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Share wireless Internet connection with an Xbox
Authored by: Hes Nikke on Nov 15, '04 12:37:54PM

2 more thins that go along with this hint (i did it on friday when i signed up for XBox Live! to play Halo 2 online)

1) if you are running the firewall on your mac, you need to open up 3 ports (3074, 88, 53) otherwise the XBox will refuse to connect to live.

2) i had issues hosting halo 2 parties. some times it worked, other times it didn't - i only knew this because the friend i was inviting was on iChat at the same time. as soon as i switched to a live IP address, (i realized that there shouldn't be any need for a firewall for my xbox, it doesn't run any services!) hosting halo 2 parties worked fine. i realize not everyone has 8 IP addresses hooked up to their broadband connection, but if you have an extra IP, go ahead and give it to the xbox. it just works better.

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Share wireless Internet connection with an Xbox
Authored by: lincolnshaun on Nov 17, '04 09:41:33PM

Could you expand on your second comment? I am using Internet Sharing to get my XBox onto XBox live and I cannot host parties. I have a very basic understanding of networking, so a more elaborate explanation would help. Thanks.



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Share wireless Internet connection with an Xbox
Authored by: hcmiyata on May 02, '06 02:41:40AM

what do u mean "extra ip to give to the xbox?"



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