Wireless Gaming, help!

[BarryB]

I thought it might not be as straight forward as it sounded

The belkin does have bridge support so that D-Link bridge you linked would seem ideal plugged into his 360 (and Belkin do sell a Range Extender too!) but it's more expense, plus it would need external power which is a problem as there are no power points on the upstairs landing where it would ideally be located (i.e outside his room). There is also no place for it sit, like a shelf, so it would either be on the floor (in peoples way) or somehow mounted on the wall which would look odd (his mum would have a fit), but it would be well outside his room and would probably work if it wasn't for the lack of power points and a suitable place for it to sit, not to mention hiding the power cable and Ethernet cable!!

So it leaves the USB extension lead as the only viable alternative unfortunately as it looks to be the tidiest and cheapest method! The antenna only needs to outside his room so it could be stuck onto the door frame! Even if it doesn't work the cable only costs a few £'s so not an expensive experiment! In this case he'd have to put a phone extension socket in his room, which would probably be the best solution!

To be honest I'm not a fan of 'wireless' gear, his house just seems to have too solid walls to let the signal propagate properly hence the weak signal and the disconnects!

Anyway, thanks for the help and suggestions Quall, in light of all the messy cabling, expense and fiddling about that bridges would entail I'm going to recommend the phone extension in his room, seems the most sensible (if a bit troublesome) solution!