Xbox360 + home network + media sharing = :(

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I, personally, don't have an Xbox360, but my girlfriend's father does, and he is having trouble connecting it to his home network. He is able to get onto Xbox Live, but can't seem to enable Media Sharing between the xbox and his PC. I have scoured google for a solution but I have come up empty handed. The PC is running WinXP Pro SP2 with the latest WIndows Media Player update.

The issue is the Xbox will only be discoverable to the PC if the PC can access it, and the PC can only access it if it is discoverable. :(

halp!
 
You need to Media Connector thingy on the PC for the xbox to discover it...

It should tell you what you need to download when you try connect to the PC
 
In Windows Media Player 11 click on Library and then Media Sharing.

Select allow media sharing... that should do it.
 
GavinMannion said:
In Windows Media Player 11 click on Library and then Media Sharing.

Select allow media sharing... that should do it.
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Just want to add my 2 cents.. I've also tried this, using Media Player 11, but now luck. I've looked at every FAQ and forum that I could find, but no luck. The pc sees the Xbox, but the xbox doesn't see the pc, something like that, it's been a few months since I last tried it.

Good luck, hope you get it working.
 
First off check that the PC's firewall is turned off (ie right click on the local network connection - it's under advanced I think)

Secondly, if that doesn't float your boat, I'd suggest you try TVersity. I found it a synch to set up and it bit better than MP11 sharing. It can also transcode, if the PC is up to it, and act as a proxy to view stuff on the net.
 
The firewall is turned off and the Xbox doesn't respond to ping (it is on the same IP block - I've checked) and I did a full IP scan of the IP block to make sure. It isn't there. I am quite sure of it.

For some reason, no matter what I do, I can't see the Xbox on the network, not through manual IP setting or DHCP :(
 
After much frustration I loaded Windows XP MCE and everything worked well. But if you can't ping the Xbox, that is a problem - not going anywhere without that. Hmmm... Tried using a xover cable?
 
Hey at least we know it's got nothing to do with the Media Player now. It will never share if they cannot see each other...

Not sure I can help you though, I stopped working in networking a looooong time ago.

Is the IP manual or DHCP assigned?
 
I have tried both manual and DHCP, neither works...

However, when the xbox is assigned an IP by the DHCP server, it tells me the Subnet Mask is 255.0.0.0 which is very wrong because I am using a Class C IP address (192.168.x.x), yet even when setting the IP and subnet mask manually it doesn't work.

:(
 
Kasyx said:
I have tried both manual and DHCP, neither works...

However, when the xbox is assigned an IP by the DHCP server, it tells me the Subnet Mask is 255.0.0.0 which is very wrong because I am using a Class C IP address (192.168.x.x), yet even when setting the IP and subnet mask manually it doesn't work.

:(
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Then quite possibly it is not being assigned an address at all as your DHCP would specify the subnet mask (assuming your PC is getting a correct IP/subnet combination address). It could merely be assigning the default IP address. This would point to the fact that the Xbox is not able access the network at all due to either network card or cable issues?
 
The thing is I am able to connect to xbox live, through the network using DHCP, I just can't enable media sharing :(
 
Kasyx said:
The thing is I am able to connect to xbox live, through the network using DHCP, I just can't enable media sharing :(
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Now that makes no sense... you shouldn't be able to connect to your router is the subnet isn't being assigned, since in theory you cannot connect over the network.

But that (should) does mean you IP is being assigned correctly and matches the address of the router. And the IP of the PC has the correct IP address? If it is, and it is DHCP assigned, then there is something very wrong.
 
How very confusing, that IP address is normally the standard one that the Xbox gets if it doesn't receive one from the router.

It is possible that by sheer luck the standard IP falls into the same range as the DHCP range which is why it can connect to live...
 
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