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I'm living in uni halls at the moment, and wireless internet is included for 'free'. The network is unsecured, but to get online with it you need to register to the service through http://www.studentcom.co.uk/. Even though I'm registered, I have to wait for about 1-2mins after connecting to the network before web pages will start appearing. After that it's as normal. There's an option under account settings to add up to 2 more devices to the profile so that I could also use the connection on my pc, console or phone (by adding the MAC address of each device as needed). I've done this for my netbook and my pc.
Now the confusing part is what to do for my Xbox. I've tried following a guide on youtube for connecting to xbox live using my netbook (connecting the xbox to it with an ethernet cable) and bridging the wireless connection with the lan connection of the xbox. I did everything the tutorial asked but still was unable to connect to xboxlive. One error suggested changing the MTU to a required number, which I did.
I'm not sure what the problem is. I added my Xbox's MAC code to the internet account and set it to 'gaming', but it hasn't helped. Maybe I need to change the netbooks MAC to gaming instead?
I understand that this post may be a bit vague or confusing, but any info that you may need to figure out where the problem lies, I'll try my best to provide. I really don't want to spend £50 on a wireless adaptor when I already have two in my room to begin with that cost about half that price combined.
Thanks
Now the confusing part is what to do for my Xbox. I've tried following a guide on youtube for connecting to xbox live using my netbook (connecting the xbox to it with an ethernet cable) and bridging the wireless connection with the lan connection of the xbox. I did everything the tutorial asked but still was unable to connect to xboxlive. One error suggested changing the MTU to a required number, which I did.
I'm not sure what the problem is. I added my Xbox's MAC code to the internet account and set it to 'gaming', but it hasn't helped. Maybe I need to change the netbooks MAC to gaming instead?
I understand that this post may be a bit vague or confusing, but any info that you may need to figure out where the problem lies, I'll try my best to provide. I really don't want to spend £50 on a wireless adaptor when I already have two in my room to begin with that cost about half that price combined.
Thanks