360 networking issue NEW QUESTION

tofu

Usually I connect my 360 to the internet through my laptop running Windows 7. I want to be able to connect through my netbook running Windows 7, but it's not working for some reason.

Network Diagnostics wrote:

"Local Area Connection" doesn't have a valid IP configuration.

What could possibly be causing this?

saint2e

I'm not familiar with Windows 7, but you'll probably want to create a network bridge to link your NIC that you're using for your 360 to the other NIC/wireless adapter/whatever you're using for your internet connection.

when I used to do this, I had to set that up. BAsically it shares the internet connection from NIC1 to NIC2 (where your 360 should be plugged in).

tofu

On both my computers I have Internet Connection Sharing enabled on the wireless adapters. Works for one but not for the other.

tofu

Nevermind, apparently disabling and re-enabling ICS worked.

New question though: if I run the 360 through my netbook's wireless it can't see Windows Media Center on my laptop, what gives?

When I go to Network I can see everything on the network, including my netbook, but no 360. On my netbook the same network pane shows everything, including my laptop and the 360.

edit: can't ping the 360 from my laptop or my netbook...

exoplasm

You should probably use Network Bridge instead of ICS. It would make things a lot easier.