the information sent across the wireless network and even decipher it without you knowing that they are there!

Any snoop with a personal computer with wireless ability can download easy-to-use hacker tools and utilities that will enable anyone, not just a sophisticated hacker, to gain access to a WEP protected network.

The supposed and assumed strength of WEP is in the pass key. It can be up to 128-bits in length thus giving the impression that it will be very difficult for anyone to guess the pass-key. Technically, this is correct. It would be virtually impossible for someone to 'guess' this key. But as stated, there are software utilities that can 'sniff' the air for wireless signals, analyzed the type of network, intercept the stream of data and decrypt the pass key without any user intervention.

Some say that utilizing WEP with another tool included on my wireless devices such as a MAC address inclusion/exclusion option will give you the added level of security needed. Again, this is another assumption gone wrong. Just like the software tools that will decipher the pass key, there are utilities that can generate false MAC addresses to overcome this feature.

Should you use WEP? Well, I guess that if you are choosing using WEP versus absolutely no security, it is better than using nothing. And I mean barely better. A good way to think about this is to compare your home's front entrance. You have a choice between nothing at all and the doorway standing wide open - this is your wireless network with no security protection active. WEP would be similar to you having a screen door that swings closed but has no latch, no lock. Agreed, the doorway is better off now than it was without anything at all. Maybe critters cannot get in but I think you will agree that it is anything but secure.

And there is a better way = WPA (Wi-Fi Protected Access) discussed in my next article...

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