Wireless Bridging Without a Bridge

I have a problem with bridging a network and wondered if I can solve the
problem without a bridge - my bridge is being used elsewhere in another
office.

I have downstairs a wired network with wireless ADSL router providing a
simple wireless network.

Upstairs I have a PC connected to the network wirelessly. What I want to do
is insert an XBox 360 upstairs and connect to the network so to go live.
Without a bridge.

I was wondering if there is a way the XBox can connect to the PC either
through a hub/switch or cross over, and use Internet Connection Sharing on
the wireless NIC - routing all traffic at the router.

Seems a long way round but in theory it might work - I have tried it quickly
using a laptop where the Xbox would be so it was easier to see progress -
but I didn't get it working.

Any input (I know I need an xbox NIC or an ethernet bridge)...

Regards
Jim

Jim <jim@nomail.com> wrote:
> Upstairs I have a PC connected to the network wirelessly. What I want to
> do is insert an XBox 360 upstairs and connect to the network so to go
> live. Without a bridge.
....
> Seems a long way round but in theory it might work - I have tried it
> quickly using a laptop where the Xbox would be so it was easier to see
> progress - but I didn't get it working.

That part makes me suspicious. Did you use a crossover cable or a straight
cable? Some NICs can work with a straight through, but some not.

I would say that a combination of these two pages ought to get you going.

Share Media from a PC with Xbox 360
http://www.xbox.com/en-US/support/sy...almedia/pc.htm

Internet Connection Sharing in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/306126/


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Clarence A Dold - Hidden Valley Lake, CA, USA GPS: 38.8,-122.5

It was a cross, and it pinged through to the PCs nic fine - and could see
files etc on the PC - it was just the next hop that was the problem.

The links you listed - I am familiar with. I suppose the crux is - is it
possible to connect to a PC with ICS - where that PC is not connected to the
internet using a modem (ie it is wirelessly connected to an ADSL router).



<dold@02.usenet.us.com> wrote in message news:fb7arr$7vm$1@blue.rahul.net...
> Jim <jim@nomail.com> wrote:
>> Upstairs I have a PC connected to the network wirelessly. What I want to
>> do is insert an XBox 360 upstairs and connect to the network so to go
>> live. Without a bridge.
> ...
>> Seems a long way round but in theory it might work - I have tried it
>> quickly using a laptop where the Xbox would be so it was easier to see
>> progress - but I didn't get it working.
>
> That part makes me suspicious. Did you use a crossover cable or a
> straight
> cable? Some NICs can work with a straight through, but some not.
>
> I would say that a combination of these two pages ought to get you going.
>
> Share Media from a PC with Xbox 360
> http://www.xbox.com/en-US/support/sy...almedia/pc.htm
>
> Internet Connection Sharing in Windows XP
> http://support.microsoft.com/kb/306126/
>
>
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> Clarence A Dold - Hidden Valley Lake, CA, USA GPS: 38.8,-122.5

Jim <jim@nomail.com> wrote:
> It was a cross, and it pinged through to the PCs nic fine - and could see
> files etc on the PC - it was just the next hop that was the problem.

> The links you listed - I am familiar with. I suppose the crux is - is it
> possible to connect to a PC with ICS - where that PC is not connected to
> the internet using a modem (ie it is wirelessly connected to an ADSL
> router).

Yes. I have used WiFi on my laptop to supply internet access to another PC
cabled in via crossed cable, using ICS.

There is one poster in this group who has to WiFi connection on the
computer in the middle.

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Clarence A Dold - Hidden Valley Lake, CA, USA GPS: 38.8,-122.5

dold@02.usenet.us.com wrote:
> Yes. I have used WiFi on my laptop to supply internet access to another PC
> cabled in via crossed cable, using ICS.

As memory serves, I had Windows 2000 Professional on the server in the
middle. Windows XP Home may be lacking the DNS and DHCP servers needed to
complete the ICS setup.

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Clarence A Dold - Hidden Valley Lake, CA, USA GPS: 38.8,-122.5