Me and my brother have been trying to get a connection for xboxlive for the best 3 days. We have had some success, but mostly failures. We have connected a few times and then the next time we try to connect something is wrong, either the IP address fails or the DNS fails. And my bro thinks that if we got a crossover ethernet cable, instead of the one that came with the 360, that our problems will be fixed. And I wanna know if this is true. Oh and BTW we are connecting to my bro's laptop.
No, because we connected, and we passed the xboxlive test connection. but then when we do it again it fails because of the IP address and or DNS. Can anyone else help me out?
...a cross over adapter is viable when going from the laptop but remember its not for routers. Also check your DHCP IP times, if they're anything less than a day then boost the times up, unplug and plug back in. If you're linking through a laptop you'll have issues if you dont make sure QoS (Quality of service) on the LT is used.
A crossover cable is usually only needed to connect the same type of devices together. Switch to switch or computer to computer, etc. In this case, a crossover cable probably will not make a difference.
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