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Wi-Fi PC to 360 bridging help.
LordOfMeep
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So, a couple days ago I finally got a 360. I've got it set up near the PC with the VGA cable. However, the router is in another room (And there's no way in hell I'll be allowed to run a cable into there), and I can't move the router in here because there's no cable outlet in this room. I'm also not going to pay the outrageous $100 for a Wi-Fi dongle for an already expensive system.
I bridged a connection between my Wi-Fi dongle on my PC and the Ethernet going into the 360 but it's kinda bitchy sometimes. Randomly the whole thing'll fall apart and not wanna work, and I'll have to flick authentication on and off to get it working again. I'll have the internet working on my PC but the 360 won't wanna connect to Live and I can't figure out if it's the bridge or Live acting up.
It's working now, but I don't want this to become an everyday thing. Are there any fancy IP tricks (Everything's on "obtain automatically" at the moment) I need to be aware of to get it all working smoothly?
I bridged a connection between my Wi-Fi dongle on my PC and the Ethernet going into the 360 but it's kinda bitchy sometimes. Randomly the whole thing'll fall apart and not wanna work, and I'll have to flick authentication on and off to get it working again. I'll have the internet working on my PC but the 360 won't wanna connect to Live and I can't figure out if it's the bridge or Live acting up.
It's working now, but I don't want this to become an everyday thing. Are there any fancy IP tricks (Everything's on "obtain automatically" at the moment) I need to be aware of to get it all working smoothly?
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Can you post the output of "ipconfig /all" (sans quotes) from the command line on the PC you're bridging with?
ICS can sometimes fail to properly refresh DHCP leases, which is what I'm guessing you're problem is.
Primary Dns Suffix : (Nothing here)
Node Type: Unknown
IP Routing Enabled: No
Wins Proxy enabled: No
DNS Suffix Search List: lv.cox.net
Network Bridge:
Connection-specific DNS suffix: lv.cox.net
Description: MAC Bridge Miniport
Physical Address: *Sounds like a MAC addy, should probably censor*
DHCP Enabled: Yes
Autoconfig Enabled: Yes
Everythig else is just IPs. Defalt gateway and DHCP server are the router's IP, DNS servers are random ones Cox uses in Las Vegas, and Subnet mask is 255.255.255.0 as always, and the lease expires sometime tomorrow at 5:42.
I don't have it, as I only have vista home basic, and it is a bugger if you don't.
Good luck man.
No Vista, just XP.
Nope, doesn't let me set the firewall up for either of them anyway since they're part of the bridge, which doesn't have the firewall on, either.
IP Address
192.168.x.xxx (last three numbers can be anything up to 255, just remember to use same subnet)
Subnet Mask
255.255.255.0 (same)
Gateway
192.168.x.xxx (IP address of computer doing the NAT/bridging)
DNS1 : 208.67.222.222 (OpenDNS)
DNS2 : 208.67.220.220 (OpenDNS)
Oh and you shouldn't worry about giving away that MAC address, since it's just a virtual device to forward packets. Only worry about that particular security issue when it's real hardware addresses.