Quote:
Originally Posted by helloiamnew
Right so no one has really told me why I am having this problem or what I should do to remedy it
If no one has any answers just say so and close the thread then I can spend my time better else where
I posted in this forum because I thought somebody may have encountered this problem or know why it is happing
I don't know if I have an incompatible modem (for my 360) or I need to register the modem or do some kind of configuration?
If anybody knows please help
I can do without these sort or remarks above ^
The first person to post was trying to help others just seem to be snotty about my predicament
and I posted in the games section because I though people who have a 360 may know how to help
Sorry for breaking the rules
|
Hello "Helloiamnew" welcome to the club... please don't be put off by the occasionally over zealous response, there is a tendancy for the self appointed VM police to put people in their place... (No offence:-)
Can you believe that yesterday someone posted that a question asked here had also been asked on another board...
A cable modem is not like the dial up modems of old - in the cable world they are a)owned by VM and b)unique to your account. Which means there is a code assigned to the cable model, and physically written to a chip inside the modem. This is not the TCP/IP address. Its more like a a MAC address...
So what can you do... bin the modem you brought. Buy a wireless router, if you are not IT savvy go for a factory fresh device with the original firmware (albeit the lastest version). The network part of the modem plugs into the WAN or INTERNET port on the router. Many routers have hubs built in, often four extra connections. You then have the flexibility of plugging your PC AND XBOX into the hub or with the addition of a wifi card for the PC and 360, connecting from around the house.
I actually use one of those PowerLine jobbies to connect the 360 to the hub on my router via the mains.
For anyone intrested, 250 modem cabled to an ISASERVER 2006 in the garage, connected to a Motorola WiFi router which inturn is connected to the 360 in my DMZ, A Linksys wifo router in my attic completes the picture... REMEMBER to mitigate any risk when setting up any wifi gear... a password is a starting point...
I hope you consider the above to be in the spirit of any forum...
Good luck and please feel free to post questions about setting up your router.