> Gah.. All I need, an open network with two other machines already on it, 
> for how ever long it takes for me to figure out that the frell the problem 
> is..

Nobody is going to hack your xbox, especially if it's not even connected to 
the network properly :-) And presumably the other PC will only be connected 
for brief periods to change router settings?  If you're really paranoid, 
then just make sure the firewall on the PC is fully on before you connect to 
the router.

> Note, it **can't be** the security though, since I already got "past" that 
> part. If it was, then it would have failed, as it was initially doing, at 
> step 2, not step 3. Its almost certainly something else, some place. :p

That thing where it "connects" but doesn't get an IP, I had that happen when 
the machine was not in the MAC "allow" list.  Anyway, I think the 1st step 
is definitely to reset the router to its default settings, that will at 
least give you some further information about the problem, whether it works 
or not.

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