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    Can I use my laptop as a wireless access point for my xbox?

    Discussion in 'Networking and Wireless' started by londez, Sep 14, 2010.

  1. londez

    londez Notebook Evangelist

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    I was just wondering if there was any way that i could plug my xbox ethernet into my laptop so that I can use it for wireless.
     
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    makaveli72 Eat.My.Shorts

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    Possibly? If you set up your laptop as an ICS. SEE HERE!

    So make sure your WLAN and LAN Cards are both enabled. In essence you would be getting Internet through wireless ans sharing it via the ethernet LAN connection. I can't say your Xbox live experience would be great though.
     
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  3. londez

    londez Notebook Evangelist

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    gah, it's not working. When I switch it over to allow sharing, my wireless router shows up as being un-identified and although I connect to it, it says my access type is "no internet"
     
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  4. H.A.L. 9000

    H.A.L. 9000 Occam's Chainsaw

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    Can you go into the xbox's wireless settings and define specific DNS addresses?
     
    H.A.L. 9000, Sep 14, 2010
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