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Share Your Mac’s Wireless Airport Network Connection With Your XBox 360

February 14th, 2007

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XBox 360 systemUpon moving, I hit a slight problem in the world of video games — the room that’s now home to my XBox 360 is not wired for network connectivity. The horror! If you’ve had the same problem, you may have also pondered the same solution: just hook the XBox up to the computer, and piggyback on its wireless connection. If your computer is a PC then you won’t have a problem, but if it’s a Mac, the process of sharing your Airport connection with your XBox 360 is a little more difficult.

Furthermore, if your wireless connection originates from an AirPort base station, you may also have some trouble. Many XBox 360 owners have reported problems getting their game console to connect to their AirPort network via the Microsoft XBox 360 wireless adapter.

So what is a XBox 360-playing Mac lover to do? Read on, and let Of Zen and Computing show you how to share your Internet connection from your Mac to your 360.

A few Google searches reveal a lot of people complaining about this problem, and a few sparse descriptions of the solution. The best one I’ve found is this post at video game blog Joystiq, but even it is written for someone who already knows what they’re doing. So to get you back fragging away on XBox Live, here is an in-depth, illustrated guide to sharing your Mac’s Internet connection with your XBox 360:

Step 1: Get Some Info From Your Mac

First things first, you need to get some IP information from the Mac whose connection you’ll be sharing.

  1. Head to the command prompt (CMD+Space and search for “Terminal”, or go to Applications/Utilities and look for “Terminal”).
  2. Type ifconfig en0 and hit enter.
  3. Write down the IP address that appears next to “inet”. In this case, it’s 192.168.2.1.
Output of ifconfig en0

Next, you need the IP address of your router. Go to System Settings → Network, and select “AirPort” from the drop down box labeled “Show:”. Click on “TCP/IP”. You’ll see the following screen, which will tell you the IP address of your router:

AirPort network status

In this case, the IP address of my router is 192.168.1.1.

Step 2: Turn On Internet Connection Sharing

Go to System Preferences → Sharing and click on the “Internet” tab. Select “Airport” as the connection you wish to share, and then check off the connections with which to share it.

If your Mac has just one Ethernet jack, you’ll only see one “Built-in Ethernet”. In the screenshot below you’ll notice that I have two Ethernet ports and both are checked off; this is just because my computer has two Ethernet jacks, and I’m sharing my AirPort connection with a PC as well as my XBox 360.

After you select which device(s) are the recipient(s) of your shared AirPort connection, press the “Start” button.

Enabling Internet Sharing

Step 3: Connect Your XBox 360 to Your Mac

This step is simple — you need to connect your XBox 360 to your Mac with a network cable. You should use a cat 5e crossover cable for this, however regular cat 5 networking cable with also get the job done. Macs are able to utilize both types of cable in a situation like this.

There aren’t really any steps to doing this task. Just plug one end of the cord into the Ethernet jack on the rear of your XBox 360, and plug the other end into your Mac’s Ethernet jack.

Step 4: Manually Configure Your XBox 360 Network Settings

XBox 360 is set to automatically detect and configure your network settings. This is fine if you’re sharing a connection from a PC, but won’t work with Internet Sharing on a Mac.

  1. Turn on your XBox 360, go to the dashboad, and navigate to the “System” blade.
  2. Select “Network Settings”.
  3. Select “Edit”.
  4. On the “Basic Settings” tab, select the block of IP Address information.
  5. Select “Manual”.
    6. “IP Address” is the address we’re going to assign to the XBox 360.
    • Remeber the IP address we retrieved from the command prompt earlier? Add one to the last number in that IP address, and enter it here. Mine was 192.168.2.1, so I entered 192.168.2.2.
  6. For “Subnet Mask”, enter 255.255.255.0
  7. “Gateway” is the IP address of the computer whose connection we’re borrowing. Enter the exact IP address that we retrieived from the command prompt earlier. In this case, it’s 192.168.2.1.
  8. Select “Done”.
  9. Select the block of “DNS Settings”.
  10. Select “Manual”.
  11. For “Primary DNS Server” and “Secondary DNS Server”, you’ll need to enter the IP address of your router, which we retrieved earlier. In this case, it’s 192.168.1.1.
  12. Select “Done”.

XBox 360 sytems settings bladeHere is a photo of the Network Settings area of the System Settings Blade, which can be found on the XBox 360 Dashboard. This is where you’ll need to navigate to in order to manually configure the console’s network settings. You’ll have to excuse the poor quality of the photo, but it’s the best I can do without being able to take screen captures. Perhaps that’s a project for another day. Click on the thumbnail to see the full-size photo.

Manually configured XBox 360 network settings Here is a photo of my XBox 360’s network settings after they’ve been manually configured, and verified to work with my Mac’s AirPort connection. Click on the thumbnail to see the full-size photo.

Once everything is configured, go back to the “Network Settings” area of the “System” blade (shown in the first photo), and select “Test XBox Live connection”. If you’ve done everything correctly, you’ll be good to go.

File under: Macintosh, Max OS X, Networking

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170 responses

  1. February 14th, 2007

    Kiryn says:

    Thanks so much! I recently got an XBox 360 to hook up to my iMac using an eyetv, but was a little annoyed that I’d have to buy a $100 network adaptor just to get an internet connection! (Wireless out of the box? Yeah right.) I never thought I’d find a website out there with help solving my exact problem!

    Though I noticed that I couldn’t get it to work for me until I disabled my Mac’s firewall. The connection test kept getting stuck at DNS until I tried turning off my firewall, and then it worked perfectly!

