x box wireless through laptop

joop123

not wanting to pay the £50 for a wireless adapter, are there any alternatives. have been told that you can use a laptop but would have no idea how to do this. would use a long ethernet cable but router is upstairs and xbox downstairs.


or have i no choice but to stop being such a cheapskate and fork out for the official one.


Paddy

B33fy

Did this some time ago before buying the wireless adaptor, see here for info http://www.instructables.com/id/Use-your-laptop-as-an-XboxXbox-360-wireless-adap/

hubert_cumberdale

i did this before i got my xbox slim

go to your start menu -> settings -> network connections

the select both the wireless network and ethernet network by ctrl clicking then right click on one and select bridge networks

then plug the xbox into the ethernet sometimes you have to turn them both off and reboot them this way is better tahn using shared internet connection as this sometimes does give you a open NAT

B33fy

hubert_cumberdale wrote: »

i did this before i got my xbox slim

go to your start menu -> settings -> network connections

the select both the wireless network and ethernet network by ctrl clicking then right click on one and select bridge networks

then plug the xbox into the ethernet sometimes you have to turn them both off and reboot them this way is better tahn using shared internet connection as this sometimes does give you a open NAT

That sounds right, I remember the bridging networks bit, but was always a bit of a faff using the laptop, the wireless adaptor was much more convenient but at a cost