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Re: Campus wont let us have routers

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Internet Connection Sharing is probably your cheapest solution. However; you have to have the serving computer on all of the time. Some linksys and D-Link routers have the ability to use a specified MAC adress. This is very helpful when you have to go through a MAC adress filter. However, even if you don't have one that can change the MAC adress; you can just give them the MAC adress of your router as if it was another one of your PC's. Your network administrator is right, it can effect some functionality of the system; however, (if they know their stuff) it should only limit your access to thier domain.

If you want to set up a router. Go to the command prompt and type "ipconfig /all" write down all of the information because you will need to manually enter it using your routers setup (http, telnet, ect.). Then either change the MAC adress of your router, or register the MAC adress with your admin; this should give you access to the internet with as many computers as you would like.

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A switch won't cause any problems; but it won't let "anyone" access the internet. You will still have to have every device MAC adress registered. If you get a router set up right; it will fix all of your problems.

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I just logged into to it with the default password and did a bad firmware flash to brick it and prevent it from giving out ips again.

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I don't know if you said if you have laptop or a desktop. But if you have a desktop running XP. get another NIC and run a crossover cable to from you consol to you PC. Then use XPs inernet Connection Sharing. The machine will act as a "router" more or less.

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Has anyone found the actual solution to fixing this because my roomate and I cant figure out how to get our 360 working online.

Ryan

your best bet is to try to get in contact with the network and/or server groups at your university. Someone there runs the Cisco clean-access agent management system. Hopefully they can register additional mac addresses for you. Get the mac address of your xbox 360 and try to give it to the people that deal with the registration.

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I replied to your PM, but I'll post here so others can get the benefit of the solution.

Get a router, and immediately disable DHCP. Then, register your PC normally, while it's connected to the wall. Get your PC's MAC address.

Now, disconnect the PC, plug in the router and set it up to do MAC spoofing, Type in your PC's address. Plug in your gaming consoles and game away.

This may affect your ability to access local resources, such as Windows File & Print Sharing fileshares or other things on your campus network, but the difference to your internet applications will be absolutely none.

How exactly do you mac spoof?

Thanks Ryan

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I got the 360 to work by manually inserting ip address, netmask address, mac address, and few other things it asks for but the problem is I have to use the cable I want for my computer so my question is will a switch make it possible for me to get on both consoles at the same time or is there a way to turn a router into a switch because I have one?

Ryan

to turn your router into a switch, just go into the router settings and turn off your dhcp server. Then plug your campus internet into the lan port and your computers into lan ports. Now it will just act as a switch. If your 360 and your computer are using the same mac address you most likely will have a conflict and it might red flag with your campus network people that their is a mac conflict.