xbconnect and laptop

Undisclosed · Post by **Undisclosed** » Tue Mar 13, 2007 6:40 pm

My laptop has wireless internet and is upstairs in my room. If I connect my xbox to the laptop via ethernet and the laptop is connected wirelessly is there a way to get a internet connection to the xbox. My dad hogs our 360 with nba2k7 all night (hes like 20th) and I just want some free halo fun with xboxconnect. Any ideas?

Jongamer · Post by **Jongamer** » Tue Mar 13, 2007 6:41 pm

as long as the COmputer/Laptop is connected to the Internet in any way, XB connect should work.

jleemero · Post by **jleemero** » Tue Mar 13, 2007 6:44 pm

You need a little more than just pluggin er' in.

Here you go! (This will work for XBOX) http://www.i-hacked.com/content/view/118/85/

Jongamer · Post by **Jongamer** » Tue Mar 13, 2007 7:17 pm

Yeah a Normal PC, you would need 2 Ethernet Cards or a Router or a Hub, either way if the PC, Internet, and the Xbox are all connected at some point in your House/Aprt, it should work.

bgnome · Post by **bgnome** » Tue Mar 13, 2007 7:19 pm

just a little info: setting up ICS can and will be a serious PITA. it may be a lot easier to get a cheap wifi router that has bridge capabilities.

gamemasterAS · Post by **gamemasterAS** » Tue Mar 13, 2007 7:21 pm

You guys put allot of work into all that, I just plugged mine into my router.

joevennix · Post by **joevennix** » Tue Mar 13, 2007 9:56 pm

You can use a crossover cable connected to your laptop's ethernet port to link the two together. That's how I do it (BTW, Kai > XBConnect). If you don't have a crossover cable, you can use two straight thru cables and a router.

vskid · Post by **vskid** » Tue Mar 13, 2007 9:56 pm

You could plug it into your laptop with a crossover cable and bridge the connections in Windows.

EDIT: ^Curses, I type too slow!

XPCportables · Post by **XPCportables** » Wed Mar 14, 2007 4:12 pm

I figured that somebody would have suggested building your own crossover cable, but since nobody has I guess I will. Hereis a guide.

vskid · Post by **vskid** » Wed Mar 14, 2007 4:18 pm

XPCportables wrote:I figured that somebody would have suggested building your own crossover cable, but since nobody has I guess I will. Hereis a guide.

I kind of implied it.

I've made my own crossover (not from that guide, though) and it works great.