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Originally Posted by daz300
i rung up cs and i can not use x box live via my set top box, if i want it i have to change .
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You can't subscribe to ntl's extra broadband &
console service if you use an STB rather than a standalone cable modem (SACM), hence them saying that you have to change.
However:
You
CAN quite easily use XBox Live via an STB, without having to change to a SACM & waste extra money on the console service.
All that is required is to clone the MAC address of your PC onto the XBox, so that when the XBox is connected to the STB, the STB still thinks it is connected to the PC. This is because, if you use an STB, every device you connect to it must have its MAC address registered with ntl via a special web page. As the XBox has no web browser, you cannot register the XBox's MAC, so instead you have to give it the MAC of a device which is already registered.
Easy instructions on how to use an XBox with an STB, via a direct connection, are here:
http://www.cableforum.co.uk/board/showthread.php?t=715
If you already have a router (& I assume you do, as you say you have ntl's special wireless bundle?), then instead of a direct connection to the STB, you can connect the XBox to the router. No need for changing to a SACM, no need to pay ntl extra.