Share my internet connection with xbox (or anything else)

floam · Last edited by floam on Sun Feb 23, 2003 6:37 am; edited 2 times in total

Just bought xbox live, now I need to figure out how to share the connection on my computer with my xbox. I have two nics, and have emerged dhcp and iptables. I dont know what I need to have compiled in on my kernel, or what files to edit. I need to figure out what im gonna do. Heres how the network is setup right now:
[img:53fe14b529]http://floam.ascorbic.com/img/netsetupnow.png[/img:53fe14b529]
Thats how it is now. Obviously it wouldnt make since (well doesnt make since to my dad, who would be the one to do it) to run another 150 feet of cable through the attic just to get my xbox online. Instead I want it to work like this:
[img:53fe14b529]http://floam.ascorbic.com/img/netsetuphowiwant.png[/img:53fe14b529]
How would I do this, can I use normal cat5 ethernet cable, or do I need some cross over or somthing cable (someone in #gentoo told me I would) , whats the difference? Help me.

PowerFactor · Posted: Sun Feb 23, 2003 6:15 am Post subject:

Have a look at this thread for starters.

Cool pics BTW.

EDIT: Just noticed, yes you will need a crossover cable between nic2 and the xbox to hook it up like you have shown. They don't cost much more than normal cat5 cables. If you make your own cables there are instructions on the web for making crossover cables as well.

floam · Posted: Sun Feb 23, 2003 6:57 am Post subject:

okay read that and started adding stuff to the default runlevel and editing some config files, be aware that I dont yet have the cables (tommarow!) and cant test it yet. When i tried the commands:

Xan · n00b Joined: 08 Jan 2003 Posts: 45 Location: Austin

You need some more networking in your kernel.

Here's what I have in mine:

Networking Options
Packet socket
Network packet filtering
Socket filtering
Unix domain sockets
TCP/IP networking
IP multicasting
IP advanced router
IP verbose route monitoring
IP large routing tables
IP Netfilter Configuration
Connection tracking
FTP protocol support
H.323 support
IP tables support
Limit match support
Multiple port match support
Connection state match support
Packet filtering
Reject target support
Full NAT
Masquerade target support
Packet mangling
Log target support

Xan · n00b Joined: 08 Jan 2003 Posts: 45 Location: Austin

Rats, I had some formatting in that but it got zapped. Should have used Preview... Still, it shouldn't be too hard to decipher. Let me know if it's a problem.

floam · Posted: Sun Feb 23, 2003 8:13 am Post subject:

thanks, I figured it out fine without the tabs/spaces (if thats what formatting you did). The kernel is recompiling now, will report back in a few minutes

krt · Posted: Sun Feb 23, 2003 8:18 am Post subject:

you might want to try bridging with your linux box, rather than iptables.. you can, essentially, make your linux box a switch, and let your router upstream do the NAT work.

You can read about bridging here:

http://www.linux.se/doc/HOWTO/BRIDGE-STP-HOWTO/set-up-the-bridge.html
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floam · Posted: Sun Feb 23, 2003 8:23 am Post subject:

krt: that sounds cool, but id need to have someone walk me through it step by step, dont understand a good percent of what i see there

Xan · n00b Joined: 08 Jan 2003 Posts: 45 Location: Austin

Yeah, I may have to switch mine to that too.

floam · Posted: Thu Feb 27, 2003 11:59 pm Post subject:

okay, got 20 feet of crossover cable, all plugged in and ready to go. Now someone walk me through what to do.

note: I dont know much when it comes to networking, be slow with me

floam · Posted: Fri Feb 28, 2003 1:30 am Post subject:

bump, sorry. *very* impatiant

floam · Posted: Fri Feb 28, 2003 2:56 am Post subject:

Hell yes!! Thanks to CareBear in #gentoo, I got it going.