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General Category => Tech Clinic => Topic started by: ___ on December 26, 2007, 09:54:35 PM

Title: for xbox live.....
Post by: ___ on December 26, 2007, 09:54:35 PM

it wont let me run the cable directly from the wall and i dont want to have to buy a router..... is there any way i could bypass this and save me $100
sorry if this is in wrong section i didnt know where to post

Title: for xbox live.....
Post by: guestolo on December 26, 2007, 10:43:31 PM

Check out the link, there's a few ways of hooking up
You don't necessarily need a router
http://www.xbox.com/en-US/support/connectt...360/default.htm (http://\"http://www.xbox.com/en-US/support/connecttolive/xbox360/default.htm\")

Title: for xbox live.....
Post by: greazee on December 27, 2007, 08:42:04 AM

i think you have to hook it up to your router not the wall, if you dont want to spend 100 dollars then you could get a really long ethernet cable i suppose


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Title: for xbox live.....
Post by: ___ on December 28, 2007, 12:32:54 AM

my dad called xbox support and they said because we are already using a wirless router that the xbox would have to be done through their product..... and i couldnt run a cable because the router is downstairs and my room is upstairs.
would connecting old computer with a wireless card in it to the xbox solve the problem?

Title: for xbox live.....
Post by: guestolo on December 28, 2007, 07:30:08 PM

I believe that you can buy a Wireless adapter for your Xbox live

You may want to try that route
Not sure as if it will be as reliable as direct cable connect to router, but users have posted they get good connection

Title: for xbox live.....
Post by: ___ on December 28, 2007, 09:30:31 PM

thats what im wanting to bypass. they cost $100 and at the moment I dont have that much considering i spent all my money on christmas presents.

Title: for xbox live.....
Post by: Small Shoe Magoo on December 28, 2007, 09:35:47 PM

Well.. Plug your ethernet cable directly into your computer.. change the computers internet connection to a shared connection.. Turn your LAN connection on if it's not already... and there ya go.

Title: for xbox live.....
Post by: ___ on December 28, 2007, 09:56:53 PM

ok thanx im trying it now

Title: for xbox live.....
Post by: ___ on December 28, 2007, 11:33:17 PM

hmmm how would I turn on LAN connection and turn internet to shared?

Title: for xbox live.....
Post by: guestolo on December 30, 2007, 12:56:44 AM

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and i couldnt run a cable because the router is downstairs and my room is upstairs.
would connecting old computer with a wireless card in it to the xbox solve the problem?

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Well.. Plug your ethernet cable directly into your computer.. change the computers internet connection to a shared connection.. Turn your LAN connection on if it's not already... and there ya go.

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ok thanx im trying it now

Yes, you can probably take an old box and put a wireless adapter to it and then plug into it
With you Xbox and share the connection, if that's what your looking for
More info
http://blog.kevindonahue.com/archives/2004...ection_sharing/ (http://\"http://blog.kevindonahue.com/archives/2004/05/04/connect_xbox_to_windows_internet_connection_sharing/\")
It sounds as if you just need confirmation, yes, go ahead and do that, if you have an old box kicking aroung,,,
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