Help! Wireless Home Network and Xbox Wired Networking

[Guest]

Hello,

I have a wireless network with three computers on it. All three run WinXP
Home, one of them also having Media Center Ed 2005. My internet runs in on
the 2nd floor into a DSL modem, which then is plugged into a wireless router.
A cable goes from the router into Dell's ethernet card and provides internet
for that computer.

Presario and Gateway have wireless PCI adapters for receiving the signal.
Thanks to Chuck (nitecruzr) I have this network working correctly and all PCs
can browse each other's files and access the internet.

My xbox is in the the basement with the Gateway computer. I want to run a
cord from the xbox to Gateway, making a wired connection to Gateway, which
will then share the internet to my xbox for Live play. Problem is, when my
LAN connection is in the same IP range as the wireless adapter
(192.168.1.xxx) then the internet doesn't work on Gateway. I type in a
website, google for example, and hit enter and instead of sending this
through the wireless connection, it sends it to the LAN connection, which
doesn't have any connection to the internet.

What settings can I have so that I connect to the internet through the
wireless PCI adapter, but also share it with my xbox through the ethernet
card (LAN)?

 

[Chuck]

Hello,

I have a wireless network with three computers on it. All three run WinXP
Home, one of them also having Media Center Ed 2005. My internet runs in on
the 2nd floor into a DSL modem, which then is plugged into a wireless router.
A cable goes from the router into Dell's ethernet card and provides internet
for that computer.

Presario and Gateway have wireless PCI adapters for receiving the signal.
Thanks to Chuck (nitecruzr) I have this network working correctly and all PCs
can browse each other's files and access the internet.

My xbox is in the the basement with the Gateway computer. I want to run a
cord from the xbox to Gateway, making a wired connection to Gateway, which
will then share the internet to my xbox for Live play. Problem is, when my
LAN connection is in the same IP range as the wireless adapter
(192.168.1.xxx) then the internet doesn't work on Gateway. I type in a
website, google for example, and hit enter and instead of sending this
through the wireless connection, it sends it to the LAN connection, which
doesn't have any connection to the internet.

What settings can I have so that I connect to the internet through the
wireless PCI adapter, but also share it with my xbox through the ethernet
card (LAN)?

Brandon,

Assuming that your main LAN is still on 192.168.1.0/24, if you run the Network
Setup Wizard on Gateway, select the Intel Pro/100 network adapter for sharing
your Internet service, and select "This computer connects directly to the
Internet. The other computers on my network connect to the Internet through this
computer.", you should be able to get the Xbox to connect to Gateway. This will
put the Intel adapter on 192.168.0.1, and the Xbox on 192.168.0.0/24.
<http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/05/using-network-setup-wizard-in-windows.html>
http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/05/using-network-setup-wizard-in-windows.html

You'll be running ICS on Gateway, to provide Internet service to the Xbox. The
Xbox LAN has to be on 192.168.0.0/24, which will work fine if your main LAN is
on 192.168.1.0/24.

 

[Guest]

Thanks once again for the help. You really know your stuff and you're also a
very nice, unlike lots of people on the internet who aren't understanding
when others don't know what they do.

 

[Chuck]

Thanks once again for the help. You really know your stuff and you're also a
very nice, unlike lots of people on the internet who aren't understanding
when others don't know what they do.

Thanks for the feedback, Brandon. You're right, there is a lot of noise out
there. It's good to hear from someone who appreciates simple businesslike and
respectful attitudes.

Please let us know how it works out for you. What you learn can help others,
and that's the purpose of these forums. More signal raises the Signal to Noise
ratio.