[SOLVED] Network/internet help

[Zonathrope]

Hello I just joined, and I have some problems. (sorry if this has already been posted or in the wrong section) Anyway, I'm trying to play Xbox LIVE using a ethernet cable from the xbox to my laptop. Now its connected currently to the family laptop and working, but the laptop is kinda slow so I wanted to move it. What I do is, plug it in via ethernet, then go to control panel, network connections and internet connections/ network connections/ right click my wireless connection and select properties and this is where the trouble starts. You see with the family laptop when I go into properties and click advanced settings, it has a box that allows me to share my internet connection and if I do this it works, but with MY laptop this box, nay the whole section is absent, dose anyone know how I can get this box to appear so I can hook my Xbox up to my faster laptop. (because sometimes xbox LIVE crashes, but this is not my internet speed being too slow because the other computers stay up, and the family one goes down. However my laptop is quite quick so I wished to have it run of mine instead of the family one) Sorry for the wall of text. (oh and I checked all the drivers and everything seems to be in check)

[dan2dee]

You would be much better off if you could plug directly into a router. that would eliminate many of your speed issues.

[Zonathrope]

Cant its too far away, and when I said speed, I meant the speed of the laptop that was plugged in, its like old... really old, but mines new, and this is why I need to find out how to make it work.

[johnwill]

You probably don't have two network adapters, which is a requirement for ICS.

Let's see this for that laptop:

Hold the Windows key and press R, then type CMD to open a command prompt:

Type the following command:

IPCONFIG /ALL

Right click in the command window and choose Select All, then hit Enter.
Paste the results in a message here.

If you are on a machine with no network connection, use a floppy, USB disk, or a CD-RW disk to transfer a text file with the information to allow pasting it here.

[Zonathrope]

Microsoft Windows XP [Version 5.1.2600]
(C) Copyright 1985-2001 Microsoft Corp.

C:\Documents and Settings\Tom>ipconfig /all

Windows IP Configuration

Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : tom-1dd606a0f28
Primary Dns Suffix . . . . . . . :
Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Unknown
IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
DNS Suffix Search List. . . . . . : Belkin

Ethernet adapter Wireless Network Connection:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . : Belkin
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Dell Wireless 1390 WLAN Mini-Card
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-19-7E-A7-73-FA
Dhcp Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.2.2
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.2.1
DHCP Server . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.2.1
DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.2.1
Lease Obtained. . . . . . . . . . : 28 January 2008 17:28:46
Lease Expires . . . . . . . . . . : 19 January 2038 03:14:07

Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection:

Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Broadcom 440x 10/100 Integrated Cont
roller
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-19-B9-78-4E-CE

C:\Documents and Settings\Tom>
Here it is guys.

[johnwill]

Hmm... You seem to have the basic requirements for ICS. Are you saying the ICS tab doesn't appear at all on the wireless connection properties in the advanced tab? Can you post a screen shot?

To post a screen shot of the active window, hold the Alt key and press the PrtScn key. Open the Windows PAINT application and Paste the screen shot. You can then use PAINT to trim to suit, and save it as a JPG format file. To upload it to TSG, open the full reply window and use the Manage Attachments button to upload it here.



FWIW, here's what I see.

[Zonathrope]

Ok, so I dont know whats diffrent now, but the box is back and everything is working So thanks for helping guys, dunno whats diffrent, but I reckon if i dont touch anything it should be fine. Thanks guys.

[gman86]

an alternative would be to get a usb wifi adapter €25ebay ;-) i have one and it works great for me but out of curisoity what is your internet speed? i have some where between 1 and 2mb depending on time of day and i get a bit of lag sometimes which is really annoying, its within the xbox recommend settings as far as know,

[Zonathrope]

I got 1meg, but as long as I dont host a server, I dont lagg.