Thanks to both of you. I got it working. In summary for
anyone who runs into this problem, this is how I got it
to work:
1. First, make sure that your xbox can connect to Xbox
Live before your try to use access control.
2. You need the MAC addresses of both the wireless-g and
your Xbox to your router
3. The MAC address should be printed on the bottom of
your wireless adapter
4. You can find the Xbox MAC address in settings>network
setting, on the lower-right section of your screen, with
the phrase "MAC=" in front of it.
Unfotunately, the address is displayed in kind of a
funny graphical way. It's supposed to look like it's
displayed at an angle, so the last few characters might
be difficult to distinguish on your TV. I have a big-
screen with an s-video connection, and still I originally
had mistaken 8s for Bs. In the advanced settings, there
is a way to over-ride the Xbox Mac address, but I didn't
have to resort to that.
5. When you check connections, it might tell you that it
has found your wireless adapter but that it's not
connected to a network, and it will ask you if you want
to connect it. If you choose this option, you'll have to
re-enter your WEP security info. It's easier, I found
when troubleshooting, to just hit the "b" button to go
back, check our router settings, and try to connect again.
>-----Original Message-----
>If you dig within the XBox Live config, you should be
able to find the XBox
>MAC address...
>
>--
>Jason Tsang - Microsoft MVP
>
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>
>"Porter Hall" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
>news:6f6f01c42fdb$1d5e9e60$(E-Mail Removed)...
>> Thanks for your help on this. How do I find the MAC
>> address of my Xbox? I looked on the bottom of the
console
>> and could only find the S/N and something called a
>> Product ID.
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> Porter
>> >-----Original Message-----
>> >You need to allow the MAC address of the MN-740 and
the
>> Xbox to connect
>> >for it to work.
>> >
>> >Porter Hall wrote:
>> >> Hi everyone,
>> >>
>> >> I just purchased an Xbox Wireless-G adapter to use
>> with
>> >> my netgear wireless router. I use the access control
>> >> feature to limit what MAC addresses can access my
>> network.
>> >>
>> >> When setting up my Xbox Wireless-G, I would get most
>> of
>> >> the way through and then, after I put in my WEP
>> >> encryption info, it would say it couldn't find a
>> network.
>> >> The first thing I tried was shutting off the access
>> >> control in my router, and this worked.
>> >>
>> >> I double-checked the MAC address on my adapter to
see
>> if
>> >> I had transposed a number, but no. Is there a trick
or
>> a
>> >> firmware update I need to get this to work?
>> >>
>> >> Thanks,
>> >>
>> >> Porter
>> >
>> >.
>> >
>
>
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