Internet Connection Sharing, Windows Vista and Xbox Live

I am having problems conncting to the internet/setting up my network to allow
other computers to access the internet.

I live on a boat and use a Vodafone Datacard to connect to the internet (3g
Network) the datacard is connected to my windows Vista Premium Laptop and i
can access the internet on the laptop fine.

My Main Problem is: When i connect my xbox to the laptop via an ethernet
cable my xbox cannot connect to xbox live, My vista laptop can see the xbox
on the network yet will not allow it to connect to the net. I have followed
all the ICS tutorials in windows "help and support" but to no avail.

My second problem is: when i set up an ad hoc intenet connection between my
laptop and pc (wireless connection) similar to the xbox problem my laptop can
see my pc and visa verca but again no connection can be made form my desktop
pc to the internet (Desktop PC is running windows Vista Ultimate).

All this used to work when running Win XP on both machines but i cant
understand why it isnt working now?

"Xbox live calls me, i need it!"

Any Ideas?

You live on a house boat? That is bad ass

Have you tested the Xbox connection? If yes, Where does the xbox fail?
Sounds like it is not getting an DNS address.


"Paul "XxFrEeLaNcExX" Butler" <Paul "XxFrEeLaNcExX"
Butler@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:03B8EF44-CC27-4A74-8B36-65A174731BEE@microsoft.com...
>I am having problems conncting to the internet/setting up my network to
>allow
> other computers to access the internet.
>
> I live on a boat and use a Vodafone Datacard to connect to the internet
> (3g
> Network) the datacard is connected to my windows Vista Premium Laptop and
> i
> can access the internet on the laptop fine.
>
> My Main Problem is: When i connect my xbox to the laptop via an ethernet
> cable my xbox cannot connect to xbox live, My vista laptop can see the
> xbox
> on the network yet will not allow it to connect to the net. I have
> followed
> all the ICS tutorials in windows "help and support" but to no avail.
>
> My second problem is: when i set up an ad hoc intenet connection between
> my
> laptop and pc (wireless connection) similar to the xbox problem my laptop
> can
> see my pc and visa verca but again no connection can be made form my
> desktop
> pc to the internet (Desktop PC is running windows Vista Ultimate).
>
> All this used to work when running Win XP on both machines but i cant
> understand why it isnt working now?
>
> "Xbox live calls me, i need it!"
>
> Any Ideas?

It sometimes fails on I.P however i have now set this manually and it fails
on DNS, one slight problem i have always had with my datacard connection is:
whin i check its internet ip address it says XXX.XXX.XXX.XXX however if i do
a web ip check ie whatismyip.com it will be YYY.YYY.YYY.YYY im wondring if
vista does in internal/external ip check?

Obviousley the XXX and YYY are an actual ip not the letters

"Pete Russell" wrote:

> You live on a house boat? That is bad ass
>
> Have you tested the Xbox connection? If yes, Where does the xbox fail?
> Sounds like it is not getting an DNS address.
>
>
> "Paul "XxFrEeLaNcExX" Butler" <Paul "XxFrEeLaNcExX"
> Butler@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:03B8EF44-CC27-4A74-8B36-65A174731BEE@microsoft.com...
> >I am having problems conncting to the internet/setting up my network to
> >allow
> > other computers to access the internet.
> >
> > I live on a boat and use a Vodafone Datacard to connect to the internet
> > (3g
> > Network) the datacard is connected to my windows Vista Premium Laptop and
> > i
> > can access the internet on the laptop fine.
> >
> > My Main Problem is: When i connect my xbox to the laptop via an ethernet
> > cable my xbox cannot connect to xbox live, My vista laptop can see the
> > xbox
> > on the network yet will not allow it to connect to the net. I have
> > followed
> > all the ICS tutorials in windows "help and support" but to no avail.
> >
> > My second problem is: when i set up an ad hoc intenet connection between
> > my
> > laptop and pc (wireless connection) similar to the xbox problem my laptop
> > can
> > see my pc and visa verca but again no connection can be made form my
> > desktop
> > pc to the internet (Desktop PC is running windows Vista Ultimate).
> >
> > All this used to work when running Win XP on both machines but i cant
> > understand why it isnt working now?
> >
> > "Xbox live calls me, i need it!"
> >
> > Any Ideas?
>
>

The IP address mentioned by whatismyip.com is the IP address assigned to you
by your service provider...it always comes from their block of IP addresses.

If you're using the Internet Connection Sharing, then all your IP addresses
(in your computer's network properties dialogs) should be internal
(192.168,x,x) and may need to be hard coded unless the Internet Connection
Sharing does DHCP service.

