OK... Anyone here have an XBOX 360 and a Linksys WRT150N router, and can 
tell me why the hell if fails to connect in the test phase for getting 
an IP?

Note, its using WEP, not WEP2, so that's not the issue. Filtering of MAC 
is on, but that isn't the issue, since the only MAC in the filter is not 
the one for the XBOX. I even tried setting a static IP, and even 
assigning that IP as the "default" IP for that MAC address (umm, does 
the name for the computer/device need to be the same, since the XBOX 
doesn't seem to ID itself and setting a default IP for the mac requires 
the name too... But, the same error happened when simply setting the 
address in the XBOX, *and* when leaving it on "automatic".

I get the sense this is a common, and unbelievably stupid, problem with 
the 360 and wireless, from the net, but the "solutions" are things I 
have either already tried, am not 100% sure how to do right, or would 
have an effect (I mean, what the hell would setting it DMZ matter if it 
isn't getting a fracking IP in the first place?). Or, just unbelievably 
stupid, like opening my network up, including disabling encryption, 
which would let any idiot that drove by have access to a network with 
two other computers on it, one on 24/7...

Apparently, this problem also, often, doesn't happen with people 
connecting computers via wifi, just the damn 360... I have run out of 
ideas at this point, and I would hate to think I just wasted $100 on 
something that won't connect me..

Note: If all else failed I could try a hard line, but that runs into two 
doors. I.e., where the XBOX is, and the router, its a ceiling fan, the 
door out of the room, and the door of the closet. Kind of 
"inconvenient", even if I didn't just lose $100 on something that won't 
work. lol

Thanks.

-- 
void main () {

     if version = "Vista" {
       call slow_by_half();
       call DRM_everything();
     }
     call functional_code();
   }
   else
     call crash_windows();
}

<A HREF='http://www.daz3d.com/index.php?refid=16130551'>Get 3D Models, 
3D Content, and 3D Software at DAZ3D!</A>

Post a reply to this message