Stat1c
join:2003-02-23
Oak Creek, WI
| [XP] using router without a modem?
hi im having some troubles setting up my xbox live. i rent the upstairs of a house, and the landlord downstairs has wireless internet set up, which is what my computer is using. i didnt want to pay $100 for the xbox wireless adapter, so i bought a $20 router thinking it would work, but i keep getting dns failed. is it possible to have just my computer and 360 hooked up to the router? or do i need a cable from the cable modem to the router also? |
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weaseled386
join:2008-04-13
Port Orange, FL
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| Yeah, this isn't going to work at all. My suggestion is to return the router.
Your router isn't going to have a WAN signal to feed to the Xbox. Past that, it's probably trying to act as a DHCP server and conflicting with the router upstairs which is already setup for DHCP.
I've never tried this but it sounds good... setup internet connection sharing on your laptop. Connect your Xbox & laptop together and see what happens. If you have any firewalls I'd kill them first. Then you can turn them back on, along with antivirus, after you establish it works or not. |
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tubbynet
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join:2008-01-16
Mesa, AZ
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This can be done if your router supports dd-wrt. Using this 3rd-party firmware, you can set up your router to not act as a router, but a wireless bridge.
I would check out »www.dd-wrt.com and see if your router is supported. If it is, flash it and look at the FAQ/Wiki to get this up and running.
I have successfully used this to provide wired access to several linux PCs that didn't support wireless and were geographically remote from my wired switch.
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fox7
join:2001-02-12
Culver City, CA
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Stat1c:
Running a cable from the router to your place and then having a switch is the easiest and cheapest. But you are still going to have to have access to the router downstairs interface/settings to put in the port forwarding for the x-box.
What 'tubbynet' said would work also. I am using the Linksys WRT54GL with the dd-wrt firmware to make it a wireless bridge.
»www.dd-wrt.com/wiki/index.php/Re···r_Bridge
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Stat1c
join:2003-02-23
Oak Creek, WI
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thanks for all your replies. weaseled, i tried the internet connection sharing and i still got dns failed. on the router status page, it shows that it is connected to my computer, but xbox still gives me dns failed.
my router is a cheap no name brand, so www.dd-wrt.com wont work. i guess i get to go spend more money. my mistake for not looking into this more i guess. |
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tenmachan123
join:2008-04-24
| If you will try Internet connection sharing for your computer and xbox, there's no need to use the router. If your computer is wireless, then connect it to a wireless network. After connecting it to a wireless network, connect the xbox to the ethernet port of your computer then enable the Internet connection sharing on the computer. After enabling the ICS on the computer, check the IP address of the xbox, it should have an IP address of 192.168.0.xxx. Check also if you will have Gateway and DNS servers. |
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