xbox 4 way system link help

[hansard1985]

im gonna get the stuff tomarrow to hook up 4 xboxes, i need to know what kind of stuff will i need, do i need special ethernet cables, cause im on a budget and i dont wanna buy 4 15 dollar system links

[speedbuggy76]

DO NOT BUY 4 ms system link cables, as these can only connect 2 xboxes. You need a hub and 4 ethernet (RJ-45) cables, connect all of them into the hub and one into each xbox. Good luck and have fun!

[EHWfedPres]

Originally posted by speedbuggy76
DO NOT BUY 4 ms system link cables, as these can only connect 2 xboxes. You need a hub and 4 ethernet (RJ-45) cables, connect all of them into the hub and one into each xbox. Good luck and have fun!

So you cannot use system link cables with a hub?

[BCan]

Microsoft System link cables are glorified green crossover network cables. A crossover cable changes at one end so that the send wire from one end is the receive wire at the other, and the receive wire at one is the send. That is why only two can connect, since some wires are switched.
Get some normal network cable, and either a hub or a switch. It is the hub/switch that tells what data to go up what wire.
That'll do it fine..

[speedbuggy76]

Originally posted by EHWfedPres
So you cannot use system link cables with a hub?

Nope. See the post before this one, he explains it quite well.

[hansard1985]

thanks, i got a hub and 4 rj45 cables and it worked great, thanks to all that helped

[BCan]

Always willing to help a fellow XBOXer play multiplayer.....!!