Topic: x-box,pc and ntl

[Barra]

Afriend of mine has NTL broadband which he connects too with his pc. A flatmate of his has an x-box. He wants to go online with it and to be able to connect to net even if pc is switched off. What do they need? Would they get away with a hub or do they need something else?
Thanks in advance

[Adept]

I'm not on sure ground here Barra, as I don't know a lot about the X-Box  

Assuming that the X-Box has a standard ethernet port then yes, a hub would be required to share the NTL Cable Modem, which is presumably currently connected to the PC via ethernet and not USB.

Sorry to be so vague :-[

[Barra]

Hi Sean. Don't worry about being too vague, I'm no clearer myself. Info has been given over the phone so I havn't seen set up but I'm led to believe it will be ethernet card and cable modem. i also believe sockets on x-box are RJ11's if that helps.

[Adept]

Ethernet is usually on an RJ45 connector Ade.

I'll do some research and get back to you

[Adept]

Jackpot! Good old Google

You may find this pdf very useful Ade 8)

[Barra]

Clicked on link and got the message "Could not connect to JRun Server"  

[Clive]

Try disabling your firewall?  That usually works for me Barra.

[Adept]

strange. It starts downloading a pdf file here

Try typing http://xbox.blueyonder.co.uk/guide.pdf into your browser.

[Barra]

Nope. Disabled Zone Alarm. Still no joy :'(

[Adept]

Try holding down shift while you click the link Ade. It sounds like you have some kind of download manager software loaded

[Simon]

Well, I just tried the link and it started to download the pdf, but after a couple of minutes it stopped and all I got was a blank screen.