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| yaminb@gmail.com 2004-12-12, 12:45 am |
| I've got a wireless home network setup. It looks like this:
DSL--->Linksys wireless G router---(wireless)--->laptop
I want to hookup my xbox through my laptops spare ethernet port. In
this way, it should be able to get on the net and access Xbox live.
Sounds easy enough...but
So it would look like this:
DSL--->Linksys wireless G
router---(wireless)--->laptop--(ethernet)->xbox
Windows XP is not cooperating 
I've googled enough to know people have tried this, and people have
problems with it. But I figured I'd give it ago.
Hooking pu the xbox directly to the router is not an option as they're
too far away. I could buy an xbox wireless access card or
something...but that's a last resort.
What I've tried:
I tried setting the ethernet port on the router to a static IP address
and turning on ICS. Basically have the ethernet port act as a server.
this just doesn't work. I get DNS problems with the xbox.
I've tried brdiging the network connection, but then for whatever
reason, the wireless connection goes offline.
Any ideas?
Thanks,
Ysmin
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| Jeff Evans 2004-12-12, 12:45 am |
| Probably simpler to just buy a long ethernet cable than fiddle with Windows
networking. I think you can go up to 100m...
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| Crazy Horse 2004-12-13, 12:45 am |
| I also need to know this info.
<yaminb@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:1102816821.096902.142010@c13g2000cwb.googlegroups.com...
quote:
> I've got a wireless home network setup. It looks like this:
>
> DSL--->Linksys wireless G router---(wireless)--->laptop
>
>
> I want to hookup my xbox through my laptops spare ethernet port. In
> this way, it should be able to get on the net and access Xbox live.
> Sounds easy enough...but
>
> So it would look like this:
> DSL--->Linksys wireless G
> router---(wireless)--->laptop--(ethernet)->xbox
>
> Windows XP is not cooperating
> I've googled enough to know people have tried this, and people have
> problems with it. But I figured I'd give it ago.
>
> Hooking pu the xbox directly to the router is not an option as they're
> too far away. I could buy an xbox wireless access card or
> something...but that's a last resort.
>
> What I've tried:
> I tried setting the ethernet port on the router to a static IP address
> and turning on ICS. Basically have the ethernet port act as a server.
> this just doesn't work. I get DNS problems with the xbox.
>
> I've tried brdiging the network connection, but then for whatever
> reason, the wireless connection goes offline.
> Any ideas?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Ysmin
>
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| Okay all,
I managed to finally get it working. I did this by bridging my
wireless/lan connection. I had to foce my wireless into
'compatibility' mode to get things to work.
-turn off all ICS or anything else
- bridge the connection (should lose wireless connectivity)
- run 'netsh bridge show' (make a note of the index of the wireless
card...mine was 1)
- run 'netsh bridge set a 1 e' substiuting 1 with the index above
Your wireless should now bridge correctly. Assing your xbox auto
everything and it just works.
Reference this MS article:
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/..._02april22.mspx
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| Fred O. 2004-12-20, 5:46 pm |
| I realize that you wanted to do it as a last recourse, but you could have
simply purchased a wireless bridge and hooked directly into the router with
the xbox.
Wireless bridge products are available from D-Link, Linksys, Microsoft,
etc... I am just getting into XBOX live and that is the method that I will
be using to connect.
Depending on your location, these bridges are fairly cheap.
Fred.
"Yamin" <yaminb@gmail.com> wrote in message
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quote:
> Okay all,
>
> I managed to finally get it working. I did this by bridging my
> wireless/lan connection. I had to foce my wireless into
> 'compatibility' mode to get things to work.
> -turn off all ICS or anything else
> - bridge the connection (should lose wireless connectivity)
> - run 'netsh bridge show' (make a note of the index of the wireless
> card...mine was 1)
> - run 'netsh bridge set a 1 e' substiuting 1 with the index above
>
> Your wireless should now bridge correctly. Assing your xbox auto
> everything and it just works.
>
> Reference this MS article:
>
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/...awford_02april2
2.mspx
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