[kyle16]

can my macbook be able to share its wireless connection with my xbox 360 to be able to connect to Xbox Live? i really don't want to spend the money on the wireless connector

[Peter Cohen]

I don't think people have had any luck here. I personally have my Xbox 360 configured through the same wireless network that my other computers use.

[kyle16]

i guess i'll connect it to the router then
thanks for the help

[ODonnell31]

Yes, you can share your internet connection on your Macbook to your Xbox. My college blocks us from using Xbox Live, so I use the internet from Macbook to the 360 for Live. Let me know if you want the specifics.

[MacCheetah3]

Hi
Apple's software routing ( Internet Sharing ) has some limitations like no uPnP, ... which will never allow you to have an "Open" NAT status for XBL when going through a Mac. Most of the time it will be "Moderate" but on some occasions it may drop to "Strict." Some stand alone routers can be that bad. For most gameplay it won't be any kind of a problem.
With all that said, I have my XBOX 360 going through my MacBook because I don't feel it is at all reasonable to pay $60+ for a Wi-Fi USB adapter.
There is one more limitation and I don't know why but it does make the setup a little more tedious than just connecting the two. The XBOX 360 won't dynamically take an IP from a Mac using Internet Sharing, so, it must be static ( manual ).
Any IP ranges using the 10.0.x.x or 192.168.x.x ranges will work. It's best if you don't use the same IP range as your router. If your router has an IP of 192.168.1.1 use a 10.0.x.x range and vice versa. I'll use the 10.0.0.x range for example...
Mac OS X
1) System Preferences-->Network-->Built-in Ethernet-->TCP/IP
2) Set Configure IPv4: to Manually
- Set IP Address: to 10.0.0.1
- Set Subnet Mask: to 255.255.255.0
3) System Preferences-->Sharing-->Internet
4) Set Share your connection from: to Airport
- Set To computers using: to Built-in Ethernet
- Click Start and than Start
XBOX 360
1) While in the Dashboard, navigate to the System blade
2) Network Settings-->Edit Settings-->IP Settings-->Manual
3) Set IP Address to 10.0.0.2 ( The first three segments i.e. 10.0.0 will need to match what you set in step #2 of the Mac OS X section )
- Set Subnet Mask to 255.255.255.0
- Set Gateway to 10.0.0.1 ( What you set in step #2 under the Mac OS X section )
- Click Done
4) Go to DNS Settings
NOTE: I set the primary to my router and the secondary to my ISP's primary. You can find your router's IP by going to your MacBook and to System Preferences-->Network-->Airport-->TCP/IP
NOTE: You can usually find your ISP's DNS servers in your routers status page, see the manual that came with your router for more information
Check out a video version at http://web.mac.com/ctschida/ The video is using my cellular phone and so the quality is a bit low. /forums/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smirk.gif I may decide to improve the quality later on by using the video mode of a digital camera or something but we'll see. For now, this is plenty fine.

[redsoxnation4810]

Im not exactly tech savvy but so far I've gotten everything to work right except I don't know how to find my ISP Primary to add to the DNS settings. Please help.

[therthsayshello]

I'm using Leopard but I found it under Airport then DNS I had three in mine but the first one worked. Good luck!!



Thank you for posting such awesome directions - I'm updating to the NXE now.