  2. February 14th, 2007

    SM says:

    I had same issue as Kiryn, Apple Firewall blocked the DNS… works perfectly once it’s off. I have other firewall software I can use. I also had to add the MAC Address of my network device, in this case the iQuicky transceiver from Quickertek, since I’m not using Airport. The “about this Mac” showed the en2 mac address, and punched it in under additional settings on manual setup. Also, what most people don’t mention is you need your ethernet connection (IPv4) to be OFF in Network settings, not set to DHCP. Thanks again for posting this, I would have been lost otherwise.

  3. February 14th, 2007

    Tim says:

    Dude i just got wireless internet and you just saved my ass Thanx!

  4. February 14th, 2007

    Adam says:

    I’m still having the problems at DNS. My mac’s firewall is off, and its still failing any ideas?

  5. February 14th, 2007

    Adam says:

    Nevermind I just got it to work. Great work, I was lost until reading this.

  6. February 14th, 2007

    Mike says:

    does it work on xbox 1???

  7. February 14th, 2007

    Of Zen and Computing says:

    I cannot say whether or not this will work with the original XBox since I do not have one. I’m sure the fundamentals are the same, but I can’t offer any advice as far as navigating the console’s menu systems, since I’ve never used it.

  8. February 14th, 2007

    Robert Cox says:

    I went through this several times. It was extremely well-written and easy to follow. I did everything you advised.

    Unfortunately, I am still getting a “failed” message for IP Address when I “Test Media Connection” after editing the network settings on my Xbox360.

    Like you, when I ran terminal I got 192.168.2.1. I added one to that number and so used 192.168.2.2.

    When that did not work I tried using other numbers as the final extension: 3, 4, 21, 21, 44.

    I then decided to check the DHCP table in the setup page for my Linksys WiFi router and saw that the starting number for all machines is 100 and the following addresses have been assigned to different machines in my house.

    The Powerbook I am attempting to use to connect the Xbox is 192.168.1.102

    A MacBook is using 192.168.1.106

    A G5 is using 192.168.1.101

    A TiVo is using 192.168.1.103

    A Dell PC is using 192.168.1.104

    So then I tried using extensions like 109, 110, 111 and 121.

    Still no luck.

    Any additional thoughts?

  9. February 14th, 2007

    Of Zen and Computing says:

    Were you able to connect to XBox Live successfully but not your Media Connection, or did neither one work?

  10. February 14th, 2007

    Iniblog » Review: DDR Universe says:

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  11. February 14th, 2007

    Hadi says:

    Thank you so much. Great tutorial, worked perfectly. Now I can play my 360 on the big screen without bringing all the routers and modems down.

  12. February 14th, 2007

    KC says:

    I’m doing the internet sharing setup on my iBook similar to Iniblog, but I can’t get past the MTU failure. What am I doing wrong?

  13. February 14th, 2007

    andrew says:

    all that work for me but how to you get the NAT settings to open?

  14. February 14th, 2007

    Frank says:

    i was also having the DNS error (10.4.9) firewall disabled, after reading this my XBOX 1 works great. i guess some people are not reading this right which you can tell after they say they try (they are doing something wrong

  15. February 14th, 2007

    Kiryn says:

    OK, now I’m having problems. I tried to connect it to my boyfriend’s wireless network last week and kept failing at MTU (like KC was), so gave up and just played offline for a while. Now that I’m back home, I’m trying to reconnect it to my own network, and I keep failing at DNS no matter what I do.

    I KNOW this was working before I started messing with the settings, but I don’t know how to get it back to the way it was before. I wish I knew what the problem was! The Media Connection test works fine (up until the last test, but I’m not really using it, so whatever) but I can’t connect to Live at all.

    And what’s with the MTU failure? I’d love to know what I have to fix to connect to the other network too. Then I could just figure all this out and keep a page with the different settings lying around to switch easily >_>

  16. February 14th, 2007

    Kiryn says:

    OK, so after a bit of frustration and further google searching, I found a method to get past my DNS problems.

    “When you turn off “configure by ipv4″ in the ethernet settings, the iBook gives the ethernet port the address 192.168.2.1 - the conflicts somehow with the normal network.”

    Go to the Built-in Ethernet section of the Network pane and configure IPv4 manually:
    IP Address: 192.168.3.1
    Router: 192.168.2.1
    Apply the changes.

    In the XBox 360:
    IP Address: 192.168.3.2
    Gateway: 192.168.3.1

    Worked fine for me, managed to get connected. I’d still love to know about the MTU thing. I asked my boyfriend about it and his router (a Belkin) doesn’t have any kind of MTU options listed. (my Netgear router does, but it was 1500 by default which seems to work fine)

  17. February 14th, 2007

    Boykin says:

    I did not have to type in IP or DNS or Gateway. You just have to lower the security setting in Airport Extreme to let it talk to XBox. In Airport Utility on Wireless tab, while holding option button down, click on Radio Mode pull down and select 802.11b/g compatible. Then on Wireless Security choose “WEP 128 bit”. You type in a 13 character password/key and then goto the menu Base Station and select “Equivalent Network Password” to get the WEP Key you’ll need to log into XBox.

  18. February 14th, 2007

    TheDreadedLlama says:

    Hey man, NICE work … this is a great setup page! I was missing putting in DNS on the sharing end of the inside of the router, saved me lots of time playing with settings! Thanks!

