LAN Networking for internat access

28 Dec 2006 12:07 AM

Barry Morris

Hello

I have a home LAN network via a cable Linksys router and all works well. The
router has been set-up with DHCP and give addresses in the 192.168.1.*
range, the gateway address is 192.168.1.1 and access to the internet works
via a cable modem with DNS addresses propagating correctly via the
'automatic' setting on each wireless and wired PC connected to the network
(as seen with IPCONFIG / ALL).

The problem

A laptop is connected via a wireless NIC to the LAN and internet, this
laptop has a Ethernet NIC to which I want to wire an Xbox. I have left the
settings a 'automatic' but the connection is show as 'limited or no
connectivity' which I guess is to be expected if no device is acting as a
DHCP server on this new LAN. Basically is there a way to 'bridge' the wired
Ethernet LAN to the wireless LAN so that the Xbox can access the internet?
Do I use a standard CAT5 Ethernet cable or a cross-over cable between the
Xbox and laptop? The Xbox is set to automatic IP and automatic DNS as
recommended in the on-screen instructions.

TIA and compliments of the season

Barry

28 Dec 2006 2:49 AM

Steve Winograd [MVP]

In article <eHlU5QhKHHA.3***@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl>, "Barry Morris"
<nospam.barry_morris@btinternet.com> wrote:
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>Hello
>
>I have a home LAN network via a cable Linksys router and all works well. The
>router has been set-up with DHCP and give addresses in the 192.168.1.*
>range, the gateway address is 192.168.1.1 and access to the internet works
>via a cable modem with DNS addresses propagating correctly via the
>'automatic' setting on each wireless and wired PC connected to the network
>(as seen with IPCONFIG / ALL).
>
>The problem
>
>A laptop is connected via a wireless NIC to the LAN and internet, this
>laptop has a Ethernet NIC to which I want to wire an Xbox. I have left the
>settings a 'automatic' but the connection is show as 'limited or no
>connectivity' which I guess is to be expected if no device is acting as a
>DHCP server on this new LAN. Basically is there a way to 'bridge' the wired
>Ethernet LAN to the wireless LAN so that the Xbox can access the internet?
>Do I use a standard CAT5 Ethernet cable or a cross-over cable between the
>Xbox and laptop? The Xbox is set to automatic IP and automatic DNS as
>recommended in the on-screen instructions.
>
>TIA and compliments of the season
>
>Barry

Yes, you can create a network bridge between the laptop's wired and
wireless LAN connections to give Internet access to the Xbox:

1. Open the Network Connections folder.

2. While holding down the Ctrl key, click the two connections.

3. Right-click one of them and click Bridge Connections.

Networking two Windows computers directly to each other requires a
crossover Ethernet cable. I'm not familiar with the Xbox, but I
believe that it works the same as a Windows computer.

If there are problems getting the Xbox on the Internet, try the steps
shown here:

Bridge May Not Work With a Non-Promiscuous Mode Network Adapter
http://support.microsoft.com/Default.aspx?id=302348

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