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[lordvader129]

yes, youll need a crossover cable, and on the laptop youll need to bridge the 2 connections, in windows XP its a simple and selecting both the wired and wireless connections, right clicking the selecting bridge connections (not sure of other OSes)

[Harryt223]

QUOTE(Karall @ May 14 2010, 08:52 PM)

AH thanks dude. Saved my day! Just one question. What is a crossover cable?

It's a wire that looks exactly like the network wire you use. (The one that plugs into your Network Card on the back of the xbox or on the back/side of the laptop).

The wire is the same as one you would use with your router and laptop.

The only difference is the wires in a crossover are changed in a few spots and harder to notice for new users. The pins have a few wires moved. If you look at the tip carefully you will see the color codes are different compared to a regular network wire.  

When your buying one, make sure it STATES it is a crossover wire. Otherwise for a new person it's harder to tell and you don't want to buy a regular network wire.

[Karall]

Thanks. Is it possible to make one yourself? Becouse i have a good ethernet cable. Soldering iron for presicion workings, cable cutter, all that stuff. And i am relativley skilled. Just today i made a xbox controller - usb cable. So i can plug in flashdrives and keyboards and stuff. But ya, can you make one yourself?

[Harryt223]

QUOTE(Karall @ May 14 2010, 10:20 PM)

Thanks. Is it possible to make one yourself? Becouse i have a good ethernet cable. Soldering iron for presicion workings, cable cutter, all that stuff. And i am relativley skilled. Just today i made a xbox controller - usb cable. So i can plug in flashdrives and keyboards and stuff. But ya, can you make one yourself?

You might be able too.. but i wouldn't recommend it. It's not a easy process because first all you need to know which pins to move them to and they may not stick in properly once you open it up.

I would say just get a cross over cable. You never know when you might need it again and they aren't that expensive these days. Better to go with someone good when your dealing with connections.

[Karall]

Ay, well thanks everyone. Ile report on my progress

[Bomb Bloke]

While re-wiring a cable is possible, it's not worth doing unless you're gonna just re-crimp an end plug. Cutting the wires then reconnecting them may lose you a fair bit of bandwidth, as certain pairs of wires need to be twisted together within the cable to decrease electromagnetic interference.

[Bomb Bloke]

That's not quite the correct wiring for a cross cable. Refer to the diagram at the bottom of this page.

I can't think of any method to remove then re-attach the plugs on the ends of the cables. They're designed to be attached once (via a cable crimper), then never removed. They can't be crimped twice, and putting them back on a cable after crimping would be far from easy.

You'll either need to cut open the cable mid-way and re-join the wires (which as mentioned, may result in an inferior cable in terms of transfer speeds), or get a new plug and a crimper to attach it with. The crimping tool is probably only worthwhile if you have a high demand for new cables - it allows you to make 'em on the cheap, but the tool itself isn't really worth buying for just one cable.