   Troubleshooting (He)XBox LAN
  I''m trying to connect three Xboxes using a Linksys BEFW11S4 wireless router with 4-port switch to play Halo and seem to be under a curse. I can''t get the System Link options in Halo to light up (unless I do something dumb like plug a cable into the uplink or WAN ports-- doesn''t work but I''m getting desperate ).  I''ve got a couple of ideas as to what might not be working, but here''s what I''ve got so far:1) I''m connecting the cables to ports 1, 2 and 3.  They''re the official Xbox cables, not CAT 5.  This might be the main problem.2) I''m using 192.168.0.1, 192.168.0.2 and 192.168.0.3.  Is there a way to be sure that these are legit numbers that will work with my router?3) Under the xbox IP Address manual configurations the Subnet mask and Gateway settings are all 0.0.0.0, but I''m not sure if I''ve got to do something with the router to make sure everything''s capicheAnybody have any sites or ideas?  Everything I can find on the net relates to #*$&#$^! Xbox Live, which none of these systems have.  I''m trying to avoid hooking this up to a PC, so anybody with ideas shall be hansomely rewarded.    --------------------Just waiting for the mothership... 
  All you really need is a hub and the Xboxes will see each other. But with a router you might be able to let it give your boxes IPs through DHCP. Their IPs will look like what you have, but their subnet masks should be 255.255.255.0, default gateway should be the router''s IP, etc, and all of it will be assigned by the router. Get onto your router''s interface and make sure that it is handing out IPs to your boxes.   ------------- outRider - ;  Curious, but I thought the XBox Halo was not meant as a network game, and the network options came through a hack?   ;quote:Original post by Wavinator  1) I''m connecting the cables to ports 1, 2 and 3.  They''re the official Xbox cables, not CAT 5.  This might be the main problem.*shrug* try it with a real ethernet cable. They''re not exactly expensive.quote:2) I''m using 192.168.0.1, 192.168.0.2 and 192.168.0.3.  Is there a way to be sure that these are legit numbers that will work with my router?IIRC, Linksys routers want you to use 192.168.1.x addresses. This wouldn''t cause such an issue, tho.quote:3) Under the xbox IP Address manual configurations the Subnet mask and Gateway settings are all 0.0.0.0, but I''m not sure if I''ve got to do something with the router to make sure everything''s capicheThe subnet mask should be 255.255.255.0 and the gateway should be 192.168.1.1. But again, it doesn''t matter.   "Sneftel is correct, if rather vulgar." --Flarelocke ;  The issue should not be with the cables, the subnet and gateway need to be configured on the machines. ;quote:Original post by Sneftel  quote:Original post by Wavinator   2) I''m using 192.168.0.1, 192.168.0.2 and 192.168.0.3.  Is there a way to be sure that these are legit numbers that will work with my router?IIRC, Linksys routers want you to use 192.168.1.x addresses. This wouldn''t cause such an issue, tho.Actually, Linksys routers default to 192.168.0.1 to use to access their config pages, so if he has one of his Boxes set to that, there is likely to be a problem.Use DHCP.;quote:Original post by capn_midnight  quote:Original post by Sneftel   quote:Original post by Wavinator    2) I''m using 192.168.0.1, 192.168.0.2 and 192.168.0.3.  Is there a way to be sure that these are legit numbers that will work with my router?IIRC, Linksys routers want you to use 192.168.1.x addresses. This wouldn''t cause such an issue, tho.Actually, Linksys routers default to 192.168.0.1 to use to access their config pages, so if he has one of his Boxes set to that, there is likely to be a problem.Use DHCP. oops yeah I didn''t notice thatI know D-Link routers default to .1 as well. ;quote:Original post by capn_midnight  Actually, Linksys routers default to 192.168.0.1 to use to access their config pages, so if he has one of his Boxes set to that, there is likely to be a problem.No, according to their webpage, routers use IP address 192.168.1.1, and for static IP allocation, 2-99 1nd 151-254 are acceptable.   "Sneftel is correct, if rather vulgar." --Flarelocke 