Ronnie Tucker wrote: >> well i was thinking that if virgin dont offer a wirless router, ill >> just buy one...connect my pc to that ( I wont then need to install a >> wifi card in my main pc right?) and then the revo and my pc can talk >> through the wifi router. i.e internet on the revo+ file tranfers! >> > I'm quite interested in getting a Revo too since my original Xbox is, I > think, going through its death throes. > > I have my PC hooked up to my Netgear wireless router, as is my Xbox360. > If I was to wire a Revo to the wireless router, how would I transfer > files to it from the PC? > > Well if you install Ubuntu on it I'd assume you could transfer files to it on the same way as you can with a PC, samba, nfs, sshfs, even FTP.
Assuming your PC dishes out IP addresses to each network device, it should be a case of setting up some sort of sharing on the PC (I'm assuming you're running Ubuntu on the PC?). Then connect to the share from Ubuntu on the Revo. > Oh, and does the Revo come with a keyboard and mouse? And what about a > monitor cable, for hooking it up to my TV? > > I haven't got one myself so I don't know, but I gather it has a HDMI port, so even if it doesn't, you're only looking about a fiver for a HDMI cable, also not sure about a keyboard or mouse but eBuyer.com do a nice wireless laptop size keyboard with touchpad (made by Keytronic I think, IIRC it's about £25). > Thanks for reading, no thanks for possibly costing me £150 :D > LOL, I've been holding off due to lack of funds at the moment (well, I have the funds, just not the agreement from the wife), if that wasn't a factor I'd have already got one of these plus a Hisense Media Player and a Bluray player. :-D Rob -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/