Errrr, the first reason is fail, so far as I can tell? You'd need a router for wireless anyhow, and you don't even technically need one for wired as it is...Correct me if I'm misinterpreting what he's trying to say though...He talking about that method of using a wireless router (instead of an adapter) or something?

2 is true. A bit annoying, and I can't have both my PC and PS3/360 on at the same time (Don't know the WPA code for using wireless on the PS3).

3 is true too. I needed to jury-rig a way of keeping the connection solid. I used a twist tie to prevent the cable from being closed too far (it's lose, doesn't 'snap' into a locked position, so it can just fall out without the twist tie), it's only a matter of time before it snaps....

4th is true, if a bit redundant....Closely related to 2, but whatever.

It is still bloody expensive.

whenever i need wireless, i just connect it to my wireless laptop. problem solved and £60 saved

None of those reasons really applied to me I guess, at least in my situation.

1. I bought a Linksys router, which has a 4 port switch if it matters, for $30, and 75ft of Ethernet cable for $12, so that only cost me $42 total, which is far less than the $99 for the wireless adapter (or $77 if you go through Amazon). The installation of the wire being placed on the basement ceiling only took about fifteen minutes so it wasn't that big of hassle to set up.

2. I'm not really good with all the technical stuff, so I always thought if you had a router you could have more than one device connected to the internet at one time without switching the cable back and forth... I have a wireless modem (which I use for my Wii) that connects from the wall which connects to the router and from there connects to both the PC and 360 so I can use them both at the same time without switching the Ethernet cable, so I guess this point doesn't apply to me.

3. Not a problem since I don't have to keep switching the cable from the console to the computer.

4. I can use my 360 and PC at the same time and the wires aren't in the way at all.

So at least for me, I saved more money, and it only took a tad bit of time to run the wire, to connect my 360 with an Ethernet cable. I guess it's different for other people though.

#3 is just stupid. i have a large bag of ethernet cables of various lengths, so if the clip on the cable somehow breaks, which is EXTREMELY unlikely unless youre a dumbass or clumsy, you have lots of back up cables to use. or, ethernet cables are really cheap now, at least CAT 5E are, which is more than enough to handle your internet connection. and "crawl out of your parents basement"? thats just insulting, stereotypical and probably not very true. of course thats where the author probably lives so he's just writing about what he knows.

the author doesnt apparently realize that you can hook up lots of stuff with cables to a router. its not like routers dont have ethernet ports to use. wired is really the way to go, you dont have to worry about the wireless connection being disconnected or anything.

At the end of the day, wired is more reliable, and I think a lot of people prefer reliability over having to occasionally step over a wire (and even then you can run then under the carpets)

screw paying for this just plug the lan cable into your xbox.

I think I might have to. Most of the time, I spend like 5-10 minutes unplugging and plugging my Ethernet cable into different ports of my router just HOPING so it would CONNECT. I have no idea why it would do that, it works perfectly on my PS3.

@Mike Got Game!

Congratulations, you fail at teh internets. Your reasons are like watching a decapitation; no one comes out ahead... well, maybe the guy getting sliced. After reading this, I kind of envy him. If you have enough money for a router, which would be required to use the wireless aspect of the Xbox 360, then it would have ports on the back. I have not had a router in recent memory that has not had at least four. Point two is already been covered in the sentence before last, so moving to point three... Again, routers have multiple ports. If you're having to remove cables, then you need another router. In the biz, you set up two routers in a 'bridge'. And point 4... is also covered with the router argument.

In fact, I think your article should have been titled, "Why I should have bought a router and stopped being a sop... Oh wait, my whole premise depends on the router. Dammit!"

If it weren't six in the morning, I would have had to have a beer just to get to your level.