  19. February 14th, 2007

    Jeremy says:

    I can’t get passed the MTU failure. Any ideas

  20. February 14th, 2007

    Justin says:

    CRAP YOU ROCK!! IVE BEEN ONLY BEEN ABLE TO HOOK UP MY XBOX 360 WITH A PC… IVE ALWAYS TRIED TO DO IT WITH A MAC BUT COULD NOT. THANK YOU SO MUCH!

  21. February 14th, 2007

    case says:

    what’s an xbox?

  22. February 14th, 2007

    tom says:

    Nothing shows up for the ip of my airport. Anyone know why?

  23. February 14th, 2007

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  24. February 14th, 2007

    SHAF says:

    PLEEZ HELP!!
    I want to connect xbox360 via ethernet to my pwerbook G4 which uses airport for internet access to get XBOX LIVE
    i have followed the above instructions.. then checked and rechecked the setup, but it keeps FAILING the live connection test at DNS.. i have tried a few of the above suggestions but still no joy. My wireless network is working, i have internet access on the powerbook, on the test the IP address gets CONFIRMED..
    My router is 192.168.2.1
    airport on powerbook 192.168.2.2
    ethernet on powerbook ..when i use terminal to check IP of en0 (ethernet) it gives 192.168.2.1 the IP of my router!!? If i config the ethernet port manually to 192.168.2.3 it still does not work..
    PLEEZ.. WHAT IS GOIN ON??!

  25. February 14th, 2007

    SHAF says:

    To clarify..
    i have cable modem to wireless router, then via airport to powerbook, then ethernet cable from powerbook to xbox360
    HELP HELP HELP

  26. February 14th, 2007

    SHAF says:

    i have also now opened ports 88 and 3074..
    still nothing..

  27. February 14th, 2007

    Jay says:

    OMG! I’m afraid I don’t have to much to add except for some more praise. Thanks a million, it all worked like a charm.

  28. February 14th, 2007

    Ben says:

    Hey man, I was having real problems with the DNS, but used your tutorial and changed my Mac’s ethernet address to 192.168.2.1 instead off running it in the same band as my router on 192.168.1.x and now it works.

    Thanks man.

    I’m a proper networking geek now :D

  29. February 14th, 2007

    bcyde says:

    To get xbox 360 to work with aiport express, simply disable security settings on your airport. On you XBOX 360, go to SYSTEM - NETWORK SETTINGS - EDIT SETTINGS - WIRELESS MODE. Choose your airport. Now test xbox live, it should be working. To put your security back on your airport, go back to EDIT SETTINGS on the XBOX 360, copy all the the info from IP SETTINGS & DNS SETTINGS on a sheet of paper. Now turn back on your securty on your airport, go back to EDIT SETTINGS on your XBOX 360 and copy all the info you just copied into IP SETTINGS & DNS SETTINGS.

    This took me forever to find out, but now I am up and running. I hoped this saved you alot of headaches..

  30. February 14th, 2007

    Will says:

    I can’t get past step one. When I go to terminal in the applications and type in ifconfig en0, there is no intet… Just “ether” “media” etc. What does this mean or what should I do?

  31. February 14th, 2007

    hello says:

    ok i am about to try everything u said(it was VERY well written by the way) but i was jw can i hook up my 360 to my mac laptop using a regular ethernet cord? can u get back to me because i dont want to try if i cant use an ethernet cord.

  32. February 14th, 2007

    cort says:

    i’m using a G4 mac. Just got the wireless internet adapter and followed the guid above… of course didnt work for me ;( could the following be a problem: I’m not using an airport, i have a ZyAIR B-420 Wireless LAN Ethernet Adapter found at “http://www.us.zyxel.com/products/model.php?indexcate=1035506154&indexFlagvalue=1021876859″ at the very bottom of the page. And connected to that is a “3Com Home Connect Cable modem” 56 bit. For more info its Model number is 3CR39220. I have followed the instructions to the line and it still doesnt work. Also my xbox isnt connected to my mac.

  33. February 14th, 2007

    Joe says:

    just want to say that no matter what I tried I couldn’t get my xbox to work with my mac. even this tutorial couldn’t seem to get me past DNS.

    However this tutorial coupled with Kiryn’s comments got it all sorted. Thank you so so much!!!

  34. February 14th, 2007

    Andrew says:

    okay…here’s one…
    what if you want to connect the xbox360 to the internet through an APPLETV (which is connected to an existing wireless network)?
    I’ve connected it to the AppleTV with a five pin cable and it got stuck at IP Address in the connection test…didn’t even get up to DNS…ay ideas

  35. February 14th, 2007

    James says:

    Thanks so much for this. I bought a Macbook Pro about a month ago, and my Xbox 360 had been fine with my wireless connection, but all of a sudden wouldn’t connect at all, so I’m now sharing the connection from my MBP which connects flawlessly. Thanks again - you saved the day (well, saved me from wasting Xbox Live subscription fee!)

  36. February 14th, 2007

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  37. February 14th, 2007

    oscar says:

    My Xbox 360 found the wireless network that is shared with our mac g5 but now is asking for is WEP key. Any advice, please help.

  38. February 14th, 2007

    Christopher Laird says:

    Excellent tutorial, clear and informed. careful reading gave me success. There are many sites charging money for this information and I am sure they are not as careful as yours.
    many thanks for your generosity

  39. February 14th, 2007

    Of Zen and Computing says:

    oscar: sounds like your wireless network has a password. if you are not the person who maintains the network, i would find that person and get the password from them.

  40. February 14th, 2007

    Brennan says:

    I’m still having trouble with the DNS, internet sharing is on, it’s set to my router, firewall is off. what else is there???? please help!

