connecting to my 360

im trying to connect my notebook to my 360 so i can watch movies and listen to music but its not wanting to connect. when i test the connection and when it gets to the ip address it just says failed. my notebook will recognize that its connected but wont identify it. im using the ethernet cable the 360 came with to connect the two

thats all i know for the moment and im relatively new to networking so any advice or suggestions are welcome

 

what os on desktop and firewall?

how you try to connect you xbox via wireless or wired via router or cross over cable?

 

you are not try to use the stock xbox network cable into you laptop network card? if you do that neede cross over cable

 

You have to set Static IP adresses if you want to directly network the two and you don't have a Router. You right click on your network device in Network and Sharing Center-->Manage Network Connections and hit properties. Then click on IPv4 and hit properties. Then set everything to "use this address" and enter in these sample IP addresses that I am providing you:

For your PC:
IP Address: 192.168.1.1
Subnet: 255.255.255.0
Default Gateway: 192.168.1.1
Pref. DNS: (It's either the same as the gateway but I think you can type in something like say 4.2.2.2)
Alternate DNS: 4.2.2.1

XBOX:
IP Address: 192.168.1. 2
Subnet: 255.255.255.0
Default Gateway: 192.168.1.1
Pref. DNS: (It's either the same as the gateway but I think you can type in something like say 4.2.2.2)
Alternate DNS: 4.2.2.1

Hit "advanced" on your PC and click on the "WINS" tab. set NetBIOS to ENABLE.

This should probably work. This is how I was able to have a StarCraft LAN party at school with 4 other friends using a 5 port Linksys Ethernet hub that I modded to be powered by a USB port. If you configure everything on both the PC and the XBOX manually and it still doesn't work, then you might need a crossover ethernet cable. But the best, hassle free solution is to get a wireless router. Hope this helps.

-J.B.

 

vista and i turned the firewall off and it still didnt work. so i what need to do is buy a cross over cable is that correct?

 

Yes I second Jstn Advice just get route you be able to play use you laptop online at same time you xbox360 and you won,nt need set ip address or anything like that


Asume you don,nt already have a router

 

If you have gigabit ethernet on your notebook, then you don't need a crossover cable. But to directly connect the two devices through a single cable, you do need to manually setup the IP addresses as described by Jstn7477.

Then will you be using media center or media player 11 to share the files?

 

I stream movies to my xbox also. It does take a few tries to get everything running correctly. Getting a router will be the best and easiest way to stream to your xbox.

How ever you decide to link up to your xbox, goto network and sharing menu. And make sure that Media Sharing is on. If you click on change and your xbox is on, your xbox should show up in the "share my media to" box. Then click "allow" to share this devise.

Media center works pretty good. But I have better luck with Tversity.
Its at Tversity.com Visit the site and read through the tutorials on how to best setup tversity. If you have any questions just ask.

 

thanx for all the help guys. i got a router and everything seems to working fine.