XBox problems...

Hi,

Unfortunately for me, I seem to have a network set up unlike the majority of
others. It is a wireless ad-hoc, so therefore, no router, main access point,
as every computer (4 to be exact) connects to each other individually.

However, after recently purchasing an XBox, and trying to get it onto the
network, I have come into some difficulty. I receive the internet from
another computer through a USB wireless adapter. This network runs fine, and
I receive the internet perfectly. I then wanted to connect the XBox to my
computer via an Ethernet connection, and then re-share the internet
connection over this, therefore giving the XBox access to the internet.

However, on trying to enable ICS (I am running windows XP), I get an error
message telling me that my computer must have the IP of 192.168.0.1.
However, I cannot do this as the wireless network that I am on already uses
this address, on the computer that shares the internet. And, with there
being no router, this computer is also the gateway, and therefore, I cannot
change the IP on the server.

Are there any ways that I can work around this problem, without having to go
out and spend as much, if not more than what I just spent on my XBox, simply
to get it connected to Live.



Thanks in advance for any information.


Aruz


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Aruz wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Unfortunately for me, I seem to have a network set up unlike the majority
> of others. It is a wireless ad-hoc, so therefore, no router, main access
> point, as every computer (4 to be exact) connects to each other
> individually.
>
> However, after recently purchasing an XBox, and trying to get it onto the
> network, I have come into some difficulty. I receive the internet from
> another computer through a USB wireless adapter. This network runs fine,
> and I receive the internet perfectly. I then wanted to connect the XBox
> to my computer via an Ethernet connection, and then re-share the internet
> connection over this, therefore giving the XBox access to the internet.
>
> However, on trying to enable ICS (I am running windows XP), I get an error
> message telling me that my computer must have the IP of 192.168.0.1.

Thats not true. Thats just how Windows likes to set it up. Set it up that
way, then change it to 192.168.1.1 or something.

I have a DHCP server set up on Win2K and can allocate IP addresses in the
range 192.168.254.2-254. The IP address of the NIC is 192.168.254.1 and ICS
works flawlessly. The other NIC is on a 10.x.y.z network and obtains it's
IP address and gateway settings through DHCP from another server somewhere
on the network.

Ben
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2004 21:54:42 +0100, sefini jorgo geanyet des mani yeof do
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<aruz@SPAM_TRAPleomadman.freeserve.co.uk> fornis do marikano es bono tan el:

>Are there any ways that I can work around this problem, without having to go
>out and spend as much, if not more than what I just spent on my XBox, simply
>to get it connected to Live.

A 4-port router will cost you very little, you know. In fact, you might only
need a switch, which is even less.

deKay
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