Using a 360 wireless network adapter on PC?

[greektony]

Another xbox 360 GreekTony post here Basically my PC's network port stopped working yesterday for some bizarre reason. One minute it was working the next minute I got the 'a network cable is unplugged message' even though everything was still plugged in. Anyway as my router is wireless and i have the wireless networking dongle for the 360 I was thinking is it possible to use it on a PC?

When I plug it into a usb port on the computer, windows recognises it as a piece of 360 hardware but cant install it properly. Does anyone know a way or a link of getting this to work?

On a side note, the internet is now back on the PC. I leave it overnight and in the morning it stats working again! I hope this doesnt become a regular thing Anyone have an idea what may have caused this? When it stopped working i tried 3 or 4 different cables and still nothing, ran adaware and still nothing. Only the inactivity due to me sleeping helped. Fecking computers....... I spose thats why we all love them really

And now this post is getting way bigger than intended so I will sign off now.....

[JimmyBoy]

does the network port perhaps put itself to sleep when there is no activity??

might be worth checking the bios / windows device manager

[directhex]

i suspect there are no windows drivers for it - but it might work on linux

[greektony]

cheers guys. Good point JimmyBoy, I will check that out. It is all working fine still at the moment, touch wood!