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Originally Posted by Stop It
Right, A small update, and a bit of humble pie, Turns out my NIC had taken its last packet it will ever receive (DOH!), and was therefore not letting me connect to the internet, changed network card, and immediatly got connected, hehe, problem one solved.
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Oops!
At least that is one problem solved
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Originally Posted by Stop It
Problem 2: that black brick, first I simply disconnected the nic from the net (after noting its MAC address  ) and chucked it into my xbox, turned it on and......(wait for it) It didnt work, arf, so I tried power cycling, and it comes up with a error saying (cannot find DNS from the DHCP/PPPoE) so i put in the NTL dns, and it says it cant find the DHCP, not good.
Im starting to think that someone doesnt want me to use Xbox live or worse PAY ntl £5pm to get it working, EEK i pay enough as it is (£37.99 is acceptable, just, £42.99 um, isnt).
So before I get a hammer, NTL's nearest base address and a lot of alcohol, is there anything I can do? cheers in advance. |
Agh!
May sound silly but...try it all again, making sure the order is correct etc. Sometimes it can be something simple which was overlooked.
Make sure the XBox has no MAC cloned into it, & that it has IP & DNS on Automatic, & PPPoE turned off.
Get the PC hooked up to the modem again using ethernet, & make sure it can connect.
Turn off the PC. Turn off the modem. Disconnect the PC from the modem. Leave the modem off for 5 minutes or so.
Before turning the modem on, plug the modem into the XBox.
Turn on the modem. Let it boot. Turn on the XBox, try to connect....
Doesn't work...try again, but 1st clone the NIC's MAC onto the XBox (and you must clone it when the XBox is *not* connected to the modem) [also check you are using the right MAC - here's how to find the MAC:
http://homepage.ntlworld.com/robin.d...dr.html#macpc]
More detail....have a read through this post again, & make sure you do it as it says:
http://www.cableforum.co.uk/board/showthread.php?t=715
If you still can't get it to work after that...
The NTL Broadband & Console service is now, I think, £2/month rather than £5/month....so it isn't such a rip-off as it used to be. But, coupled with the £3 increase to the price of the 1Mb service, it's still hardly great value.
If after trying everything, & not having any luck, then you could try ICS (I'd recommend getting another NIC, though, instead of using USB for the PC, if you do ever use ICS - and it'll still be cheaper than the NTL service), or get a router such as this: Linksys BEFSR41,
£32.74 from Amazon.co.uk - cheaper than the £2/month BB & Console service, in the long run (& the BB & Console service may still also charge a "set-up" fee too, I'm not sure)