Cat5 or wireless for xbox360?

[Cadence]

Hi guys I am trying to figure out what would be best connection for my xbox right now. It's between buying a wireless network adaptor for the xbox360 which is roughly $40-$50 (g network) or buying roughly 22 ft. Of cat5 cable which I think is cheaper than the wireless from my experience wired is faster than wireless however I don't know enough to know how much signal loss there will be in 22 ft. Of cat5 cable being run please advise, thanks!

[Perineum]

It's about 330 feet for maximum length, so I think 22 ft would be fine

I personally hate wireless, so I'd do wired.

Don't get raped on your ethernet cable either, a 25 foot cord should cost you about $10.

[sswilson]

Will the Xbox be anywhere near to a fixed PC that's using a wireless connection? If it is, you can do what I did for the young lad and just bridge the ethernet from his PC to his wireless card and hook the Xbox up to that......

[bissa]

wired. as I have found out recently, things like alot of logitech wireless devices and microwaves will eat wireless signals for a light snack. as for noise over a 22' cat5E (the standard now) will be almost nothing since noise become worrisome at 330', but you can go up to around 500' before the noise interferes enough to get significant errors across it, so you are probably fine.

[mo' power]

Use CAT5e or CAT6. I picked up 25' of CAT6 on Friday for $14. Check canada computers or factory direct.

[Arinoth]

I am a bigger fan of going with wired then wireless with anything that i use as it is faster, more reliable, and typically cheaper as well.

[Cadence]

okay great; yeah I've always felt wired is much faster and reliable than wireless. I don't think I'll be using CAT6 though; is there much of a speed difference? if so I may pick up Cat6 for my pc and Cat5 for my xbox lol. unfortunately no I don't have a HTPC yet =P and yeah I know that ~20' should cost me under $20 especially at CC.
Thanks!

[Perineum]

No speed difference between cat6 and cat5e, both are rated for gigabit ethernet which you probably (maybe, tried to google what the xbox360 has and get conflicting data) aren't even using. Cat6 supports 10gbase-T (so 10x speed of gigabit) but good luck finding stuff that does 10gbase-T speeds, and then if you do, that you could actually afford