When using the Xbox Live service you need to connect the Xbox 360 to your broadband connection and there are two methods of doing this, with an ethernet cable or wirelessly. To connect wirelessly you need the network bridge which is basically a wireless adaptor just like the adaptors that computers use to connect to wireless networks which many homes have using a wireless router, most users will need a router so that they can split the broadband connection between the Xbox 360 and any other computers and wireless routers are a great way of doing this, especially if you use a laptop. The Xbox 360 wireless bridge supports dual band 5 GHz and 2.4 GHz wireless A/B/G home network technology so will support most wireless routers, it is also powered by the Xbox 360 so it is very simple to use. As well as access to the Xbox Live service the wireless bridge also offers some other cool features, you can play multi player games with people on other Xbox 360 consoles in your house if they are connected to the same network so can easily set up huge multi player games in your own home, the wireless bridge can also access files on any computer that is connected to a wireless network so you can use files like MP3's, photos and films from computers on the wireless network on your Xbox 360. If you would like to buy a wireless bridge then we have some listed below and have put the cheapest first so finding a cheap wireless bridge is easy.
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