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tdenton1138

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Hi all...

I know that the WGA600n (~$90) is a supported adapter which will configure directly with the HR2x series without hooking up to a computer, but frankly that's not that big a deal to me... I can use my laptop to get in on my network.

My router is a Linksys G using wpa2 and I don't really see the need to upgrade it to an N anytime soon, if ever, which led me to this post.

Since I only have 1.5kbps dsl, I certainly don't need anything beyond G or really even B for that, but of course any computer streaming/mrv (soon I hope) would be throttled down on a G relative to an N, though probably not even all that much - if any - considering...

So, Is there any reason I shouldn't just get a G wireless gaming adapter since they're cheaper? And if my assumptions are correct, does anyone have any recommendations for a G gaming adapter which will for sure work with my HD20-700?

Just before I posted this, I searched for wireless G prices and found that some of the adapters seem to be hard to set up and are not that much cheaper and may need firmware upgrades to enable WPA2 w/TKIP+AES algorithms (if at all), so now this may be harder/less feasible than I thought...

Thanks for any and all input.
 
I believe that Directv sells the WGA600N for $80, which is probably a bit better than you can do elsewhere. Using a router in bridged mode might be less expensive, since they are often on sale. It might take DD-WRT firmware to do this, so you should check at http://www.dd-wrt.com if you plan to go that route in order to pick compatible hardware.
 
Yup. DirecTV sells that for $80 which led me to start ordering from them until I found the tax and s/h ended up at over $90 which led me back to Amazon at $89.99 w/ free 2 day shipping (Prime membership was great for Christmas!)

We'll see how this works for VOD etc... hopefully very well. The powerline thing didn't work out at all.

Thanks!
 
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