  41. February 14th, 2007

    Brennan says:

    k I figured out DNS and now MTU won’t work

  42. February 14th, 2007

    Brent says:

    Thanks so much for the great step-by-step! I was dreading having to pay $100 for wireless and this is perfect.

  43. February 14th, 2007

    Brennan says:

    I’ve tried everything, the firmware on my linksys WRT45G router is 2.02.7 just like xbox.com says, everything is set perfectly i seems but i still can’t get past MTU someone PLEASE HELP!!!!

  44. February 14th, 2007

    Tim says:

    hey i typed in ifconfig en0 and i dont have inet just ether and media. wat do i do?

  45. February 14th, 2007

    Tim says:

    k well i got passed that by turning of DHCP in my network settings but now i am stuck on the DNS part….my firewall is disabled..do i need to lower my airport security??

  46. February 14th, 2007

    Tim says:

    well no thanks to anyone here i figured the DNS part out after searching a few websites i found one that told me to go back to the terminal and type in dig after pressing enter go down to server write down that IP address and type that into your DNS settings section.

  47. February 14th, 2007

    Mike says:

    Thank you so much for this, it helped out so much! Thanks!!!

  48. February 14th, 2007

    Jrands says:

    I’ve tried all of Zen’s and Kiryn’s steps but no go. I can’t even get the “Link” button to turn green. Initially it did, but I got stuck at the “Failed” DNS and turned everything off to try again later. Now I keep getting the “Disconnected” message for the Network Adapter and can’t make the “Link” button go from red to green.

    Any ideas?

  49. February 14th, 2007

    Steven says:

    I’ve got a problem on the 1st step. Once I type in ifconfig en0, it wont show my ip address. is there any other way to find my ip address?

    thanks

  50. February 14th, 2007

    dream2000 says:

    Thanks m8.
    This guide really saved me with my 20 gb ps3.
    I was able to share the internet through my wireless connection using my g4 powerbook.
    The only thing different was that there wasnt a “gateway” field. Instead, on ps3 network settings there’s a field called default router and I put the same value for gateway.
    One more thing, I left on secondary dns: 0.0.0.0.
    Only with these settings I was able to share the internet with my ps3.
    Thank you very much.

  51. February 14th, 2007

    Andy says:

    Hey this is a great guide.
    but Ive done everything and i got nothing.
    and i went through it again and now it wont show the inet number when i enter in ifconfig en0 (number not letter).
    thanks

  52. February 14th, 2007

    Andy says:

    skip that the next time i tried it came up and everything work!!!!!
    you are my new favorite website in life!!!
    Thanks just in time for halo 3!!

  53. February 14th, 2007

    Andy says:

    ok so i jumped the gun on that last message.
    i must seem like a goof but anyways
    now i cant get the DNS to work, i have the same numbers as the screen shots above and im entering it right but i cant connect. any ideas?

  54. February 14th, 2007

    Of Zen and Computing says:

    Are you sure you have the right numbers? Perhaps your router has a
    different IP than mine. It’s not a matter of copying my settings, but
    finding the correct settings for your own setup in the same manner
    that I did. I’ve had issues from time to time, but they’ve always
    worked themselves out after a bit of fiddling.

  55. February 14th, 2007

    Andy says:

    im positive theyre the right numbers
    here they are
    ip address: 192.168.1.100
    Mask: 255.255.255.0
    router:192.168.1.1

    so i thought that the router number what specific to every one rougter, is that not right?

  56. February 14th, 2007

    Of Zen and Computing says:

    The IP address of the router varies according to the brand. Check out the manual, or look around the manufacturer’s website. I have a linksys router, and it’s IP is 192.168.1.1.

  57. February 14th, 2007

    Andy says:

    well i dont know what happened.
    now, the next day, i open terminal, enter the command, and now it has two inet numbers. one being the one i said earlier and then a second (which is now listed first) but its a different number. i know it wasnt there yesterday. i guess i just had to restart the computer. typical solution. thanks for the help. hope my troubles help somebody else out there.

  58. February 14th, 2007

    Jesse says:

    I am going to try this tomorrow. I hope it works!

  59. February 14th, 2007

    Ford says:

    I was trying to do this and it seemed like it was all going well, until the part when I had to get the gateway address. I have two computers, an imac G4 in my office which is getting internet from an airport extreme base station. To get it to work I had to take the IP addresses off and just use DNS servers numbers instead, so when I went looking for the IP address of that computer I couldn’t find it. Could you help me? One thing to know; I have an airport express extending the reach of the extreme base station, so that it can reach my laptop from anywhere in the house.

  60. February 14th, 2007

    CK 1thgreat says:

    You know this is the only simple answer i have found.

    all this terminal typing in commands crap.

    thank you very much guys.

    great help

  61. February 14th, 2007

    nick zuchkan says:

    hey guys… i just bought the new 24″ imac and i was wondering if there was any way 2 connect to xbox live via the wireless airport network that is built into the mac itself. It seems that in all the posts ive read the xbox is connected 2 an airport base station of some sort, and i was wondering if it was possible 2 connect through the airport built into the mac.
    Any help or suggestions would be appreciated!

  62. February 14th, 2007

    Of Zen and Computing says:

    nick zuchkan: Do you mean physically wire the XBox to the iMac, or do you want to create an ad hoc wireless network on your iMac for your XBox to use?

  63. February 14th, 2007

    Joel Thorson says:

    On the very first step when you type ifconfig en0 my inet line doesnt even come up. Any suggestions?

