Xbox to wireless via laptop

[dids]

I have much trouble at setting this up.

The laptop is connected to interenet using wireless. I wanted to connect the xbox to the LAN adapter of the laptop and either 1)bridges the connections or 2)share the wireless with LAN connector.

None of these works

 

for 1) I lost the wireless connection

I've read http://extremetechsupport.com/forum/networking/7621-network-bridge-cuts-out-my-internet-connection.html and did as said but this doesn't work enough for me?

 

I had to set up the address manualy for the bridge to 192.168.0.1 as it was automatically using an address not in my network (namely 169.x.x.x.... i.e. usual windows dhcp stuff)

(I put my DNS and the adress of my gateway box on this home network)

It says it is connected ... but firefox cannot find anything ...

After a while also the wireless said it was connected but firefox wasn't receiving anything ... the wireless connector had no address also ???

May be evrething is supposed to go via the bridge?

 

 

for 2) (after removing bridges and stuff)

just trying to share the wireless by clicking on the properties>advanced..it says that it cannot gives LAN the 192.168.0.1 (the compulasary address for this apparently) as it thinks the address exists on the network ...but I changed my dhcp on purpose to start at 192.168.0.2 ...????

BY the way If you an utilitary stuuf to check what tis on the network (addresses and names) just to try to see what has got this address!!??

 

by the way I'm stuck ...none of these works

 

ALso the Xbox cannot see the laptop:

if I just give an address to the Lan entry of laptop and put it as a gateway in the xbox with a manually set up address as well.

or in the automatic

 

very disappointing expereience ...:confused:

 

Dids

 

P.S.

If I connect the xbox via ethernet directly on the ADSL modem this works.

If I connect via ethernet the laptop on the ADSL modem it works (wireless switch off or not of course)

[dids]

Me again. I did try the solution 1 with another maptop under VISTA this is working ...

So it is the basic bridging under XP which is not straigtforward ...

 

thanks for any help

[macken]

I used to also use a laptop connected wirelessly to connect my 360 to the internet via an ethernet cable and bridging the connections.

 

I found it was very unstable and would drop out for no reason and reconnect when it felt like it. I would recommend splashing out on a wireless network adapter, eBay would be a great place to pick up a cheap second hand one.