XBOX 360 Live - Idiot asking.

I actually managed to connect to "Live" late last night.

I've gone the route of USB from cable modem into PC, and ethernet cable from PC to 360. Tonight I might be a little ambitious, and try ethernet from the modem to the 360!.

For some reason, it didn't like me entering a username and password - leaving these blank allowed me to get through that part.

Then it stalled at the "DNS" point - perusing the 'net, I found some info on the Blueyonder Primary / Secondary DNS servers, and although it indicated these are the "dialup ones", I entered them out of frustration and it worked.


Or so it seemed!.
 
I really recommend splashing the £30 on a router.
The router will grab an IP from the Modem - usually hassle free.
The computer and 360 will then be able to operate independently.
 
Having both USB and ethernet plugged in won't work even if they are both plugged into different devices (well one might work but definitely not both at once as you can only have one IP address at a time). Plugging the ethernet from the modem into the 360 should work but if there is some logging-in process to connect to the internet perhaps the xbox doesn't support that. I have an ntl cable modem and there is no such process so it (probably, never done it that way) would work plugging it in directly. If you do that automatically detecting settings should work. I'm guessing it's not important that you can use the net on both at once since they are sharing a monitor anyway.
 
You are better off setting up a bridge on your pc between the broadband connection and ethernet connection to the 360, avoids using ICS. To do this you need to have the modem working via ethernet to your pc, with a 2nd ethernet card connecting your pc to your 360 via a crossover cable (the one that comes with a premium 360). Then go into control panel, select both network adapters using ctrl and left clicking, then right click and select bridge adapters.

You don't need a router if you do this so it is cheaper, but you do need to have the pc on to use xbox live. If you don't want to put another network card in your pc buy a router for sure.
 
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Dude just get yourself the router and follow these steps -

Turn off cable modem

Connect the turned off cable modem into the "WAN" or "Internet" port on the router

Turn on router

Turn on cable modem

Leave for 10-15 mins. Do not plug/have anything else other than the cable modem plugged into the router at this time.

Connect your X-Box to any of the numbered ports on the router.

It should work now.


I followed the exact same procedure for my telewest surf board modem and Linksys router(s). If it fails then I can only say one thing - "User error" :p

PS. I have also followed the same procedure when setting up my NTL broadband connection whilst I was staying in Nottingham. Worked straight away with very little fiddling about :)

EDIT: Just for the record and because I didnt mention it, following the above procedure allowed me to connect and play on X-Box Live, Phantasy Star Online via Gamecube and Twisted Metal Black via PS2.
 
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Yeah, I agree. I used to mess around with ICS etc, but life was so much simpler when I just got a router, plus it gives you more options when you want to add other things to your network, such as wireless psp/ds, laptop etc.
 
Sagalout said:
Yeah, I agree. I used to mess around with ICS etc, but life was so much simpler when I just got a router, plus it gives you more options when you want to add other things to your network, such as wireless psp/ds, laptop etc.
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Absolutely a wired router is zero hassle and £30.
Compared to the aggravation you'll experience with an added network card and having to have both on to use the 360 I would go the way of the router.
Infact I already did, then went wireless router for even more flexibility.
 
RichL said:
You are better off setting up a bridge on your pc between the broadband connection and ethernet connection to the 360, avoids using ICS. To do this you need to have the modem working via ethernet to your pc, with a 2nd ethernet card connecting your pc to your 360 via a crossover cable (the one that comes with a premium 360). Then go into control panel, select both network adapters using ctrl and left clicking, then right click and select bridge adapters.

You don't need a router if you do this so it is cheaper, but you do need to have the pc on to use xbox live. If you don't want to put another network card in your pc buy a router for sure.
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Hmm does that work? Sounds the exact same as ICS to me. Never used it before so I'm not sure what it does exactly.
 
A network bridge is just an easy way of spanning different parts of a LAN. You don't need to mess around with multiple IP configurations so it is more straight forward than using ICS or a router (although obviously a router will do this for you). Read about it here
 
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Network adapters that provide Internet connectivity, such as DSL and cable modems, cannot be bridged and will always appear under LAN or High-Speed Internet.
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Looks like it wouldn't work.
 
i use ICS with my NTL BB,
Cable modem plugged into onboard motherboard ethernet connection.
Spare ethernet card in pc connected to xbox360 via crossover cable.

then used the windowsxp Network Setup Wizard in control panel, took 2 mins.
 
Psyk said:
Looks like it wouldn't work.
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You don't need to bridge the modem adapter itself though, just the network card in the PC with the ethernet cable to the modem and the 2nd card that connects to the 360. So I think it should work if the modem can supply the connection through ethernet.
 
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You don't need to bridge the modem adapter itself though, just the network card in the PC with the ethernet cable to the modem and the 2nd card that connects to the 360. So I think it should work if the modem can supply the connection through ethernet.
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But something has to act as a router. That's what ICS is for. Maybe windows is smart enough to activate ICS or something that does the same thing when you bridge the connections. But if bridging the interfaces has the same effect as ICS, why bother including the ICS feature?
 
I'm getting confused myself now. I'm not a networking expert, I've just used bridging in the past for sharing network connections. :confused:
 
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