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ricgnzlzcr
Jan 31, 2007, 04:56 PM
I'm having problems connecting my Airport Express (the one that streams music) wireless to my 360. It just doesn't find the signal on our 360. My Wii and macbook work just great, but I have no idea how to fix this for the 360. Does anyone have any ideas on what I should do?


cyclone84
Jan 31, 2007, 08:50 PM
This is probably a stupid question, but do you have a wireless adapter for the 360? It doesn't have wireless built in, as the Wii does.
ricgnzlzcr
Jan 31, 2007, 09:23 PM
This is probably a stupid question, but do you have a wireless adapter for the 360? It doesn't have wireless built in, as the Wii does.

Yea, I should have mentioned that because I'm sure people forget it. I do have the wireless dongle for the 360. Any ideas about what's going on?
bmb012
Jan 31, 2007, 10:42 PM
Is there a cd or something that comes with the dongle that you need to install? I mean, a device doesn't just choose to not see a wireless network... I'd say create a wireless network with your computer to see if the 360 can wirelessly see any network.
ricgnzlzcr
Jan 31, 2007, 11:50 PM
Well the 360 recognizes the neighbors wireless and my Wii recognizes my own. For some reason the 360 doesn't connect. I'm not sure what the difference between WEP or WAP is, but could that have an effect?
gauchogolfer
Feb 1, 2007, 12:08 AM
Well the 360 recognizes the neighbors wireless and my Wii recognizes my own. For some reason the 360 doesn't connect. I'm not sure what the difference between WEP or WAP is, but could that have an effect?

WEP and WPA are two different encryption methods for connecting, but it shouldn't in theory affect your ability to actually see the network, only to connect to it. Does it just not connect, or is the network not visible at all?

It's important to choose the proper encryption between WEP and WPA when entering your password.
ricgnzlzcr
Feb 1, 2007, 03:32 PM
I'm not entirely sure if my airport is encrypted in WEP or WPA. Is there a simple way of checking through the utilities on my computer. Maybe that has something to do with my connection.

Also, thanks for the replies. I really am a beginner when it comes to this. :)
gauchogolfer
Feb 1, 2007, 03:34 PM
I'm not entirely sure if my airport is encrypted in WEP or WPA. Is there a simple way of checking through the utilities on my computer. Maybe that has something to do with my connection.

Also, thanks for the replies. I really am a beginner when it comes to this. :)

Try going to Applications/Utilities/AirPort Admin Utility and running that. It should tell you all about the configuration of your base station.