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Xbox360 Forums => Xbox360 Online Gaming and other Services => Xbox360 LIVE => Topic started by: gaming fanboy on February 19, 2007, 11:54:00 PM

Title: Ip Address Failure
Post by: gaming fanboy on February 19, 2007, 11:54:00 PM
who is your ISP? and have you tried rebooting the modem/isp device, then turning on the xbox 360? smile.gif
Title: Ip Address Failure
Post by: billmclelland on February 20, 2007, 02:41:00 AM
Xbox live is down here as well, same error status as you, isp is orange.
Title: Ip Address Failure
Post by: cwegga on February 21, 2007, 02:33:00 AM
The reason your 360 has a totally different address than your laptop is because your ISP is only giving you one address that will work online. This limits you to one device being online at a time. You should be able to turn off your computer and use the same settings to get your 360 online. Really you need to work things out with your ISP.

P.S. Your 360 has a 169.254.x.x address because that is the range that is used for Automatic Private IP Adressing to configure devices if they do not receive an address automatically and one is not set manually. A 169.254.x.x address is private and won't work on the internet.
Title: Ip Address Failure
Post by: smackawins on February 21, 2007, 04:43:00 AM
thanks heaps for the info biggrin.gif
so if i purchase a router will that automaticlly assign the 360 a private IP address so i can get on live as well as the lap top being on line?
thanks heaps again
p.s do u recommend a type of router?
Title: Ip Address Failure
Post by: tgm4883 on February 21, 2007, 08:05:00 AM
Yes a router will fix your problems, you may have to use mac spoofing, but that is pretty easy.  I recommend a buffalo whr-hp-g54s.