  64. February 14th, 2007

    nick zuchkan says:

    uhhhh i can do either man it doesnt really matter… the ad hoc wireless would be nice but im desperate for anything right now cuz halo 3 is out and i cant even play it online:( lol any suggestions would be appreciated… and im actually in the same boat as Joel Thorson when i type in the ifconfig en0 the inet line doesnt come up… could this be because im not using an airport base station???

  65. February 14th, 2007

    Micheal G says:

    i followed everything to the T! but its still failing at the DNS

    ???

    i tried turning off my firewall but it was already off!!

    ideas? HELP!! im dying w/o H3!!

  66. February 14th, 2007

    nick zuchkan says:

    hey i actually ended up getting my wireless working my using the router that i had hooked up 2 my old desktop… thank god i kept it its a life saver… prob wouldve died without halo 3

  67. February 14th, 2007

    Joseph says:

    how do you turn the firewall off?

  68. February 14th, 2007

    Iain says:

    Thanx 4 the tutorial but whenever i go to test the settings it says my IP Address is Confirmed but my DNS is Failed??? HELP!!!

  69. February 14th, 2007

    tim pedersen says:

    works like a charm, thank you

  70. February 14th, 2007

    Jarrod says:

    hey ive got a macbook but it says tht if i turn on the internet sharing that it will mess up my network settings…..is that true?

  71. February 14th, 2007

    Thog says:

    I am connected wirelessly from my airport to my xbox but when I run a xbox live test it passes everything except at NAT (network address translation) and says that it is ’strict’. What can I do???

  72. February 14th, 2007

    nathan says:

    thanks to ben i was able to get past the DNS test
    now i can enjoy gaming again because my wireless adapter broke

  73. February 14th, 2007

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  74. February 14th, 2007

    Reagan says:

    Wow what the poop where the heck do you find the ip address i have been looking every ware and i dont get it i tried to go to more about this mac but its not there please help me i have every thing done but this PLEAS!!!!!!!!

  75. February 14th, 2007

    Reagan says:

    me again i found my Ip by a website but it wont work when i test xbox live it says i have network adapter but no ip address then when i click more info it just says the gate way address is not valid. but i am confussed what is the gte way again is it like the router ip help agan and thank you if you do

  76. February 14th, 2007

    Reagan says:

    ok now i have every thing in right but it still fails and then in the more info thing it says im not connected to the internet but when i look upmy airport thing it is full why does it do this im sooo close

  77. February 14th, 2007

    Dan says:

    Erm i’m a little new to all this. i have a 360 and a power book G4? if i connect my xbox together wiv my mac can i play games online?

  78. February 14th, 2007

    i22ac says:

    Thank you for saving me 100 bucks i was a second away from buying it online

  79. February 14th, 2007

    Of Zen and Computing says:

    @Dan Yes, that is exactly what this article describes.

    @i22ac Glad to be of service.

  80. February 14th, 2007

    vilim says:

    DUDE I LOVE YOU GOODJOB MAN

  81. February 14th, 2007

    shyamin69 says:

    when i tried to connect my xbox to the imac pc , the ip adress would fai every time i tried!l…. any suggestions?.. .thnx u

    :)

  82. February 14th, 2007

    xaledo says:

    When i type in ifconfig en0 in Terminal, no inet turns up. If i write ifconfig en0 inet, I am told that en0 has no inet interface address. If I instead write ifconfig en1, I get both inet and inet6. I am using a MacBook. What do I do?

  83. February 14th, 2007

    Aaron says:

    hey my MTU keeps failing do i need a router to get the MTU??? thanks

  84. February 14th, 2007

    Amar says:

    This worked out PERFECTLY. I just wanted to thank you for putting this online and saving me some moolah! You rock!

  85. February 14th, 2007

    Matt says:

    I have tried everything the post suggests to connect to my XBOX wirelessly. However, it continues to fail on DNS. I know many have posted this same comment already; however, does it make a difference that I am using a Belkin Router and a Belkin Wireless USB Adapter connected to my iBook G3 clamshell to connect to the internet? I have disabled the Firewall on my iBook, disabled it on my router, and repeated the steps dozens of times. Please help! I just don’t understand what I could be doing wrong. Thanks

  86. February 14th, 2007

    Sho says:

    my MTU failed, dont know what to do

  87. February 14th, 2007

    evan says:

    does it work with the mack laptop

  88. February 14th, 2007

    Ronnie says:

    dude, thanks for everything but what happens when my MTU has failed? everything was good up until that. Now what do i do?

  89. February 14th, 2007

    Brad says:

    I have entered all my info, but it fails the IP adress. does it have to do with my network being encrypted?

  90. February 14th, 2007

    Mondo says:

    I did everything exactly. I even spent hours on the phone with apple and microsoft. I cannot get past the DNS Failure. I must be the only person on here who cannot figure it out. I have a Macbook running Leapard. Please help!!!!

  91. February 14th, 2007

    Duncan says:

    I maybe missing something obvoious here. Why do you need to plug the xbox into the computer with an ethernet cable? My computer is plugged into my cable modem and I want to use my internal Airport card to broadcast the internet connection to the xbox. I don’t want to have to run an ethernet cable between the two. Is there anyway of doing this? I’ve tried, my xbox see’s the iMac sharing the internet connection but doesn’t want to connect.
    Any ideas?
    Thanks

  92. February 14th, 2007

    Duncan says:

    *obvious

  93. February 14th, 2007

    Mack says:

    Hey. Thanks for the Guide!
    I’ve gotten through all of the tests except the Xbox Live test. It doesn’t seem like anyone else has this problem… whats up?
    thanks!

