connecting xbox

[frequency]

crazygamelover...that would be cool if u let know if u find a way...comcast told me they would have to charge me an extra $6.95 for the extra ip address....damn comcast....lol. i guess thats how they make their extra money on top of ur already huge amounts of revenue by not allowing xbox live subsribers to just plug in their xbox to the computer modem and start having fun...haha. oh well ...im one of the suckers that got sucked in by the black hole.

[Gen.Cutter]

i have had comcast internet for over 3 years and i have never had a problem connecting to live through my router( I have the x-box connected to the router through 2 additional 6 port switches daisy-chained) i only have one ip address and it is seamless.

Try setting you internet connection settings in your router to dynamic ,and your DNS server to auto that may help.

I hope this can save u a couple bucks a month

[frequency]

well u see..i dont have a router at all. when the comcast internet installer came and installed the inernet, he just had a modem and thats how i got connected. he didnt set up the modem w/ a router b/c i had one computer only so there was no need for a router.

[Gen.Cutter]

I did not realize you were routerless in that case i guess the only way to connect is with another ip.
It would not be a bad idea to purchase a router, linksys has them on sale at office max for about $60, and once you get one you can do away with the additional ip adress and re-coup the cost of the router in 6 months or so.
Plus with a router you have alot more functionallity with your network, not to mention almost all routers have built-in fire walls.
But hey if it works what the hell.

[frequency]

im defintley thinking of a router cause it will pay for itself in like 6 months or less sense im paying like $6.95/month extra . plus for some reason im getting slow ass uploading speeds whn i ftp my games to my pc to patch them up and stuff. the highest upload speed i get is 30kbs, which sucks major ass if u got like 3.7gb game. ive never had this problem when i had dsl with a router...my games would be uploaded in matter of mins.....not hours. im pretty sure once i get my router and do away with extra ip address, i can just hook up my xbox to the router which will(i think) increase my upload speeds from when i had dsl.

[crazygamelover]

well i tried it for you frequency and I had probs with my router setting up. it is a linksys and it did not work. ive yet to figure out what the prob is as it should be working. i may have a bad router but i am not sure as of yet. I will keep testing different network techniques and see if i can get it going. As of now i am in the same boat as you with this second ip crap. I have to recheck my cables and put a tester on them to see if i am getting a signal. hopefully it is just a bad cable. I checked all of the settings for the xbox configurations and it all looked good so i will keep trying. I would be able to get to it again til later next week due to work but it has to work. i have the Network Everywhere 4 port cable/dsl router, model # nr041. i will keep you posted here and let you know before you go and spend the money only to find out it dont work. i will be back at it on tuesday 8/17/04. let you know more then.

[frequency]

thanx crazygamelover for ur trial and error on the router option. if it doesnt work for some reasn..oh well..at least u tried and i'll just stick with my 2nd ip address dilema sense i need it so that my xbox has an ip address to upload my games to the pc using flashxp. althought i got to admit...it is hella slow..28kbs but i guess its better than nothing.

u seem to have ur whole house all networked...as for me i would like that but then my house would like a spaghetti factory....too much wires, and wireless is too rich for my blood right now. and i will wait for ur results when u get back...thanx again.