XBox 360 networking

Need your help guys :x
http://forumz.tomshardware.com/com [...] 694#386694

I've been told I need an ethernet crossover cable.

Enabling ICS results in an error along the lines of "Cannot enabled ICS as the IP needed is in use"

You might need a crossover cable, but I'm not seeing how the
computer you're connecting the Xbox into is then connecting the
Xbox to the network.

I don't know why you're getting the ICS error. Did you try using the Network Setup Wizard (in Control Panels)

When you enable ICS it defaults one of your nics to 192.168.0.1, which your router is already using. I dont think you can ICS from one nic to another though. I believe ICS is only for internet connection to nic (ie, if your dsl modem was right on your computer and you had a pppoe connection made)
I'm pretty sure you will want a bridge in this situation. I've never made one in windows before but we might be able to figure it out

If the nic you are plugging the xbox 360 into on your computer is gigabit you do not need a crossover cable, gigabit nics are auto switching (xbox360 has a gigabit nic). If the nic in your computer is not gigabit you will need a crossover.

Lets try something like this:
router: 192.168.0.1

select the two network adaptors, right click on them and select bridge.
right click on the bridge and go to properties
click on internet protocol (tcp/ip), click properties
give it:
ip 192.168.0.2
sub 255.255.255.0
gateway 192.168.0.1
pri dns 192.168.0.1
Make sure only the two network cards you chose are checked under adapters.

if the xbox does not recieve an ip via dhcp give it this:
ip 192.168.0.3
sub 255.255.255.0
gateway 192.168.0.1
pri dns 192.168.0.1

Hopefully that does something, lol.

Oh, and cheers again, I didn't realise I could enter the router IP as the DNS address and it wold still work. I'd been entering the actual DNS addresses.

Right, after hours of messing around I finally got it working.

You need to use ICS, not a network bridge.

Firstly, ICS requires that IP 192.168.0.1 is free, by default my router is that IP. So, I changed my router IP to 192.168.1.1

Then, I altered my 3 PC's to have IP's of 192.168.1.2/3/4 (Putting them on 192.168.0.2/3/4 resulted in timing out when I tried to access anything - Can anyone tell me why?)

Then, using a cross over ethernet cable I bought, I connected the Xbox360 to my onboard NIC. I set that NIC IP to 192.168.0.2, it's gateway to 192.168.1.1, and the DNS server to 192.168.1.1

At the Xbox end I set it's IP to 192.168.0.3, gateway 192.168.0.2 and the DNS server to 192.168.1.1

AFTER all that, it worked!!!! 8O