360 system link with router?

mere_immortal

Got a couple of friends coming over on Saturday and we wanted to link up our 360 for a few rounds of whatever without resorting to splitscreen. Had a look around and most system links on google suggest a switch or hub, although a few third party sites say a router is fine.

Anyone used a router to link 3 or more 360s together before? Just want to double check that the performance is fine and that we only need standard Cat5 cables.

Spam

Yes, It'll work perfectly fine with a router, and yes, you just need cat5e patch cables for each xbox.

If you need more network ports for additional consoles/pcs, you can just daisy-chain/cascade additional switches off the router ports - a cheap 5-port 10/100 switch only costs about £15/$20 and will plug straight into the router using any standard cat5e patch lead.

Willeth

Honestly if I remember rightly the 360 has a decent enough switch in it to not care what kind of cable you use. I distinctly remember reading that the 360 knows if you're using a crossover and will still play happily.

I played a game of system link through a router with two Xboxes the other day, one using wireless, one wired, and it worked fine. We've also been connected to Live through both at the same time with no issue.

Also note that if you only end up with two, you don't even need a router or switch. A cable from one Xbox to the other (again, no matter if it's a patch cable or crossover cable) will work dandy.

mere_immortal

Excellent stuff, thanks for the answers.

Guess this can be locked!