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How to Use a PC Wireless Card for an XBox 360

Your Xbox 360 has the ability to go online and visit Xbox Live, an online gaming marketplace that allows you to play with other gamers, purchase Xbox 360 items, and chat with others through your console. If you don't want to use the normal wired connection to get online, you can use a PC wireless card through a laptop to get onto Xbox Live through a wireless connection. All you need is an Xbox 360, an Ethernet cable, and a laptop that has a PC wireless card installed in it.

Things You'll Need

Xbox 360
Ethernet cable
Laptop

Instructions

- 1
  Plug in the Ethernet cable into the back of your Xbox 360 through its Ethernet port. Plug the other end of the cable into the Ethernet port in the back of your laptop.
- 2
  Turn your laptop on, click "Start", and go to "Control Panel". From here, find the "Network and Sharing Center", and left-click on this icon.
- 3
  Select both the wired and wireless connections on your laptop, and right-click. You will be given the option to "Bridge" the connections. Click this option.
- 4
  Start up your Xbox 360, and check the connection to Xbox Live. Your console should now be connected wirelessly to Xbox Live using the laptop's PC wireless card as an adapter for the Xbox 360.

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