hey i've been looking through multiple forums and i've been trying to hook my xbox live up to the internet using the wireless access on my laptop but no matter what i've tried it never works. i have a crossover cable, and xbox 360, a linksys and a 2wire wireless network and a atheros wireless network adapter. can anyone please help me?

Need some more info to help you there m8y.

Can you provide the make and model of your wireless router, also you will need to login to the router and find the ip settings for the internal ip, normally something like 192.168.1.1(router) and the ip your laptop is using to connect too.

Also do you want to connect the 360 to the laptop or the router directly?

if you can post that, then give me a ping via private message i should be able to help you connect the 360.

Speak soon

What i meant was lemme know when you have the info requested and i will post it here not via pm.

ok my wireless router is a linksys broadband router. model WRT54G. The internal isp is 192.168.1.1. My laptop is connected to it through 192.168.1.100. I am going to be hooking it up to my laptop and trying to use the internet through that. thank you so much for helping me im so incredibly confused and it is so frustrating to know that it can be done im just not smart enough to do it X_X

are you using internet sharing in windows?

yes i am

Okie here goes

Firstly Goto your xbox live networking configuration page.

We are going to configure a static ip for your xbox.

XBOX IP : 192.168.1.95
Subnet : 255.255.255.0
Gateway : 192.168.1.1

Enable Wireless detection, and find your router, and enter the wep passphrase.
(if you havent set a passphrase, login to 192.168.1.1 from your laptops browser and set a wep key).

Test the connection to see if live will connect via the router.

I have looked on xbox.com and you may need to change the firmware of your router, Xbox.com says:

Linksys WRT54G : Version 2.02.7 : This firmware version is Xbox Live Compatible.

Note The UPnP implementation on the Linksys WRT54g with firmware 2.02.7 has been discovered to prevent users from being able to connect to Xbox Live. If a user is unable to connect to Xbox Live with this specific router model/firmware, they may get connected by turning off UPnP in the router's settings. Microsoft is working hard with Linksys to repair this issue as soon as possible.

The other way is to connect to your laptop via wireless, try these settings if the above failed(or you cannot share your media with your xbox).

XBOX IP : 192.168.1.95
Subnet : 255.255.255.0
Gateway : 192.168.1.100

and in network connections, right click the wireless connection and enable ICS (internet connection sharing) and again you will need to enter the wep key and test this connection from the xbox.

I hope this is of some use to you. With Method 1, you should just be able to share folders on the network and the 360 should be able to pick it up and be able to access your mp3's and media from the router method but this is untested and may need some further fiddling.

Take care

ok well this blows. i can hook it up just fine to my router with a wired connection via crossover cable but no matter what i do my laptop is completely set against me using it to go live. Everytime i connect the cord to my laptop i lose the ability to access to the internet on my computer and then it fails on the ip or dns step on the xbox live setup. i dont know what to do X_X any more ideas anyone???????

IF you are connecting the XBOX directly to your router you should not be using a crossover cable.

ya my bad i said that wrong what i was trying to say was that i hooked up my laptop to the the xbox via crossover cable not the router. the only problem with that is that my xbox is downstairs and the router is upstairs in my office so to hook it up to the router directly would take like a 100 ft ethernet cord so im trying to do it through my laptop