iPeppers Posted August 31, 2008 Share Posted August 31, 2008 Alrighty... -I have a laptop connected to the internet through a wireless lan. -I want to connect my xbox360 to my laptop using a network cable, so that I can share my inet connection and play on xboxlive. -How? My laptop is running windows xp pro. I have connected the laptop to the xbox360 physically, but I don't know how to share my inet with it. Please help. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
insane_alien Posted August 31, 2008 Share Posted August 31, 2008 you should connect the xbox to the router if you want to share your connection with it. otherwise, you need to bridge the interfaces, i'm not sure how you do that in xp though. also, are you using standard cat5 or a patch cable, you need to use a patch cable for directly connecting the xbox and laptop. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iPeppers Posted August 31, 2008 Author Share Posted August 31, 2008 I'm using the ethernet cable that came with the xbox360. Also I can't reach the router as it's on another floor in the house and I don't want cables running through the house. Shouldn't ICS (internet connection sharing in xp pro) work? The xbox website seems to be telling me to use that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
big314mp Posted September 2, 2008 Share Posted September 2, 2008 idk about patching a connection through a laptop... I would look for something like this: http://microcenter.com/single_product_results.phtml?product_id=0213283 This seems too expensive, and there are probably cheaper ones out there. I'm just to lazy to look for them Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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