  94. February 14th, 2007

    Jay says:

    Worked great with Leopard…Thanks!

  95. February 14th, 2007

    Jay says:

    BTW your comment dates are off…thats why I posted about it working with Leopard because I wasn’t sure if these were pre/post Leopard release comments.

  96. February 14th, 2007

    Cory says:

    hey i get full connection but my mtu is denied, i am not connecting to anything except my imac any help or ideas, it says i am at 1500

  97. February 14th, 2007

    Johnny Suncase says:

    I got a wireless but can this still work?

  98. February 14th, 2007

    Jason says:

    CANT GET THE DNS TO WORK I AM GREAT WITH CPUS!!!

    i have a macbook runnig os 10.5 (leopard)
    PLEZ HELP

  99. February 14th, 2007

    Jason says:

    i fixed dns!!!!!!!
    my router ip is 192.168.1.109 i took out the last 2 numbers…then on my 360 i put secondary the to the one without the last 2 numbers but you do have to change it t before u sign in:)

    the first couple times u do it it may randomley sign out SO DOWN PLAY GAMES LIKE HALO 3 ONLINE ON THE FIRST DAY

  100. February 14th, 2007

    Jason says:

    cory,
    type your router ip adress in the internet bar then type in admin for password and leave the user name blank,set the mtu to automatic, then apply settings if it doest work go to manual and do 1500 it sometimes needs reseting ;)

  101. February 14th, 2007

    Share your Mac’s wireless with your XBOX 360 | CoryPerry.com says:

    [...] wondering if you could hook up your 360 to your Mac and piggy back the wireless, why yes you can! Check out this article that explains how to share your Mac’s wireless connection with your XBOX 360. It takes a fair [...]

  102. February 14th, 2007

    Paul says:

    I CANT GET THE DNS !!!! HELP

  103. February 14th, 2007

    Jon says:

    My iBook is connected to a wireless port from the other room and it has a WEP password and I can’t figure out where to type in the WEP password in the xbox 360’s network settings also when I do the terminal Bash it says:

    en0: flags=8863 mtu 1500
    inet6 fe80::20a:95ff:fecd:41fc%en0 prefixlen 64 scopeid 0×4
    ether 00:0a:95:cd:41:fc
    media: autoselect (100baseTX ) status: active
    supported media: none autoselect 10baseT/UTP 10baseT/UTP 10baseT/UTP 100baseTX 100baseTX 100baseTX
    Edd-Williams-Computer:~ Edd$

    and I can’t find the IP adress cuz when I do the test it stops at IP adress.. please help..

  104. February 14th, 2007

    Jon says:

    take that back the IP is working now but the DNS isn’t so what?..

  105. February 14th, 2007

    Dude says:

    Hey I have the same problem as one of the guys above, I can’t get past step one. When I do all that stuff in terminal there is no inet. I am using a macbook

    What should I do?

  106. February 14th, 2007

    Some Guy says:

    You saved my A$$. Thanks man.

  107. February 14th, 2007

    Ian says:

    Does what is says on the tin. Thanks

  108. February 14th, 2007

    Vance says:

    ok so i followed all the steps and had xbox live working or a good 2 days, however, today i shut-down my computer and ever since i turned it back on, the xbox live test fails at the DNS test. i didnt change any settings, everything is exactly the same as when i was connected

  109. February 14th, 2007

    McBang says:

    ok. so i fallowed all the instructions. bt it stalls a little at the ICMP. but it goes thru after a bit. but then it gets to the xbox live and says failed. whats the deal? how do i get that part to work?

  110. February 14th, 2007

    McBang says:

    lol. nw im having the dns problem.

  111. February 14th, 2007

    McBang says:

    i finally got it to work. i did as the female above said and set it static. but now that i finally have it all working. i noticed one thing. there is interferance from the 2.4ghz channel from the wirless controller and reciever in the xbox, with airport. itll show you have strong connection strength but your internet connection will be shot down. i cant figure out how to bring the imac far enough away so that the controllers wont interfere with the internet connection. any thoughts or ideas?

  112. February 14th, 2007

    torrey says:

    the first time i tried it work fine but i changed to a another wireless network and tried it again and doesn’t work it passes the ip test but fails the DNS whats wrong

  113. February 14th, 2007

    Rob says:

    saved me BIG money. Thanks a Ton!

  114. February 14th, 2007

    Sebastian says:

    I don’t suppose you can explain why the Xbox 360 won’t pick up a signal from an internet sharing Mac… Could you?

  115. February 14th, 2007

    Of Zen and Computing says:

    I can look into it. This is a generic explanation of how to perform this task - it is difficult to troubleshoot the intricacies of each person’s individual home network, where a problem caused by any one of a number of foreseeable and unforeseeable factors.

  116. February 14th, 2007

    chris says:

    i did everything right and everything is confirmed but i still can’t get on cuz MTU failed.

    i do the test xbox live conection test and it says network adaptor: wired ip address: confirmed DNS: confirmed MTU: failed… what do i do tell me what do i do?

  117. February 14th, 2007

    joe says:

    hey guys, i have done everything exactly as you have said but im still having trouble with the DNS connection. what should i do?

  118. February 14th, 2007

    Zach says:

    Awesome site. Just one problem.
    My DNS is failing. What do I do?