Dana Cline - MCE MVP

"Paul "XxFrEeLaNcExX" Butler"
<PaulXxFrEeLaNcExXButler@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:05975229-B67D-4095-876F-6694CD9E02E7@microsoft.com...
> It sometimes fails on I.P however i have now set this manually and it
> fails
> on DNS, one slight problem i have always had with my datacard connection
> is:
> whin i check its internet ip address it says XXX.XXX.XXX.XXX however if i
> do
> a web ip check ie whatismyip.com it will be YYY.YYY.YYY.YYY im wondring if
> vista does in internal/external ip check?
>
> Obviousley the XXX and YYY are an actual ip not the letters
>
> "Pete Russell" wrote:
>
>> You live on a house boat? That is bad ass
>>
>> Have you tested the Xbox connection? If yes, Where does the xbox fail?
>> Sounds like it is not getting an DNS address.
>>
>>
>> "Paul "XxFrEeLaNcExX" Butler" <Paul "XxFrEeLaNcExX"
>> Butler@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:03B8EF44-CC27-4A74-8B36-65A174731BEE@microsoft.com...
>> >I am having problems conncting to the internet/setting up my network to
>> >allow
>> > other computers to access the internet.
>> >
>> > I live on a boat and use a Vodafone Datacard to connect to the internet
>> > (3g
>> > Network) the datacard is connected to my windows Vista Premium Laptop
>> > and
>> > i
>> > can access the internet on the laptop fine.
>> >
>> > My Main Problem is: When i connect my xbox to the laptop via an
>> > ethernet
>> > cable my xbox cannot connect to xbox live, My vista laptop can see the
>> > xbox
>> > on the network yet will not allow it to connect to the net. I have
>> > followed
>> > all the ICS tutorials in windows "help and support" but to no avail.
>> >
>> > My second problem is: when i set up an ad hoc intenet connection
>> > between
>> > my
>> > laptop and pc (wireless connection) similar to the xbox problem my
>> > laptop
>> > can
>> > see my pc and visa verca but again no connection can be made form my
>> > desktop
>> > pc to the internet (Desktop PC is running windows Vista Ultimate).
>> >
>> > All this used to work when running Win XP on both machines but i cant
>> > understand why it isnt working now?
>> >
>> > "Xbox live calls me, i need it!"
>> >
>> > Any Ideas?
>>
>>

Yup, sorry that i didnt reply sooner but your right!! first of all i bridged
my wireless and ethernet connection then set all my ip's to internal ip
addresses 192.168.xxx.xxx also when i tried this before i didnt set the
default gateway once i did this it started working.

Thank you for your replys

PB

"Dana Cline - MVP" wrote:

> The IP address mentioned by whatismyip.com is the IP address assigned to you
> by your service provider...it always comes from their block of IP addresses.
>
> If you're using the Internet Connection Sharing, then all your IP addresses
> (in your computer's network properties dialogs) should be internal
> (192.168,x,x) and may need to be hard coded unless the Internet Connection
> Sharing does DHCP service.
>
> Dana Cline - MCE MVP
>
> "Paul "XxFrEeLaNcExX" Butler"
> <PaulXxFrEeLaNcExXButler@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:05975229-B67D-4095-876F-6694CD9E02E7@microsoft.com...
> > It sometimes fails on I.P however i have now set this manually and it
> > fails
> > on DNS, one slight problem i have always had with my datacard connection
> > is:
> > whin i check its internet ip address it says XXX.XXX.XXX.XXX however if i
> > do
> > a web ip check ie whatismyip.com it will be YYY.YYY.YYY.YYY im wondring if
> > vista does in internal/external ip check?
> >
> > Obviousley the XXX and YYY are an actual ip not the letters
> >
> > "Pete Russell" wrote:
> >
> >> You live on a house boat? That is bad ass
> >>
> >> Have you tested the Xbox connection? If yes, Where does the xbox fail?
> >> Sounds like it is not getting an DNS address.
> >>
> >>
> >> "Paul "XxFrEeLaNcExX" Butler" <Paul "XxFrEeLaNcExX"
> >> Butler@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> >> news:03B8EF44-CC27-4A74-8B36-65A174731BEE@microsoft.com...
> >> >I am having problems conncting to the internet/setting up my network to
> >> >allow
> >> > other computers to access the internet.
> >> >
> >> > I live on a boat and use a Vodafone Datacard to connect to the internet
> >> > (3g
> >> > Network) the datacard is connected to my windows Vista Premium Laptop
> >> > and
> >> > i
> >> > can access the internet on the laptop fine.
> >> >
> >> > My Main Problem is: When i connect my xbox to the laptop via an
> >> > ethernet
> >> > cable my xbox cannot connect to xbox live, My vista laptop can see the
> >> > xbox
> >> > on the network yet will not allow it to connect to the net. I have
> >> > followed
> >> > all the ICS tutorials in windows "help and support" but to no avail.
> >> >
> >> > My second problem is: when i set up an ad hoc intenet connection
> >> > between
> >> > my
> >> > laptop and pc (wireless connection) similar to the xbox problem my
> >> > laptop
> >> > can
> >> > see my pc and visa verca but again no connection can be made form my
> >> > desktop
> >> > pc to the internet (Desktop PC is running windows Vista Ultimate).
> >> >
> >> > All this used to work when running Win XP on both machines but i cant
> >> > understand why it isnt working now?
> >> >
> >> > "Xbox live calls me, i need it!"
> >> >
> >> > Any Ideas?
> >>
> >>
>
>
>