Does anyone know exactly how to use an airport extreme recieving mbp to run xbox live on a 360? Is there a program I need? Any input is appreciated.
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Xbox Live Using MBP as a Bridge
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I haven't tested this out myself, and I may very well in a few minutes. You shouldn't need to do anything more than ensure your OS X is connected to the net via AirPort.
In OS X,
Go to System Prefs>
Sharing>
Click the Internet tab >
On the 'Share your connecion from" dropdown select AirPort >
On the "To computers using:" check "Built-In Ethernet" >
Click 'Start' >
Plug an ethernet cable from your 360 to your MBP>
Turn on 360
I had just tested this out a few minutes ago with a Windows PC upon learning many modern Macs (if not all) do not require a crossover cable to connect to machines for networking.
In OS X,
Go to System Prefs>
Sharing>
Click the Internet tab >
On the 'Share your connecion from" dropdown select AirPort >
On the "To computers using:" check "Built-In Ethernet" >
Click 'Start' >
Plug an ethernet cable from your 360 to your MBP>
Turn on 360
I had just tested this out a few minutes ago with a Windows PC upon learning many modern Macs (if not all) do not require a crossover cable to connect to machines for networking.
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Thats doesn't work. It gets an IP address, as far as i can tell, sets up everything else. Establishes a link, but cant transfer anything.
edit: as far as I can tell the 360 doesn't support crossover. Tried both on my G5 Powermac and MacBookPro. Nada. But If you shared to a router from you're MBP, then the 360 should connect to the router. I'll test this as soon as I find another router.
Thats doesn't work. It gets an IP address, as far as i can tell, sets up everything else. Establishes a link, but cant transfer anything.
edit: as far as I can tell the 360 doesn't support crossover. Tried both on my G5 Powermac and MacBookPro. Nada. But If you shared to a router from you're MBP, then the 360 should connect to the router. I'll test this as soon as I find another router.
Mine failed on IP Address. I've had problems with the 360's Xbox Live connection in the past. On one my router's I had to change firmware because the 360 failed to connect because of the MTU.
When you run the test what part does it fail on?
It fails on IP, but you go into advance settings it says it has ip address blah blah blah 
I don't have enough cables to try this but, if you plugged your 360 into a second router and the MBP's ethernet to the input of the second router It should work.
I don't have enough cables to try this but, if you plugged your 360 into a second router and the MBP's ethernet to the input of the second router It should work.
Is there any freeware or shareware out there that would allow for this bridge. If my mbp is getting wireless in my room, there is no reason I shouldnt be able to connect an ethernet cable to the 360 and my mbp and get a connection.
yeah...but I'm student with a strapped budget. I'm looking for inginuity over paying cash for something I could do with a little elbow grease...
You be right. Direct link being a cable from a Computer (PeeCee or Mac) straight to the xbox. There may or may not be a long winded way around this, but in reality, you need a router.
What are my options other than the cable and trying to do this through my laptop? Keep in mind cheaper solutions maybe.
a cable is like 15 bucks more or less depending on the length. anyplace that has computer stuff has them aka wal mart, best buy whatever
you don't need a cross over cable. you just need to configure your xbox manually. do a search for instructions on how to set up a wii with internet sharing from a mac. (i am at work, i can't) it is in the mac gaming forum.
Cool that sounds like it may work. Unfortunately, I will not be able to set up the xbox until christmas when I get to open it. But I will be trying this.
no you if you read above it doesn't work.
A cross over cable wont solve anything. The mac already takes care of it. I personally think cross over cables are total crap. They charge three times as much, and the only difference is the placement of two wires.
so you're saying that with a little bit of tweaking on the IP adress and other internet sharing factors, I should be able to get xbox live using the included ethernet cable plugged intp my mbp?
A cross-over cable will solve everything, if a straight through cable is used, the Tx and Rx for both devices would be tied together, really doing nothing. With a cross-over cable, the Tx and Rx pairs are reversed on one end, allowing, for instance, the Rx of the Mac to connect to the Tx of the Xbox, and the Tx of the Mac to connect to the Rx of the Xbox.
Your opinion is just that, an opinion, just because you think they are total crap, does not mean that it won't work.
Have you tried this crossover cable and sucessfully gotten xbox live through your mac?
Code:
ADD-Machine:~ Andrew$ ifconfig
lo0: flags=8049<UP,LOOPBACK,RUNNING,MULTICAST> mtu 16384
inet6 ::1 prefixlen 128
inet 127.0.0.1 netmask 0xff000000
gif0: flags=8010<POINTOPOINT,MULTICAST> mtu 1280
stf0: flags=0<> mtu 1280
en0: flags=8863<UP,BROADCAST,SMART,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> mtu 1500
inet 192.168.2.1 netmask 0xffffff00 broadcast 192.168.2.255
ether 00:16:cb:a1:ba:32
media: autoselect status: inactive
supported media: autoselect 10baseT/UTP <half-duplex> 10baseT/UTP <full-duplex> 10baseT/UTP <full-duplex,hw-loopback> 10baseT/UTP <full-duplex,flow-control> 100baseTX <half-duplex> 100baseTX <full-duplex> 100baseTX <full-duplex,hw-loopback> 100baseTX <full-duplex,flow-control> 1000baseT <full-duplex> 1000baseT <full-duplex,hw-loopback> 1000baseT <full-duplex,flow-control> none
en1: flags=8863<UP,BROADCAST,SMART,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> mtu 1500
inet6 fe80::217:f2ff:fee7:8053%en1 prefixlen 64 scopeid 0x5
inet 192.168.1.3 netmask 0xffffff00 broadcast 192.168.1.255
ether 00:17:f2:e7:80:53
media: autoselect status: active
supported media: autoselect
wlt1: flags=41<UP,RUNNING> mtu 1500
fw0: flags=8863<UP,BROADCAST,SMART,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> mtu 4078
lladdr 00:17:f2:ff:fe:7f:c0:cc
media: autoselect <full-duplex> status: inactive
supported media: autoselect <full-duplex>with sharing enabled, the ethernet has 192.168.2.1.
So plug you xbox in, go into the terminal, and see what IP is assigned to the ethernet when sharing is enabled. Tell you xbox to use that, and then you should be up and running.
also, why is apple making people buy a modem when there is one built in... go figure...
I have seen this in the link that I posted in this thread. However, it doesn't say that I need a crossover cable...
But doesn't the mac have an autodetecting ethernet card?
At work we have a nice of straight and cross over cables that we have connected to the mac. The IT guy said it doesn't matter cause the mac auto detects the communication method and changes to suit the cable.