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[Bishop]

I have a router. Linksys 2.4ghz. It has the one main plug in (WAN) and 5 others. 3 of them are labeled 1-3 and 4 is labeled but there is a line going from it to the fifth one labeled uplink. How would I go about setting this up for an xbox lan party? I have the crossover cables but when I did it the xbox would let one go into the lan game setup (it was plugged into th input labeled 1) but the other says the cable is out. (plugged into WAN) Both wires have been tested to work from xbox to xbox. Is there any way I can make this work?

Edited by VoRtExMaStEr, 03 May 2005 - 03:39 PM.

[cxwq]

You don't need a crossover cable to go from an xbox to a hub, you need a crossover cable to go from an xbox to an xbox. You need a standard ethernet cable to go from an xbox to a hub. You can use the cables your computers plug into the hub with.


Edit:

Your hub only has 4 ports, 4 and 5 are cross-wired connections for the same port.

[boltsniper]

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Edited by boltsniper, 03 May 2005 - 03:33 PM.

[Bishop]

I am using this to go from xbox to xbox. This could be used for mutiple xboxes. Also this could basically extend a crossover cable that is to short to reach the two connected xboxes.

You don't need a crossover cable to go from an xbox to a hub, you need a crossover cable to go from an xbox to an xbox. You need a standard ethernet cable to go from an xbox to a hub. You can use the cables your computers plug into the hub with.

I said here its for xbox to xbox.

I have the crossover cables but when I did it the xbox would let one go into the lan game setup (it was plugged into th input labeled 1) but the other says the cable is out. (plugged into WAN)

I need help for solving this problem.

[cxwq]

No, it's not for xbox to xbox.

You're not doing this:


xbox ---------------------------- xbox


you're doing this:


xbox ---------------- hub ------------------ xbox


Or did you just mention the hub in order to confuse us?

[Bishop]

so would this work

xbox------------------------hub-----------------------------xbox
^plugged into wan using eathernet cable ^plugged into 1 using crossover cable (I had allready tried with two eathernet cables but that dosent work)

...and having other xboxes hooked into 2 and 3 with crossover cables?


EDIT: Lan connection will not work with xboxes if a standard ethernet cable is used because (i think) crossover cable has same amout of information passing each way and ethernet cable has diffrent because it only needs to bring in (the internet) somthing.

Edited by VoRtExMaStEr, 03 May 2005 - 03:53 PM.

[cxwq]

Everything you think is pretty much wrong so forget about that stuff.

You can get up to 4 xboxes working on that hub with the following configuration.

xbox1 ----standard cable--- port 1

xbox2 ----standard cable--- port 2

xbox3 ----standard cable--- port 3


xbox4 ----standard cable--- port 4
OR
xbox4 ----crossover cable--- uplink


Edit: was using uplink/WAN interchangably. You shouldn't have anything on the WAN port.

[Bishop]

Humm ok. I hope that works. I dont need an internet connection. What gave you that idea?

edit: wait, mabye the wan is just for internet. Is that what you mean?

Edited by VoRtExMaStEr, 03 May 2005 - 04:05 PM.

[cxwq]

Humm ok. I hope that works. I dont need an internet connection. What gave you that idea?

xbox live, crackhead.

[Bishop]

^^^You dont need xbox live to do a LAN connection.

[cxwq]

/sigh/

I give up.

[MysticNinja]

It’s a little known fact Microsoft built in a failsafe on the x-box to keep the mentally handicapped off X-box live it’s far from perfect though. I just wished I knew how it worked.

Edited by MysticNinja, 03 May 2005 - 06:16 PM.

[Bishop]

What are you talking about mystic? Are you questioning my intellegence?

[MysticNinja]

Actually it was just a joke, I try to amuse myself however I can. If you ever played on x-box live (not saying you haven’t) then you’d know it would seem they try to keep out the mentally stable.

[NinjZ]

^^^You dont need xbox live to do a LAN connection.

You're not listening/getting what people are saying. Thats why they're gettign frustrated. Forget whatever it is you thought you knew what you were doing and just do exactly what they told you.

If you're only connecting TWO systems together, just connect them directly to each with a normal cable. NO ROUTER INVOLVED.

If you're connecting more than one together, use what Cx said.

The only thing he mentioned about using the internet is for xbox live and playing your xbox on live. He said nothing about using live to connect two systems together. You werent reading it correctly.

[Bishop]

The only thing he mentioned about using the internet is for xbox live and playing your xbox on live. He said nothing about using live to connect two systems together. You werent reading it correctly.

I understand that. But why would the use of live even be mentioned. It seems superflous to state somthing about the internet when LAN is being talked about. I am gonna try what Cx said(its for mutiple xboxes).

Edited by VoRtExMaStEr, 04 May 2005 - 08:17 PM.