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| Originally Posted by fixxlevy ... can you either post the various settings that I'll need for the Xbox here, or PM me with them? |
Welcome to internet connection reverse-engineering 101.
On your PC, click Start, then Run.
Type "cmd" in the Open box, and click OK.
This opens a command prompt.
Type "ipconfig /all" at the prompt, and hit enter. The following list appears:
C:\>ipconfig /all
Windows 2000 IP Configuration
Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : boris.batinov
Primary DNS Suffix . . . . . . . :
Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Broadcast
IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection:
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : NVIDIA nForce MCP Networking Control
ler
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-0C-76-4B-57-EC
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.2
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.1
DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 208.45.228.3
208.45.228.4
C:\>
What you need to get the XBox to communicate is an IP address and the default gateway, DNS server, and subnet mask for your network.
IP address... There are a range of possibilities here. First, if the router is configured for a single public IP, then you'll need to note the IP address, gateway, mask, and DNS from the PC. Unplug the PC, configure those settings on the XBox, and you're off. This method should work no matter what, actually.
What's more typical is the router configured with NAT. This allows multiple users to communicate via a single public IP. In this case, your PC's IP address will typically start with something like 192.168 or 10, and you don't usually care what the public IP is.
In that case, look at the IP address of your PC. A typical router might assign 192.168.1.2 to your PC, with a mask of 255.255.255.0, which means that any machine with the same first three groups can talk to any other. Pick a number between 1 and 254 that isn't the same as the PC's IP address or the default gateway address, and use that with the same first three groups as the PC's IP address (192.168.1.2).
I pick 17, so I'd assign 192.168.1.17 to the XBox. Now, this gives me (referencing the ipconfig screen we got from the PC earlier):
IP Address: 192.168.1.17
Subnet mask: 255.255.255.0
Default Gateway: 192.168.1.1
DNS: 208.45.228.3
Settings derived that way should also work. Do not mention my name if the BT cops show up at your door.