xbox360 internet connection

MJ · 18 Nov 2006 at 15:45

i have a wierd setup, as below

my 360 will not recognise an ip, HELP!

GTCole · 18 Nov 2006 at 15:47

Does PC2 have a manually assigned IP address or have you set PC1 ans a DHCP server?

Have you tried setting the IP's manually?

Edit:

Doh..! ignore me, i wasn't looking at the pic right, you should have both PC2 and the 360 connected to the PC that has the internet connection sharing setup on it

cheets64 · 18 Nov 2006 at 15:48

Never seen that before.

You need ICS to connect to a PC but connecting via 2 pcs must confuse the 360.

MJ · 18 Nov 2006 at 15:50

pc2 is connected to pc 1 via ethernet and assigned ist ip by dhcp, i have no clue what ip address i should manully set them too.

edit: is there no way to tell the 360 to go through the connection one in pc 2 to grab the internet ( so to speak

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masterk · 18 Nov 2006 at 18:02

I dont think thats ever going to work.

Buy yourself a router

The IPB · 18 Nov 2006 at 18:06

Yeah it's definately router time.

gam3r · 18 Nov 2006 at 18:17

Plenty of semi cheap routers you can get which will do the job just fine.

Ultra_Extreme · 18 Nov 2006 at 18:44

cheap ass router, or if the connector from your cable modem is ethernet then a switch might do but for the relative costs buy a router and wave good bye to your troubles

schnipps · 18 Nov 2006 at 18:58

As said buy a router, plug it into the wall, plug in each pc and xbox into the back power on and it should all just work.

Cal_G · 18 Nov 2006 at 22:58

I use this exact setup and have no problems at all. Enable ICS on the first machine, the card connected to the internet will obtain its own IP. Once you enable ICS on the internet card in the main machine, the second card will be given an IP of 192.168.0.1

In the second machine you need 2 NIC's, connect one to the main machine the other connects to the 360.

Bridge the 2 cards together so they both share the same IP address, using 192.168.0.2 would be ideal. It should look like this.

Second Machine

IP Address: 192.168.0.2
Subnet Mask: 255.255.255.0
Default Gateway: 192.168.0.1 (the card with ICS enabled)
DNS Server: 192.168.0.1 (same as above)

Then for the 360

IP Address: 192.168.0.3
Subnet Mask: 255.255.255.0
Default Gateway: 192.168.0.1 (the card with ICS enabled)
DNS Server: 192.168.0.1 (same as above)

The 360 will then go through the second machine and straight to the DNS server. This is a very cheap setup, the only draw back being you need both machines on.

Ultra_Extreme · 18 Nov 2006 at 23:13

Cal_G said:
I use this exact setup and have no problems at all. Enable ICS on the first machine, the card connected to the internet will obtain its own IP. Once you enable ICS on the internet card in the main machine, the second card will be given an IP of 192.168.0.1

In the second machine you need 2 NIC's, connect one to the main machine the other connects to the 360.

Bridge the 2 cards together so they both share the same IP address, using 192.168.0.2 would be ideal. It should look like this.

Second Machine

IP Address: 192.168.0.2
Subnet Mask: 255.255.255.0
Default Gateway: 192.168.0.1 (the card with ICS enabled)
DNS Server: 192.168.0.1 (same as above)

Then for the 360

IP Address: 192.168.0.3
Subnet Mask: 255.255.255.0
Default Gateway: 192.168.0.1 (the card with ICS enabled)
DNS Server: 192.168.0.1 (same as above)

The 360 will then go through the second machine and straight to the DNS server. This is a very cheap setup, the only draw back being you need both machines on.

lol or £20 on a router and neither pc need be on!?

have to say tho Cal_G kudos for getting that to work!! never have i gotten bridging on cons to work properly

cokecan · 19 Nov 2006 at 10:43

have you tried bridging the ethernet connections on PC2???

EDIT: nevermind, didnt read all of thread properly

lol seems Cal_G has given an answer