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February 10th, 2004, 09:00 PM
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|  Connecting xbox to broadband internet
My son got an x box for chrimbo and he wants to share my broadband connection........has anyone any ideas on how to do this? I'm in the U.K. | 
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February 10th, 2004, 09:12 PM
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IF you have a router with multiple lan line hook-ups, you should be able to buy a LAN cable "not sure the exact name" looks like a larger telephone cable, take it from the router to the x-box, should do it. I don't have one, but know people who do and that's how they do it
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February 10th, 2004, 09:18 PM
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February 10th, 2004, 09:35 PM
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i have a setup at home for my xbox. just a regular cat5 cable from my router to my xbox, and one from the router to each of the computers. a word of warning, downloading files and playing xbox live can decrease speeds on both ends (xbox and computer)
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February 10th, 2004, 09:57 PM
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| Quote: Originally posted by butch81385
i have a setup at home for my xbox. just a regular cat5 cable from my router to my xbox, and one from the router to each of the computers. a word of warning, downloading files and playing xbox live can decrease speeds on both ends (xbox and computer) |
aahhh thats what the name is (cat5) cable..., yeah I agree, my brother has a 2 pc's and an x-box and it does slow down his connection slightly. | |
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February 10th, 2004, 10:34 PM
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butch is he hosting the game?
sounds like he has p2p running and hosting a game up at the same time, which is eating up his upload speed | 
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February 10th, 2004, 10:47 PM
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| Quote: Originally posted by GroundZero3
butch is he hosting the game?
sounds like he has p2p running and hosting a game up at the same time, which is eating up his upload speed |
err??????? | |
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February 10th, 2004, 10:49 PM
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janny, hosting a game uses your upload speed. Using p2p can use your upload speed if you have files shared and people are downloading them from you | |
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February 10th, 2004, 10:52 PM
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as far as I know, all my son wants to do is play games with his buddies online.
I don't want my connection speed to drop, its excellent at the moment.
Will it affect it? | |
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February 10th, 2004, 10:59 PM
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i know plenty of people who play x box online with no slow downs of any computers on the network | |
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