  119. February 14th, 2007

    jared says:

    mine doesnt give me anything about “inet” when i use the terminal…

    Jared-Bronens-Computer-2:~ jbronen$ ifconfig en0
    en0: flags=8863 mtu 1500
    ether 00:19:e3:49:5f:c7
    media: autoselect status: inactive
    supported media: autoselect 10baseT/UTP 10baseT/UTP 10baseT/UTP 10baseT/UTP 100baseTX 100baseTX 100baseTX 100baseTX 1000baseT 1000baseT 1000baseT none

    is there any other way to get that ip address????

  120. February 14th, 2007

    John says:

    Thanks so much for posting this!
    works great on my iBook G4!

    You saved my teenage life……
    :P

  121. February 14th, 2007

    adrian says:

    dude… i can’t get past the DNS test… i dunno what’s wrong though… i’ve tried it several times and it doesn’t come through… any suggestion? please…

  122. February 14th, 2007

    atli says:

    when I tried to do this with my macbook it shut off the internet on my mac. Maybe I dont know what I am doing, but has anyone heard of the software Connect 360. It allows you to stream media files from mac to 360 over the internet. Since the internet is not working on the mac then I think this is impossible.

    Is there anyway you can share your macs wireless airport with your 360 and use Connect 360 at the same time, or should I just go by a wireless adapter?

  123. February 14th, 2007

    galen says:

    OK ignore it when it says PC connection failed. select test xbox live connection instead of test media cuz i spend like half a hour trying to get the pc connection 2 work but u dont need it to

  124. February 14th, 2007

    Miles says:

    HEY, this thing is NOT working, so if you could get back to me that would be great seeing how i’ve done it like 18844 times and still nothing is working……

    SO if you could help me out, that would be great…..

  125. February 14th, 2007

    Bill says:

    You are a hero, just saved me $100.

    Thank you so much.

  126. February 14th, 2007

    Brandon says:

    you are the shit man, most helpful resource on xbox ever! right to the point a saved 100$!!!!!!

  127. February 14th, 2007

    Jim says:

    Ya I just got a MacBook and I just found this website looking for help on wireless Xbox Live. But i can’t get past the DNS test. Any tips on what i should make sure i check again?

  128. February 14th, 2007

    JJclarke101 says:

    I don’t have an inet number either. Is there a generic one to use in this type of a situation or not?

  129. February 14th, 2007

    JJclarke101 says:

    After a couple of hours messing around I got it to work. The only reason I can see for not having an inet number was that I didn’t have the cable connected because when I did all and it was connected it worked. It was also exactly the same IP as the one shown in the example. If your using leopard you can find out the DNS number by clicking on the DNS tab located in the network settings. I used the top one as I have a few numbers there for some reason. Hope this helps.

  130. February 14th, 2007

    ben says:

    when i type in ‘ifconig en0′ there is no ‘itnet’ only ‘ether’. i am on a powerbook G4, plz help

  131. February 14th, 2007

    ben says:

    its ok now, ityped in ‘ifconfig en1′ and it came up with inet

  132. February 14th, 2007

    JJclarke101 says:

    ok, I’ve spoken to a guy across the street who is a computer whiz and he can’t figure out why my dns connection just stopped working and nor can I. Does anybody ahve any idea why this may be happening? It seems to work one minute and then not the next. All firewalls are off and so it’s something with the iMac but I don’t know what.

  133. February 14th, 2007

    JJclarke101 says:

    Alright! i think I figured it, I hate to answer my own question on the blog but I’m one of those guys that if it won’t work I’ll keep at until it will. I reset the DHCP lease and it worked first time so hope this sorts out the DNS connection problems every time. I don’t have access to the router so can’t unplug it and plug it as a form of reset so am thinking this is an alternative way. To do this go to network, advanced, TCP/IP tab, click on renew DHCP Lease. Hopefully all ok. I’ll write back if not.

  134. February 14th, 2007

    lol says:

    hi im having a problem with mtu it it doesnt pass or somthing? any suggestions?

  135. February 14th, 2007

    Chris says:

    Ok so i’ve found ALL the info.. i can get the IP settings tab thingy to work, but cannot get the DNS server to work. Im running a macbook pro with leopard…and have an apple basestation extreme router…my routers ip is 10.0.1.1 is that unusual?

  136. February 14th, 2007

    JJclarke101 says:

    someone told me to always unclick and reclick the internet sharing whenever the mac is turned off and then back on again because it will appear as though internet sharing is on but actually it is not. I am always turning the sharing on and off and have absolutely no problems now. It’s a pain but a pain which is saving me £60 or $100.

  137. February 14th, 2007

    jjdaven says:

    I was wanting to use the built in airport card in my imac to connect to the 360. I don’t have a wireless router and I can connect to my wii this way but the 360 says it can’t connect.

  138. February 14th, 2007

    DefJam says:

    Well I have made it to the DNS but it keeps failing. I need help cause I need Live. If anyone knows what I can do please tell me.

  139. February 14th, 2007

    DefJam says:

    BTW I have a G4 iMac and I am on a Wireless Route, if that helps my situation.

  140. February 14th, 2007

    Of Zen and Computing says:

    jjdaven How are you connecting your 360 to the laptop? Even though your laptop has an Airport card, you still need a wired connecting from the 360 to the laptop. The point of this is that the XBox does not have any hardware capable of receiving a wireless signal unless you buy the separate adapter.

  141. February 14th, 2007

    JJclarke101 says:

    Following the main steps worked and now knowing that a little bug in the os does not keep the sharing function on I now have the problem of opening up ports so my NAT is not on strict which is hindering my playing with certain friends. Anybody know how to do this on an iMAC?

  142. February 14th, 2007

    DefJam says:

    I have still been poking at the DNS and I have given up. It still won’t pass the DNS and I am not sue what the problem is. I followed all the steps and I still have no luck.

