Xbox 360 update adds WPA2 support to Wi-Fi adapter

My son got the message to upgrade, tried doing it and now can't get on to the live system at all? We have no clue what to do??? Any suggestions would be great. Thanks!

Guys...stop complaining about the price already. I agree it's ridiculous! Intead of shelling out the $100 just for Xbox wi-fi, I got a Wireless N Access Point (specifically TEW-638APB) for half the price. Super-major other bonus is that I can also plug it into my Blu-Ray player or anything else in my entertainment center that could want some Wi-fi.

You can either just whine all day, get pwned by MS for even more money, or you can find a real solution to your problems. Happy gaming!

Just sat down to watch a movie through the xbox and the update window came up. Update and now RROD!! I cant freaking believe this.

Exact thing happened to me! Required update, it goes to restart and I am greated by 3 red rings of death! I call 1-800-4MY-XBOX and they claim they have never heard of this happening before (can you believe that?). They also claim that the updates are software and have nothing to do with the RROD because that indicates a hardware failure.

Well if you flash a chip on the motherboard with your software, you can easkily have a piece of hardware that becomes a vegtable. Which is likely what happened to us and many others.

So, I'm out of warranty, gee it'll cost $100 to fix their little "software bomb" or I can go out and buy a new machine. Either way Microsoft wins and the comnsumer loses.

I have filed a complaint with the Attorney General at the Dept. of Consumer Protection in Washington state. We'll see what happens...

Imagine being able to kill off hardware at will? The other issue is how do you update all these machines with different chips in them? I know I killed off a DVD drive once by updating the firmware. Very touchy stuff.

Exact thing happened to me! Required update, it goes to restart and I am greeted by 3 red rings of death! I call 1-800-4MY-XBOX and they claim they have never heard of this happening before (can you believe that?). They also claim that the updates are software and have nothing to do with the RROD because that indicates a hardware failure.

Well if you flash a chip on the motherboard with your software, you can easily have a piece of hardware that becomes a vegetable. Which is likely what happened to us and many others.

So, I'm out of warranty, gee it'll cost $100 to fix their little "software bomb" or I can go out and buy a new machine. Either way Microsoft wins and the consumer loses.

I have filed a complaint with the Attorney General at the Dept. of Consumer Protection in Washington state. We'll see what happens...

Imagine being able to kill off hardware at will? The other issue is how do you update all these machines with different chips in them? I know I killed off a DVD drive once by updating the firmware. Very touchy stuff.

(Man, wish I had spell checked that first... my typing is atrocious.)

I'm glad the new adapter has support but I feel they should really start adding wifi built into the console now . One of the biggest things I despise about Microsoft is the way they milk the customer for everything. I own an Xbox 360 but if I were buying a new console today I would choose a PS3 for sure , as its built in wifi , bluetooth , and blueray ..
Microsoft makes you use proprietary accessories that they charge alot for .. why is the wireless N adapter for the Xbox 99 dollars when I just bought a wireless N usb adapter for my PC for 15 bux . The same can be said about there wireless headset , which is a letdown at working consistently. but above all else why they make you pay for Xbox-live gold when all they do is advertising and try and sell you stuff to make them more money, I would expect that on the free silver membership. Funny how the price of games went up with the new consoles ( claiming is was licensing fees ,, but to who ? Microsoft) and still we pay for Xbox-live

A lot of people with modded boxes were caught after that update there is something more than the wireless security in that update. Google or youtube xbox 360 new ban wave

Xbox 360 update adds WPA2 support to Wi-Fi

Xbox 360 update adds WPA2 support to Wi-Fi

Is it mean I can use an standard "wi fi usb adaptor" to to comunicate with my router or get on line?