Little help with my laptop-> 360 connection

Inglorious Coyote

Okay, since my only internet is wireless broadband, I was using my laptop to share the internet connection with my 360. And up till now it was working fine, but now I get a pop up that says my LAN connection has Limited or no connectivity, and when I run Test connection on my 360 it fails at IP adress and says "Your console was unable to negotiate a lease with your DHCP server."

Now, I know next to nothing about this stuff, so anyone got any help they can give me? I'm using Windows XP SP2 if it matters.

Inglorious Coyote

So, no one can help?

devoir

Are they connected via a switch/router or just a crossover cable?

If they are connected via a crossover cable, then they need to have IPs manually set, usually by some sort of Internet Connection Sharing wizard.

If they are connected via a switch/router, then the DHCP server isn't functioning (isn't giving out the IP addresses that they need to talk to each other). A DHCP server can be a router, your PC or somet other device on the network.

Inglorious Coyote

devoir wrote: »

Are they connected via a switch/router or just a crossover cable?

If they are connected via a crossover cable, then they need to have IPs manually set, usually by some sort of Internet Connection Sharing wizard.

If they are connected via a switch/router, then the DHCP server isn't functioning (isn't giving out the IP addresses that they need to talk to each other). A DHCP server can be a router, your PC or somet other device on the network.

Connect just with a cable (the one that came with the 360).

I ran the wizard before when I set it up, and everything was working fine. I'll try it again and see what happens.

edit- Okay, ran the Setup Wizard again, and it looks like it's working. Thanks, didn't think of doing that.