Media Center Connect Extender w/o IP assignment

saunaman · 01-10-2007, 11:26 AM

OK, so I spent too many hours getting any kind of connection from my new Media Center Notebook computer to my xbox 360.

Seems like this "extender" that is talked about is a physical piece of hardware.

I don't have the wireless module for the 360. So I just wanted to see my pictures, etc from my notebook. Figured should be able to connect via ethernet cable somehow.

Problem is 360 keeps saying it did not get an IP address from my computer. Tried everything. 360 gives you 2 options at that point:
Network Settings or
Continue.

Finally tried "Continue" and guess what, you can get the 8 digit "Extender" number. So download the "Extender software" from http://www.xbox.com/en-US/pcsetup/MCE05Lite.htm , install it and input the 8 digit number. Restart computer and xbox, Go to xbox dashboard & choose Media Center. Your now looking at it! I have not been able to access the internet via this notebook setup yet.

jimmy_Bish · 01-10-2007, 05:57 PM

Well done on getting Media Center working. Getting onto Live through the the laptop is now the easy part since you're already sharing your media.
Head over to our XBox Live section and check out some of our guides. There's a guide there that will work for you in the sticky thread.

saunaman · 01-10-2007, 06:14 PM

Jimmy, can't I get my 360 to the internet thru my ethernet cable into my notebook computer, which is wireless to my router (way in another room), w/o needing another router and buying wireless xbox adaptors? 360 says it's not getting a IP address from my computer. From that point I'm kind of lost as to automatic or setting up a manual IP #. I did try both. Laughed my head off at your Avatar since that's all I've been doing lately!

jimmy_Bish · 01-10-2007, 06:27 PM

Yeah, my avatar reflects what I do for a living!

Anyway, you will need to enable Internet Connection Sharing, or ICS. You will also manually have to set an IP address on your 360.
From your forst message I figured you had already done this since you got Media Center working, didn't you?

ChrisShockley · 01-10-2007, 06:33 PM

Hope this works...teh media player 11 crap won't work even though it finds my 360....so fingers crossed.

ChrisShockley · 01-10-2007, 06:37 PM

I doenload it and it pops up and I click finish but it doesn't do anything...Where did you enter the 8 digit #?

Edit: Forget ti I don't feel like messing with it only to fail again....I did this on my mom's laptop months ago but they changed it or something.