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Ethernet Output?

nakirushnakirush Registered User regular
edited February 2009 in Help / Advice Forum
Hey H/A people,

This could be a very stupid question, but bear with me. I recently moved and had to switch to wi/fi for my PC. My roommates don't want me running CAT5 through the apartment, so I obliged them. Now I want to hook up my XBox 360, but I'm lacking a wireless adaptor. I want to get it online for as little as possible (read: "I'm not paying $100 for the XBox wireless adaptor") and was wondering if there was a way to run an ethernet cord from my PC to the XBox?

Thanks!

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  • wallakawallaka Registered User regular
    edited February 2009
    Crossover cable. Share the PC's wireless connection.

    I did that for six months until a buddy of mine gave me a wireless adapter.

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  • ZeonZeon Registered User regular
    edited February 2009
    Buy a wireless router you can use as a bridge. The everpopular Linksys WRT54G will do this if you flash it with DD-WRT firmware. Its how i ran my ps3, xbox and media computer when my roommate also told me i couldnt run cat-5 through the kitchen.

    Itll cost you about 50 bucks or less and be 1000x more modular than any solution you can come up with otherwise.

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  • Akilae729Akilae729 Registered User regular
    edited February 2009
    Do you even need a crossover cable? I was using the one that simply came with the xbox to run between my MacBook and my xbox.

    Just connect the two devices and enable internet sharing through the ethernet port on your PC.

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  • nakirushnakirush Registered User regular
    edited February 2009
    Akilae729 wrote: »
    Do you even need a crossover cable? I was using the one that simply came with the xbox to run between my MacBook and my xbox.

    Just connect the two devices and enable internet sharing through the ethernet port on your PC.

    How would one do that?

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