  143. February 14th, 2007

    JJclarke101 says:

    DefJam, have you turned off the xbox and reset the computer? list your numbers here the ones you can, and we’ll see if your going wrong anywhere. What wireless router are you using?

  144. February 14th, 2007

    Mark says:

    i did everything on this site but the DNS thing keeps failing! i turned off my apple firewall but it still doesnt work. the thing is when i check test media, my mac doesnt even pass the PC selected test. can anyone plz help me?!?!?!

  145. February 14th, 2007

    Jameel says:

    try using the DNS of your mac if your using leopard go on on to network on system prefences then network then airport then advanced then go to dns tab then get that
    an for your pc selected you need a special software to share files
    and how do you turn your firewall of on leopard

  146. February 14th, 2007

    Abdullah says:

    THANK YOU SOO MUCH!!! NO problems what so ever. W000t

  147. February 14th, 2007

    Jack says:

    thankyou. your article was brilliant

  148. February 14th, 2007

    Patrick says:

    Wow! Thanks a bunch!

    This will make my life a bunch easier.

  149. February 14th, 2007

    LethalBanana56 says:

    Hey, um in the settings, do you need to set the built-it ethernet’s ipv4 to off or the airport’s ipv4? I have a 360 and a Macbook with Tiger and desperately want to frag people in Halo 3! Please help!

  150. February 14th, 2007

    LethalBanana56 says:

    Help! when I type in ifconfig en0 the inet doesn’t show up, it just skips that part! Any ideas?

  151. February 14th, 2007

    will says:

    ok thanks you got me online. However i managed to get online before with a different dns but that failed then i followed your instruction and it work but now the dns is failing again. Why is my dns failing after turning my xbox off PLEASE HELP ME

  152. February 14th, 2007

    chris says:

    does the xbox need to be connected to the computer at all times for it to work?

  153. February 14th, 2007

    Eddy says:

    Just wanted to say thanks for the clear and concise explaination, a great help to those of us with rudimentary networking skills.

  154. February 14th, 2007

    Travis says:

    what’s the gateway on the original xbox?

  155. February 14th, 2007

    mark roberts says:

    Wow, an hour trying to get my old network bridge and i had given up. Excellent tutorial.

  156. February 14th, 2007

    Dan says:

    Probably the single most useful bit of information I have ever read on the internet. Thank you sir.

  157. February 14th, 2007

    ashanie says:

    omg thank u guys so much…i freakin love u guys no homo…but whoever came up with dis is a genius…thanks a lot again

  158. February 14th, 2007

    callum says:

    getting the xbox 360 to share connection with my imac was a breeze thanks to this but freakin playstation 3 doesn’t play nice.
    anybody here know how to set up a wifi ps3 connection from experience?

  159. February 14th, 2007

    shafraz says:

    hey. um i kinda have a problem but this was a while ago when you guys posted this.
    so i got a xbox 360..but i have 3 apple computers which are all wireless. i have a modem, an apple airport, ethernet cable. a phone line connects to the modem. the ethernet cable connects to the airport which gives me wireless internet for all my mac computers.. so i baught a wireless adapter to the xbox 360 thinking that it would pick up the signal too. but it didnt. i dont know what to do . help please.

  160. February 14th, 2007

    the says:

    wat if instead of saying inet it says ether wat do i do i am wireslessly conected

  161. February 14th, 2007

    the says:

    actually there is no inet

  162. February 14th, 2007

    the says:

    also wen finding the ip adress of my router the ip adress and the router adress is different is that normal

  163. February 14th, 2007

    Donnie says:

    works great, but NAT is set to ’strict’ any ideas how to get it ‘open’?

  164. February 14th, 2007

    webterractive says:

    Here’s the actual way with these instructions:

    1. Enable your Ethernet connection from your Network in the System Preferences.

    2. Enable Internet Connection Sharing for Airport from the Sharing option in System Preferences and select the Ethernet to share it to.

    3. Open a termial window and type ifconfig en0 , this will then give you the inet number for your ethernet usually, 192.168.2.1.

    4. Then enter your manual settings on the Xbox 360/Xbox.

  165. February 14th, 2007

    Tim says:

    I can’t get past the IP address. I hope i didnt mix this up but, this is my set up. Macbook recieving a wireless connection from a router in my house. I have an ethernet cable hooked up from my macbook to my xbox 360. I’ve had no trouble getting information from my macbook. I have both the router IP and the other IP. Yet, i cant get past step 1 =/

  166. February 14th, 2007

    Brady says:

    I am having the same Problem as Robert Cox, I followed your instructions (my settings turned out to be the same as yours with the IP addresses and router address)
    I am able to connect to my xbox live, but not to my media.
    I’m using an ethernet connection from my 360 to my macbook, the macbook being on a wi-fi connection. Any help getting my media connection to work would be appreciated.

  167. February 14th, 2007

    Sly says:

    Thanks a log i got this sorted without too much trouble at all. Great tutorial! I had a small problem at the start when i typed “ifconfig en0″ and did not get an inet ip (like many before me) but after mucking around a bit it decided to show up for me.

  168. February 14th, 2007

    Tim says:

    I’ve taken down my firewall and it still says that I’ve failed my DNS test. What do I do?

  169. February 14th, 2007

    Josh says:

    Mine works, but the NAT tested to be Moderate. Will that be a problem?

  170. February 14th, 2007

    fil says:

    hey im new at this ….how do i turn off my firewall for my mac…..ive done all of your steps and my dns keeps failing

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