[Despite this involving an XBox problem, I'm leaving this here rather than moving it the XBox forum, as "Stop It" can't get his PC to connect via ethernet either, plus the NTL techies may not notice something in the XBox forum]
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Originally Posted by Stop It
Right, I think Ill drag this up rather than creating my own thread :P
Ive just had a rather silly idea recently, and that was to get Xbox live.
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Not a silly idea at all
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Originally Posted by Stop It
Ive got ntl 1Mb so i thought to myself, to share my modem between xbox and pc, by changing my pc to USB, and using ethernet (after a modem reset and turning my pc off :P) for the Xbox, the xbox had none of it, couldnt find the IP, dns, nothing, so, I thought i would reconnect the ethernet on my pc, and lo, it fails, keeps on failing to get an IP, Ive tried all the known ways of getting it to work, power cycling, releasing the USB's ip first, then powr cycling and connecting via ethernet, nothing seems to work, its been 3 days now, and im sure if I get the ethernet working on my PC, the xbox might take the bait :P
Ive heard about not being able to use a certain amount of MAC addresses at once, but surely 2 in 3 days should work.
Any help will be a godsend, thankyou in advance
PS: NTL:home 120 modem, :p
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Hmm...
Quick question: when you try & get the XBox to connect, you do not leave the PC plugged into the modem do you???? You can only use *one* device at a time, & you should only have *one* device plugged into the modem at a time [unless you have the NTL Broadband & console service - which, IMO, is a waste of money]
"Change the PC to use USB"? Why?!
Also: is the XBox modded? If you have a modded XBox, then that could well be the reason the XBox won't connect [wouldn't explain the PC not being able to use ethernet though]
And, in case you weren't sure - The XBox's network settings must be: IP on auto, DNS on auto, & PPPoE turned Off.
I know you say you've tried to do everything already, but just try & see again if you can get the PC to connect using ethernet.
If you can finally get the PC to connect via ethernet, then yes, the XBox *will* also be able to connect at long last.
If you haven't seen it already, have a read through this:
http://homepage.ntlworld.com/robin.d...b.html#usbswap
You *must* make sure you do everything in the correct order:
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- Shut down the operating system, and power off the PC.
- Power off the cable modem.
- Unplug USB cable from both cable modem and PC.
- Connect cable modem's ethernet port to PC's [XBox's] ethernet port (usually with a straight-through ethernet cable).
- Power on cable modem, wait for it to finish booting, with all LEDs in normal condition.
- Power on PC [XBox]
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It may also be worth leaving the modem turned off for a while, before trying to then use the PC/XBox via ethernet. [instead of simply powering it off & then on, before connecting the PC/XBox via ethernet]
A while could equal...30 secs...few minutes...maybe hours....maybe overnight. You shouldn't really need to leave it off for any significant length of time at all, AFAIK, as a nice simple power cycle should be fine - but it does seem that sometimes people need to leave the modem off for longer than normal.
You could try NTL BB Tech Support. Just don't mention the XBox
Tell 'em that you are trying to change your PC>modem connection from USB to ethernet & you can't get it to work.
Once you do finally get the PC connecting via ethernet, then using the XBox will be easy. You can either: power cycle the modem when changing from PC to XBox -or- clone the PC's network card's MAC address onto the XBox [removes the need to power cycle]
See here for a bit more on connecting an XBox to an NTL cable modem / STB -
http://www.cableforum.co.uk/board/showthread.php?t=715
See here for more on swapping devices on the modem/STB -
http://homepage.ntlworld.com/robin.d...tips/swap.html
Good luck
