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  • Kanobi
    H*F Cl*ss *f '09
    • Apr 2003
    • 6050
    #1

    Need Help: Trying to connect Xbox360 and PC to net at same time

    Just bought a 5-port ethernet hub from radio shack. I've got my modem (has just one port), pc, and xbox 360 hooked into it. The problem is I can't get on the net and log into xbox live at the same time. Any suggestions?
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    • Cabke
      MVP
      • Mar 2006
      • 2607
      #2
      Re: Need Help: Trying to connect Xbox360 and PC to net at same time

      Originally posted by Kanobi
      Just bought a 5-port ethernet hub from radio shack. I've got my modem (has just one port), pc, and xbox 360 hooked into it. The problem is I can't get on the net and log into xbox live at the same time. Any suggestions?
      If it's an ethernet hub, you're splitting one IP address into 5. If you have a router, it separates them into 5 separate IP addresses. I'm sure that's your issue. Being on Live takes a ton of bandwidth up. Even if you don't want wireless, just get a cheap wireless router for like $30-$40 and use the ethernet ports on the back. That should fix everything.
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        • snepp
          We'll waste him too.
          • Apr 2003
          • 10007
          #3
          Re: Need Help: Trying to connect Xbox360 and PC to net at same time

          Originally posted by cma1093
          If it's an ethernet hub, you're splitting one IP address into 5.
          It's more like, whoever comes on first gets the one IP, and everybody else is ****ed.
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            • Cabke
              MVP
              • Mar 2006
              • 2607
              #4
              Re: Need Help: Trying to connect Xbox360 and PC to net at same time

              Originally posted by snepp
              It's more like, whoever comes on first gets the one IP, and everybody else is ****ed.
              Hah, yeah true. I guess I've never understood the purpose of ethernet hubs.
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                • Hassan Darkside
                  We Here
                  • Sep 2003
                  • 7561
                  #5
                  Originally posted by cma1093
                  Hah, yeah true. I guess I've never understood the purpose of ethernet hubs.
                  They can be useful when combined with a router.
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                    • Kanobi
                      H*F Cl*ss *f '09
                      • Apr 2003
                      • 6050
                      #6
                      Re: Need Help: Trying to connect Xbox360 and PC to net at same time

                      Took the switch/hub back and got a 4-port router. Everything is working beautifully now! Thanks Guys!.....A different clerk helped me when I went back and told me the switch would only recognize one device as being online at a time.

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                        • snepp
                          We'll waste him too.
                          • Apr 2003
                          • 10007
                          #7
                          Re: Need Help: Trying to connect Xbox360 and PC to net at same time

                          Originally posted by Ruff Ryder
                          They can be useful when combined with a router.
                          Hubs suck *** compared to a switch though.

                          Although they're fine for extending network access to low traffic devices.
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