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Ndure Master Cheater
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Posted: Wed Dec 23, 2009 2:02 pm Post subject: Xbox 360 internet sharing |
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Well I haven't made a post in a while, I was wondering if you could share internet between your PC and your xbox 360 considering my motherboard has 2 ethernet ports.
ex; Cord from my router, going to my pc in port 1, then perhaps a cord from port 2 on my pc going to the xbox.
I'm thinking of buying an xbox 360 soon and want to be able to play LIVE in my room without buying that nasty 80$ adapter.
If someone knows if this would work, please post.
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ArcaneKnite Grandmaster Cheater Supreme
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What does your motherboard having 2 ethernet ports have to do with your Xbox?
And yes you can. The point of a router is to split the modem's internet connection to different places.
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Ndure Master Cheater
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Posted: Wed Dec 23, 2009 2:18 pm Post subject: |
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| Sorry I meant a cord from my pc to my xbox, my routers in my basement, so yeah.
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Zarr Grandmaster Cheater
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Posted: Wed Dec 23, 2009 5:40 pm Post subject: |
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So you want the modem to connect to the router, router to computer and computer to 360, yes? Assuming your computer has more than 1 8P8C port, try bridging the connection from one ethernet port to the other. In windows 7 you can do it under
Control Panel\Network and Internet\Network Connections
, but it, of course, varies by operating system.
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iTz SWAT I post too much
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Posted: Thu Dec 24, 2009 3:13 am Post subject: |
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WTF is a router? I have a modem, which connects to my PC's and Xbox.
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Posted: Thu Dec 24, 2009 3:28 am Post subject: |
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| iTz SWAT wrote: | | WTF is a router? I have a modem, which connects to my PC's and Xbox. |
/facepalm
You have a router.
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TrueSoulja Grandmaster Cheater
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Posted: Thu Dec 24, 2009 8:42 am Post subject: |
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| WinRAR wrote: | | iTz SWAT wrote: | | WTF is a router? I have a modem, which connects to my PC's and Xbox. |
/facepalm
You have a router. |
a router is this box thing with more than 1 ethernet ports which lets you connect more than 1 thinigs to the internet.
a modem is something that allows you to connect to the internet.
some modems have only 1 ethernet port like from optimum cable internet so people need routers to connect more than 1 system to the internet. You probably might have a newer modem like maybe one from verizon cuz i know they have more advanced ones
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noko_112 Grandmaster Cheater
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Posted: Thu Dec 24, 2009 9:23 am Post subject: |
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Modem: gives you internet (Often only one line)
Router: "Spitting" the line down to X number of line
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Zarr Grandmaster Cheater
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Note that there is a difference between a router and a switch. A router has routing capabilities, like port forwarding, a firewall, QoS, connection limiting (by password or MAC address), etc. A switch splits the connection and nothing else. Also, a modem is the adapter that converts whatever connection your ISP uses (phone lines with DSL, coaxial lines with cable, etc) to the standard cat5 cable and vice versa. A lot of modems have routing capabilites, technically making them routers themselves, but don't split the connection and have only 1 8p8c port.
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iTz SWAT I post too much
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Posted: Thu Dec 24, 2009 8:21 pm Post subject: |
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| Zarr wrote: | | Note that there is a difference between a router and a switch. A router has routing capabilities, like port forwarding, a firewall, QoS, connection limiting (by password or MAC address), etc. A switch splits the connection and nothing else. Also, a modem is the adapter that converts whatever connection your ISP uses (phone lines with DSL, coaxial lines with cable, etc) to the standard cat5 cable and vice versa. A lot of modems have routing capabilites, technically making them routers themselves, but don't split the connection and have only 1 8p8c port. |
Thank you. Good Explanation. I know a friend who uses an 8 port switch. If it doesn't have port forwarding capabilities, does that mean all his ports are open? Or are they closed but can't be opened at a later stage? If you connect a modem to a switch, does the modem block the ports before getting to the switch?
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