Using 2 wireless routers to connect xbox to internet

Chief · 19 Dec 2007 at 19:07

Had an idea as I've got an old router lying around.. would I be able to connect to Live on my xbox 360 via this kind of layout:

My normal Wireless Router (Actiontec GT701-WG) > Netgear WG602 v2 > Xbox

I was wondering if there's some sort of special mode that the Netgear one can use to output a internet connection via ethernet instead of it being an input.. but I don't know a lot about routers; is it possible?

Reason being that I don't have a ethernet cable long enough to wire it around the room instead of directly across it and I had this old router lying around. Also got another if that helps - Linksys WAP54G. (Wow looking at the model number that must be a very early model!)

Chief · 19 Dec 2007 at 19:16

Sweet! I'll try and configure these somehow.. might be back for more help

Cheers

Chief · 19 Dec 2007 at 20:51

Just trying to get them setup.. any rough guidelines as to what I need to be doing?

Chief · 20 Dec 2007 at 14:27

Thanks for all the replies.. turns out that I was able to plug the Xbox into an unused NIC in the PC (which is on wireless) and bridge the two connections instead.

Haven't tried it online yet to test out any lag issues so might be coming back to this thread to bridge the router instead. Thanks again

Chief · 24 Dec 2007 at 01:32

JaFFa said:
If I see one more person 'bridge' the connections I will scream. You do not need to do that.

So what do I need to do? At the moment, everytime I turn the Xbox on, it tells me theres an IP conflict on the system.. but everything seems to work fine.