Help! Router

[Beat X500]

so whats this RJ45 X-over cable? is it costly? where can i get 1 from? is that definately what i need?

[T_T1K]

Its an ethernet cable that allows direct communication between two machines, its about a fiver and you can get them from pc world / maplins etc. If you wanna know how to connect everything up or how it works have a look through this forum, theres quite a few posts about broadband ics & networking.

You might find this usefull too:
http://www.xbox.com/en-GB/live/start/connect/sharedpc/

[Beat X500]

thx 4 ur help Sol i didnt want to get xb live and not be able to connect..hopefully now i can...im gonna go check that link out now brb....

[Beat X500]

yo sol! a bit of help again plz!! i am really strugglin wiv my xb live...i have finally got it! i cant play pso untill i set it up so i was wonderin can i use the xbox system link as a crosover cable i have read sumwhere that u can but i just need a second opinion. plz, plz plz help me

ps i dont mean to grovel

[decswxaqz]

I am not sure. But I guess that the cross over cable is just some of ethernet cable. But there are two sorts of ethernet cable, cross over and normal. I ain't sure which it will be.

[Beat X500]

aahh, i have my x-over cable now, but i am strugglin to setup my account, i dont understand all this DNS and PPOE stuff and where can i find out the right numbers to put in? its really confusing, and my mum sed if it isnt workin in a weeks time she'll take it and PSO back to the shop 4 a refund, its so annoyin as i cant play pso 'till i set live up. Plz help guys

[decswxaqz]

How are you trying to set it up again? Just Xbox on its own? Through a router/switch/hub, or through Internet Connection Sharing. Either way, to get the information you are looking for:

This works for win98SE, not sure about the other versions.

1) Goto START, then RUN
2) Type "winipcfg" (without quotes)
3) Click MORE INFO
4) From the drop-down menu, find the adapter you use to connect to the net, it should be pretty obvious.

[Beat X500]

omg dec, u have saved my skin! (umm...w/eva), i'd never of found that out! Just gotta try this stuff out now, let u know whether it works or not

[decswxaqz]

hehehe np. I had so many problems getting my GC online the game PSO GC came out. I got it a day early (thank you Gameplay!) and tried to connect but couldn't. I took the day off uni trying to get it to work. I phoned Infrogrammes and they said the servers weren't up yet! DOH! So I waited very patiently for a day and then tried again. Couldn't, so I rang NTL and asked them what to do. They said it couldn't be done. I rang them up a few hours later and told them it could be done .

[Beat X500]

cool go u!
I've yet still to try settin it up agen but ill let u know if it works or not, if i dont get it workin can u suggest any replacment games? what cud i get instead (and i know its off the topic, ill get back to that in a minute)?