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icec

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Xbox And Home Network Question
« on: May 24, 2004, 01:10:00 PM »
Hey all
I tried asking in another forum, they recomended coming here..

I'm trying to connect an Xbox to my home network. The Xbox, however, is not located in a network-wired room. Instead of going out and buying one of those expensive wireless xbox adapters, I thought I might be able to do this:
Near the Xbox is a XP computer which connects to the network wirelessly, and also has an available ethernet card. By connecting the Xbox to this computer (via a crossover cable), is there any way I can use it as a pass-through device to the network? Initially, I thought this could be accomplished via ICS, but that makes the computer act as a gateway and is not compatible with my network.

Any suggestions? thanks.
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Spency234

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Xbox And Home Network Question
« Reply #1 on: May 25, 2004, 06:01:00 AM »
Why is ICS not compatible with your network?
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mrRobinson

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« Reply #2 on: May 25, 2004, 06:04:00 AM »
yea your computer would only be a gateway for the xbox, not everything on your network.  I don't see the problem.
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atomicski

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« Reply #3 on: May 28, 2004, 07:28:00 AM »
i have tried doing this before, and whenever I enable ics, it fails to start, but I have also heard you might be able to bridge the connections and have it work that way, but I've never tried it.
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