Use your laptop as an Xbox/Xbox 360 "Wireless Adapter" on Windows XP/Vista, and Mac OSX

Step 2 Change Your Internet Properties

We have to change the internet properties so that your computer will share wireless internet with the Ethernet adapter. See pictures. They are in order as they should. They also have notes. After doing what all the pictures say, hit ok.

Comments

[xboxlive12]

i have a LG computer what steps do i have to do?

[mjohnston10]

ok my problem is i dont have a sharing tab so what am i supposed to do now im running on windows 7 on a dell mini help plz

[robijussin]

when you are in the "network and internet" window of your control panel, there should be a category labeled "network and sharing center." click on that, then to the left there should be an option, "change adapter settings." In there you want to bridge your wireless and local area connections. This should allow you to access xbox live. Did for me at least.

[Kings_Fool]

Thaaanks. That worked for me very well.

[Micah667]

xbox says it cant obtain IP address

[ETXElectronix]

@macauleyw34 : On WIndows Vista or Windows Se7en, go to your Control Panel>Category View>Network and Internet>Manage Internet Connections (or Manage Wireless Networks)>Adapter Properties>"Sharing" tab

[blewis8]

Thank you!

[macauleyw34]

does anyone knw how to do that step on vista basic coze i cnt find it

[eirmanz]

Internet connection sharing cannot be enabled A LAN connection is already configured with the IP address that is required for automatic IP adressing

[German Jake]

Step 2 isnt working for me when i click ok an error message comes up and says "Internet connection sharing cannot be enabled. A LAN connection is already configured with the IP address that is required for automatic IP addressing." If you know how to fix this please tell me. Im using windows xp.

[eirmanz]

same here

[jcarlsoniv]

 I have looked through most of these comments and solutions and I can still not solve this problem.  When I was home, my brother set my computer to allow the sharing of devices so that I could use my xbox wirelessly.  However, now that I am at school, and I do not have a wireless connection in my dorm, my computer will not connect through the ethernet port to the internet.  My laptop does just fine, but my desktop will not.  I am using Vista, and when I go to the wireless network's status, there is no "Sharing" tab, and thus, no check box to uncheck.  This is really frustrating me and making me hate Vista even more than I already do.  Hopefully I'll have Windows 7 soon.

[walamoonbeam]

That was one of the downfalls of my method. You'll find the answer near the very beginning of the comments, but I'll just copy paste it here. Go to "Start". Go to "Connect to". Go to "show all connections". Right click "Local Area Connection," or whatever icon is your Ethernet port. Click "properties". In the box "This connection uses the following items", scroll down to the bottom and click "Internet Protocol (TCP/IP)". Click "Properties". Click "Obtain an IP address automatically". Click "Obtain DNS Server address automatically". Click "OK". Then unplug your Ethernet cable, and replug it in. If it still doesn't work, right click your Ethernet connection icon in your task bar, and click repair. If it doesn't work, message me

[Azuraith]

scratch what i just said the limited or no connectivity is now gone i fixed it, but still cannot connect...

[Azuraith]

hey im having some problems connecting my laptop to my xbox. ive done every thats been said including what was in your comment, but still cannont connect my local area conection says it has limited or no connectivity after i changed the tcp/ip properties.... help?? plz

[Koenigg]

I have the same exact problem, but i still have xp pro. and the only options under the advanced tab is firewall settings no (internet connection sharing)

[yumchikinstrips]

what you do is you go through the setup wizard again and make sure you check the box that say use this computer as a gateway. I had the same problem but it is now fixed

[jcarlsoniv]

 I eventually got my computer working.  Turns out, I had to update the ethernet port driver.  However, in order to do that, I had to lug my entire computer over to the student union (where there is wireless) so I could download the driver.  Took me about 2 hours worth of trouble shooting once I had the wireless internet to actually get it working though.

[chaosbrae]

there is no "advanced" options on mine. just connection and security. im using vista

[Fartybarty123]

On vista under properties in the network settings you have to find the button that says allow other network users to connect via this computers Internet acess click ok and connect your xbox on test connection. I hope this helped (I am not the person who wrote the article but did it today took a while but did it in the end)

[tofood]

In the advanced tab for my wireless network connection's properties, I do not have the option to allow other network users to connect through this computer's internet. In fact, the whole box below the "Windows Firewall" box isn't even there. I'm on XP and I am the administrator on my computer. Also, does anybody have any idea how to use this concept with my laptop to my desktop? The router on my desktop broke, and it'd be nice if I could use my laptop instead of

[spartangzz]

this is vista i own windows 7

[Jojomojo19]

 Anyone with windows 7, this is how you do it.
Right click on the internet connection tab on the bottom right corner and click "open network and sharing center". On the left side of that window, "click change adapter settings". Left click and hold it to highlight "Local area connection", and the wireless connection you are connected to, and let go. Then right click on the selection and press "Bridge connections". Then just connect your xbox to your laptop via ethernet cable, and test your connection through your xbox. Obviously, make sure you're connected on your laptop to the internet.

[Cyanmonke]

This worked amazingly. Thank you so much for this information, I tried bridging and it worked!!! I love you man omggg lmao <333333

[jhamre]

My problem is this: When I try to bridge the connections between my 360 and my laptop (with Windows 7 Professional), an error message pops up that reads: "To create a Network Bridge, you must select at least two LAN or High-Speed Internet connections that are not being used by Internet Connection Sharing." Any hints as to what I'm doing wrong?

[walamoonbeam]

did you hold control when selecting the connections? If not, you want to hold control, and then click on the two connections you want to bridge, and then click bridge connections. But I don't support this method, since it makes you unable to use the internet on ur laptop until you delete the bridge. And another issue is that some lan cards or wifi cards don't support bridging, but then again, some cables don't support my method, so it's a tradeoff.

[tomclark10]

It wont let me bridge connections and when i check the share box it says error! what can i do?? help please!

[one hd]

all you have to do is left click on the wireless connection then go into properties and tick the bottom box and it should now work.

[djkleyweg]

Dude im stuck and lost im trying to use it with my dell inspiron mini and i keep getting an error when i click join them could some one please help me out?

[Master_Keith]

For people having trouble doing this with Vista: This step actually didn't work for me. I fiddled with it for at least an hour and couldn't get it to work. In the end, I didn't do this step. I did not select the "Allow other users to connect through this computers internet connection" option.but instead bridged my local connection (the xbox and laptop) to my wireless connection (laptop and wireless router) and it worked.

[jonram28]

ok i got a question .. so im at this step with vista and it says the error thing so what do i do now the only connection i got is the one that i have to turn the sharing on so do i try and bridge anyways??plz help

[jman11927]

thanks a ton for the instructable. worked great and i am running windows 7 ultimate

[xBeg4mercy]

Hey im running Windows 7 Home. I'm kind of lost with these intructions haha can you help me out please? since your using windows 7 also.

[jman11927]

Yeah what part are you lost with?

[jonathan23]

i cant find the internet connection sharing page somebody help me

[jjkoolj8282]

i cant find the share wireless network thing or whatever

[ceath]

 thanks worked first time no problems

[foteye]

having an issue. Please help very soon. I'm getting an error when i try to share the connection. The error states: "An error occurred while internet connection sharing was enabled ICS cannot be enabled. A LAN connection is already configured with the IP adress that is required for automatic IP adressing."

[GroovyG0D]

Its been a long time since you posted this comment for help, so I am assuming that you might have found a answer to your problem. I am also having this problem happen to me so if you have an answer please forward it on to me. Thank you.

[mager_overload]

getting the same error