Sharing Internet with Wireless modem/router, pc and xbox360

BurningHorizons

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Hello,

I've just moved house and had to setup my internet connection differently.
Things are not going to plan. :(

Here's the setup.

PC is connected to the internet through a Netgear WG311 wireless PCI card and a Netgear DG834G Wireless ADSL Modem Router.
This combination works fine together - PC sits upstairs, with modem router downstairs.

Now, how do I set up my Xbox 360 to connect to the internet through my PC via Ethernet? (360 sits next to my PC upstairs.)

I've been trying all evening with no success. Please help!
 
You should be able to bridge the wireless and wired connections on your PC (Go into network settings, select them both and right click). Shove a crossover cable between the PC and Xbox and you should be up and running.

Another option would be to use a wireless bridge, there are a few listed on http://www.overclockers.co.uk/acatalog/Wireless_Ethernet_Bridges.html but I'd avoid the Belkin.
 
Hmm, bridging the connections should work - that's pretty much what I do when I'm in an office abroad and need to setup an ad-hoc wireless network for my PDA.

Are there any firewalls getting in the way? Maybe a bridge would be a better option, you wouldn't need to have the PC on that way.
 
Other than firewall, can you think of anything that could be knocking the wireless connection out when I bridge?
When I say knock out, the Internet connection is there on the router, it's just that the PC can't see the router!
 
The wg311 doesn't support promiscuous mode. You need to force compatibilty mode on the wg311 to stop the connection dropping.

1.At a command prompt, type netsh bridge show adapter.
2.Locate the identification number of the NIC (wg311).
3.To manually set the NIC to compatibility mode use the following command, where 1 is the number for the NIC that is displayed in the first step:
netsh bridge set adapter 1 forcecompatmode=enable
4.Run the netsh bridge show adapter command again to verify that the ForceCompatabilityMode field for the NIC is displayed as Enabled.
 
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RichL said:
The wg311 doesn't support promiscuous mode. You need to force compatibilty mode on the wg311 to stop the connection dropping.

1.At a command prompt, type netsh bridge show adapter.
2.Locate the identification number of the NIC (wg311).
3.To manually set the NIC to compatibility mode use the following command, where 1 is the number for the NIC that is displayed in the first step:
netsh bridge set adapter 1 forcecompatmode=enable
4.Run the netsh bridge show adapter command again to verify that the ForceCompatabilityMode field for the NIC is displayed as Enabled.
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I tried that, but it didn't work. Any other ideas?
 
I had the exact same problem with the connection dropping on creating the bridge between my wired and wifi cards in my pc, so that I could use live on my 360. Like you I have the wg311 and dg834g. The solution I posted above fixed it for me so I'm puzzled now.
 
Thanks for your help Rich, but I've bought a Netgear WGE111 Wireless Game-Adapter - Bridge.
If you've got the time, any chance you could post your router, pc, and bridge settings.
 
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