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Wireless and regular nic.. SHARE?
Name: demarko2281 Date: March 7, 2005 at 23:39:20 Pacific OS: xp pro CPU/Ram: xp 3000+/512
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Ok, I dont know if I asked this right but I will try again. I have a wireless card and a regular nic on my mobo. How can I share an internet connection from my wireless card to my nic on the mobo? I want to be able to hook up my xbox to my nic and use the connection from my wireless to connect to the net.
Name: Michael J (by mjdamato) Date: March 8, 2005 at 01:57:01 Pacific
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Perhaps. You could try setting up ICS (Internet Connection Sharing) on your computer. I don't know if the client computers need some sort of special setting for that to work though.
One possible problem would be IP address. Does the Xbox allow you to configure the IP address? If not, I don't know that XP can be configured to act as a DHCP server.
Michael J
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Response Number 2
Name: JordanMc31 Date: March 8, 2005 at 07:32:59 Pacific
Name: iamc Date: March 8, 2005 at 11:07:59 Pacific
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What's the matter, kid? Still can't get any traffic on your little forum without spamming other forums?
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There are numerous ways you can connect your xbox to your home network. First would be the obvious of running a straight through cable from your router/switch to the box. If your xbox is far away from your router but near a wirelessly connected pc you can run a crossover cable from the pc to xbox to connect. Procedure: Settings for your Pc cards nic Ip address statically assigned. Use the same network address as your network is. example 192.168.1 is the network address with a subnet mask of 255.255.255.0. In this case use an ip like 192.168.1.120 with subnet 255.255.255.0 and gateway is the ip of your router for instance 192.168.1.1. On the xbox configure it to 192.168.1.121 subnet 255.255.255.0 and gateway is the ip of your computer aka 192.168.1.120. Set dns server to point to your router, or the address your isp gave you.
Another option is to get a wireless bridge for your xbox which can be had for ~50 on ebay.
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Response Number 4
Name: demarko2281 Date: March 9, 2005 at 10:34:25 Pacific
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K i will try that iamc... sounds like a fool proof plan... I'll letcha know how it goes
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Response Number 5
Name: demarko2281 Date: March 10, 2005 at 00:32:00 Pacific
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k, well i keep getting disconnected
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Response Number 6
Name: iamc Date: March 10, 2005 at 08:09:52 Pacific
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What keeps getting disconnected, the pc or the xbox? And by disconnected, do you mean there is a connection at some point?
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Response Number 7
Name: demarko2281 Date: March 10, 2005 at 22:57:08 Pacific
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Yeah, i can make a connection but then after like 10 mins my connection resets and reconnects, but i need the connection to keep going....
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Response Number 8
Name: iamc Date: March 11, 2005 at 08:22:06 Pacific
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What keeps getting disconnected, the pc or the xbox? Which connection is "my connection"?
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