Thread: Need some network help

To anyone that has a network setup with a router. How do you make an internet connection useable (to another connection) without the administrator connected to the internet? Specifically, I have a 360 and I want to use it online without my computer hooked up online like I have now.

what you need is a router
what type depends on your setup

does your internet come in over the phone line, or via your cable operator?

I have a router, I have everything, i already have the network working, i just want to set my 360 to connect online without connecting to my dsl on my pc first. so im pretty sure thats something i configure on my comp, i wanna know to do it.

forgive me, but from what you've described, it sounds like you don't have a router (or you're using a router purely as a switch)

can you post the make and model of your router?

also, is your connection "always on", or do you have a username & password and have to manually connect?

*edit*
also, the cable that connects you to the internet
is this plugged into your computer, or plugged into the router?

*edit 2*
this is the setup you need (lifted straight off of an xbox site)

ya thats exactly what i have above, and it works. i do have a password for the internet connection (thats saved anyway so i dont need to type it in) but not for the network. im just wondering how i can connect to xbox live with my 360 when my modem and router are on while my comp. is off. my router is a linksys BEFW11S4, works great, its wireless too but i just use cables.

Originally Posted by Secret Neo

im just wondering how i can connect to xbox live with my 360 when my modem and router are on while my comp. is off.

Err...a router has several ports, hence the illustration above.
What's the problem with having your PC off while your console is on? I mean, the router is always on in any case along with the modem, is it not?