Buy a separate cable modem for Xbox?

[Dutch_72]

Quite often I have been seeing cable modems for sale at Circuit City or Best Buy for $30 after rebates...

I already have my computer on a cable modem in one of my bedrooms. I would like my xbox to be online in my family room. Instead of buying a router for my current modem and running 50 feet of cabling from room to room, could I just buy a new cable modem for the family room?

I realize that I may have to turn my modem off on my computer while playing the xbox online (I can only have one IP address on my current cable internet plan), but would this work???

Seems like an easier solution to me, but am I missing something?

Thanks in advance,
Dutch

[LynxFX]

Buy the router. Save yourself the time, trouble, inconvience and money. Buy the router.

[johnsmiley]

I agree simply turning off your other modem and turning on the other wont work your cable modem (and all ethernet devices) has a MAC address it is an address that makes it unique from anyother device on a network and your cable companies servers will not assign you cable modem an IP addy if it doesnt have the mac address logged as a paying customer and to get them to do that you will have to buy another subscription =)

[DrUnKtAnK]

Originally posted by Lynxfx
Buy the router. Save yourself the time, trouble, inconvience and money. Buy the router.

Listen to the man
If you shop around you can find a router for pretty damn cheap....

[peejay2288]

I use hub

[Orbital]

he said he cant have more than 1 ip, a hub wont work for him

[Chaotic]

Yes he will because in order to connect another computer/xbox to his internet he will need a HUB,ROUTER,SWITCH.

If he is going to use a hub then he will just connect the cable modem into the uplink port on the hub and connect the xbox and computer to the other ports on the hub

Or he can keep it connected to his pc and add another nic card to his pc then connect the second nic card into the hub then enable ICS and just connect his Xbox directly to the hub.

ICS will create NAT which will give his xbox its own internal ip address.

[ecountz]

I have two comps and the xbox hooked to a D-Link Express EtherNetwork 4-Port Cable/DSL Router Model: DI-604. It was cheap and very easy to hook up. They were on sale for $39 at best buy with a $10 mail in rebate.

[Orbital]

Originally posted by TheMentorsXbox
Yes he will because in order to connect another computer/xbox to his internet he will need a HUB,ROUTER,SWITCH.

If he is going to use a hub then he will just connect the cable modem into the uplink port on the hub and connect the xbox and computer to the other ports on the hub

Or he can keep it connected to his pc and add another nic card to his pc then connect the second nic card into the hub then enable ICS and just connect his Xbox directly to the hub.

ICS will create NAT which will give his xbox its own internal ip address.

to use a hub or switch u need to purchase an ip for each device connected to the hub/switch, but to use a router you need only 1 ip

[Chaotic]

Originally posted by Orbital


to use a hub or switch u need to purchase an ip for each device connected to the hub/switch, but to use a router you need only 1 ip

a Hub or switch doesnt supply the IP address they are DUMB devices, the ip is provided by a NAT based technology ICS "Internet connection sharing" or a DHCP server which provides IP's you dont need to purchase them.

[Chaotic]

What do you think a router is doing "NAT"


samething but this is done through software instead of hardware.

[Orbital]

whatever, im just telling you what my phone company told me when i couldnt get the hub to work

[ShannonX]

Originally posted by Orbital
whatever, im just telling you what my phone company told me when i couldnt get the hub to work

i use my computer to share my connection with all my other devices including the xbox. I have one NIC hooked to the modem, then i have the other NIC hooked to my hub. I still only use one IP address from my Broadband service though. Anything attached to my hub is assigned an "Internal" IP from my computer.

[Chaotic]

Excally what i was saying!!!

[bluef0x]

Companies want more $$$$. They told me I had to buy another ip for an additional 10 bucks a month lol...

I just use 2 NIC's on my internet computer- and a crossover cable to my second computer and use internet connection sharing. Works just fine most of the time, only time it's been goofy is when both computers play starcraft online and not at a lan, it lags the whole game.

[Chaotic]

Originally posted by bluef0x
Companies want more $$$$. They told me I had to buy another ip for an additional 10 bucks a month lol...

I just use 2 NIC's on my internet computer- and a crossover cable to my second computer and use internet connection sharing. Works just fine most of the time, only time it's been goofy is when both computers play starcraft online and not at a lan, it lags the whole game.

Guys remember here these companys are talking about EXTERNAL ip address for each computer thats the beauty of NAT you get one external IP that your ISP provides you then NAT / DHCP provides internal IP address's for all your internal systems to access the web all using the 1 single IP assigned by your ISP.