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Wireless Gameing adapter + Netgear router! (Problem Now solved)
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AfterDawn Addict
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16. June 2006 @ 16:28 |
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Ok if have an all Linksys network in my house! I just recently got a XBOX 360 and i bought a Linksys wireless G Gaming adapter! Today i had an XBOX party so I went out and bought another router! Unfortunately the store was out of Linksys so i bough a Netgear WGR614 wireless router! What I was hoping to do was connect the Ethernet cable from my Linksys WGA54G wireless gaming adapter into the Netgear router. So i go and do some think that looks like this
<Cable Modem>_____<Linksys Wireless G router>- - - - - <Linksys Gaming adapter>______<Netgear router>_____<XBOX 360>
<Netgear router>_____<XBOX 360>
The first think I did was try the system link with Halo 2, then I tried connecting to Xbox live. To my disappointment I couldn't connect. I went up to a PC and tried seeing if I could connect to the internet like this!
<Cable Modem>_____<Linksys Wireless G router>- - - - - <Linksys Gaming adapter>______<Netgear router>_____<PC>
Again to my disappointment I couldn't connect! I try doing this!
<Cable Modem>_____<Linksys Wireless G router>- - - - - <Linksys Gaming adapter>______<PC>
And it worked fine!
What should I do!
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Domreis
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FuZ3
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17. June 2006 @ 10:10 |
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So you are trying to set up a wireless LAN connection for two Xbox 360's?
If so I suggest buying a Linksys access point that has the four wired ethernet ports on the back and use two of them for your two Xbox 360's.
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17. June 2006 @ 12:01 |
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So return my Netgear Router and get that Linksys thing! Do you have a link so I could look at it? I have also contacted the cable company, and they said that they could assign my house another IP adress for the second cable modem I have that is sitting around! So what I am thinking is Have to cable modems. One in the computer room where our router is and one in the game room with the Netgear router, 2 XBOX 360's and a PS2.
I will consider the pro's and con's of both these setup's! Can I use that Linksys thing for system link?
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Domreis
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BryanNH
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17. June 2006 @ 19:17 |
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Why don't you use a bridge to put your existing wireless signal to another router? You dont' have to pay $50 a month for cable internet ... Setup your bridge (get a dlink DWL-2100ap) to pickup your existing wireless signal, and then plug that into the WAN port of your router ... or another AP to send out a wireless signal where the 2nd location is - its not too difficult
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17. June 2006 @ 20:08 |
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Thats what I did and thats what i am haveing trouble doing! I went from my Cable modem to my Router to my Gameing adapter (wich is a wireless bridge, to me second Netgear router!
~Domreis
Thanks for the help anyways Bryan!
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BryanNH
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17. June 2006 @ 20:15 |
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You said you hooked it up to the netgear router - when you did that, did you check the IP settings it was getting? You could always try setting up the netgear router with static information ... and also make sure its not handing out the same IP range as the first router - typically you shouldn't have a problem like you are, so I'd say its a settings issue, not a hardware issue ... I'd suggest setting up the netgear statically with the info your PC would receive if it was hooked up to the linksys router, and then make sure the IP info the netgear is handing out is a different range than the linksys ... EX: if the linksys hands out 192.168.1.2 and above, set the netgear to hand out 192.168.2.2 and above ... setup the netgear with 192.168.1.<unused, non dhcp IP>, 255.255.255.0 subnet, 192.168.1.1 gateway, and the same for the DNS, unless the linksys is handing out the same DNS your cable modem has ... you can run an internet connection through as many routers as you want, just be careful of conflicts ...
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17. June 2006 @ 20:31 |
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Well, when I do the "Test XBOX Live connection"
It confirms the...
Network type-Wired
Network Security-NA
IP adress-Comfirmed
MTU-Faild
I have the Netgear router configed to assign each Device it's own IP adress.
I have the WPA-PSK password that is setup for my network programed into the gamind adapter so that shouldn't be it.
I dont know what an MTU is.
PS, I dont have my 360... its at M$- long story!
But I config it and test with a PC!
~Domreis
This message has been edited since posting. Last time this message was edited on 17. June 2006 @ 20:32
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BryanNH
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17. June 2006 @ 20:36 |
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I'd skip just testing the connection through the xBox - test it on a PC if you can ... and if you can hookup your PC to the netgear and get an internet connection, then it could be something with the firewall ... so, hook it up like you would to the xBox, but put your PC where the XBox would go and see if you get internet ... if you do, test the xbox, if it still has problems, maybe try setting the xBox to be the DMZ on the netgear so everything will get sent back to it internally with no chances of something being blocked ...
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BryanNH
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17. June 2006 @ 20:39 |
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Also, you will definitely get an IP address because your netgear is handing it out ... but it is not getting a connection to the internet through the gaming adaptor ... you can try plugging the gaming adaptor into one of the regular ports on the netgear, maybe just try using a crossover cable from the gaming adaptor to the netgear ... if you try it in a regular port, you may need to turn off DHCP so the netgear acts as a switch instead of the routing functions ... the gaming adaptor is meant to be used when connected to an console or a PC directly with a straight cable, not with a crossover cable, so this may be the problem ...
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17. June 2006 @ 20:39 |
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I have tryed it on my PC, I even turned all of my Firewalls and Passwords on the network off. I dont have my XBOX and wont have it for 2 weeks, how do I make my PC be the DMZ on the netgear?
~Domreis
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17. June 2006 @ 20:43 |
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Ethernet isn't a crossover right!
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BryanNH
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17. June 2006 @ 20:44 |
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thats exactly what it is - the last post I put up ..
You said:
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<Cable Modem>_____<Linksys Wireless G router>- - - - - <Linksys Gaming adapter>______<Netgear router>_____<PC>
Again to my disappointment I couldn't connect! I try doing this!
<Cable Modem>_____<Linksys Wireless G router>- - - - - <Linksys Gaming adapter>______<PC>
And it worked fine!
What should I do!
You can get an IP from the adaptor on your PC when its hooked up directly to the gaming adaptor ... not when it goes into the WAN port of the router ... because you probably need a crossover cable. So, try what I said - turn off DHCP on the netgear, give it static IP info for what the linksys would hand out, and plug it into one of the 4 lan ports where you'd plug in your computer. DOn't lose the IP of the netgear as you may at some point need to adjust other settings.
You setup DMZ somewhere in the router settings ... just tell it which IP to be the DMZ - but that won't matter until you can access the internet on a computer hooked up to the netgear.
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BryanNH
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17. June 2006 @ 20:50 |
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Ethernet is a type of cable ... crossover is when the transmit & receive cables are switched so the one end that is sending data goes to the receive on the other end, and vice versa ... so something like a gaming adaptor can talk to something like a router
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AfterDawn Addict
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17. June 2006 @ 20:51 |
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ok i will try my best, so is Ethernet a crossover cable?
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BryanNH
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17. June 2006 @ 21:16 |
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Yes and no - lol
An ethernet cable is a type of cabling ... a typical ethernet cable is straight through - each end goes to the same place on both sides ... a crossover cable has 2 cables switched on one end to transmit goes to receive and receive to transmit ... creating a crossover... but they are both ethernet
Typically you don't have a crossover unless you're networking, so try what I said about turning off DHCP on the netgear and plugging the gaming adaptor into one of the 4 LAN ports on the netgear ...
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17. June 2006 @ 21:34 |
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Hey thanks so much it works!!!
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BryanNH
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17. June 2006 @ 21:36 |
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you're welcome ... HAVE FUN!
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