little help connecting xbox to pc

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the thing is that my windows xp doesnt recognize the xbox using a nic. i have run the crossover cable to the nic and my pc still doesnt recognize it. when i go to my network connections i have two local area connections. local area connection 1 is for my pc and this works good but local area connection 2(which is the nic used for my xbox) it has the phrase "network cable unplugged" by the icon. i cannot proceed forward until i have this corrected cause i think changing the ip address on that nic wont do me any good if i cant overcome that obstacle first.