How to Connect to Xbox Live With a Laptop Using Windows Vista

[Mustang1971grande]

isnt it bad to turn off firewall cant u get virsus easyily?

[xTheEndIsNear1]

the local connection is not popping up what do I do?

[McLovin471]

okay so i did everything that you told me to and i did everything others had said to do and my xbox still wont connect with my windows pc and it keeps telling me network failed. so what should i do?

[Christonimore]

@McLovin471 try disconnecting from every network except your wireless internet on your computer. then connect the ethernet to your pc and bridge. then try it. Also have you tried checking the sharing box. I show how to do it in the second step of my windows XP guide. It is very similar in vista. you shouldn't have any problems doing it that way.

[struznik]

Right on great video dude! it works!!

[Christonimore]

@struznik thanks. i appreciate it :)

[100enga]

it poofh opp download this machine thingy, i accept?

[ThaBlackGhost3]

thanks dawg very helpfull liked your vid. :)

[ridearocket]

it wont let me bridge the connections t all!!! whats wrong????

[redbull9679]

@ridearocket u have to high light both connection and then press right and then it should say bridge connections

[ridearocket]

@redbull9679 i know but where it says bridge connections' it wont let me click on it!!!!!!

[redbull9679]

@ridearocket did u highlight both connections

[ridearocket]

@redbull9679 Yeah!!! my friend who knows alot about computers came over and he coudnt find out!!! later i might make a video showing how its not working. if i do il send it to some people and see if they know what to do!

[kylelow22]

heres the problem, with both my wireless AND wired connections, when I run an xbox love test, everything checks out up until the xbox live bar, which fills up quarter of the way, then the test fails. Any help?

[delorean622]

If I have a game like COD Black Ops, can I connect to an online game without an Xbox.

[3maddrummer123]

i did this but i got a wireless thing for my xbox. how can i undo the bridge connection?

[MGTech30]

Works great but it says my "NAT type" is strict[...]

Find MGTech30 and shoot with me sometime. Thanks bro.

[pricec88]

whereabouts does the ethernet cable plug in to your laptop?

[Imhappywithsanta]

i have a problem cause my local area connect is ok but the other one says that i need to and show a red x which means i dont have it connected plz help thanks

[Imhappywithsanta]

well i just got the xbox 360 slim on my birthday so anyways can this work on a pc cause i dont have a laptop yet

[DCBiLive]

So this requires xbox, a video, a laptop and an cable which is what? 12 dollars?

[shogan808]

hey, how do i put it back to normal? after im not playiing

message me back in a message

[ackc95]

how can i play on my laptop?

[AnesBOSNA123]

dude how do i disable the bridge connection???

[AnesBOSNA123]

how do i turn off the bridge connections

[haydosiscross]

so can you play games and shit like call of duty with friends

[uziownsu]

This works if you have a wireless modem from like sprint or something right? cuz when i got to right click to bridge connection it says none of them are connected and they have the little red x in the bottom left hand corner but i know its hooked up

[ilovenathanvessels]

i'm confused. because I did all of this and then i go to Connect to a Network and it says I am connected with limited access. i'm confused. please help

[rapidkid28]

how comes everytime i bridge the connection my internet gets disconnected?

[lilkruger]

@rapidkid28 The Reason It Does Not Connect Is Because Your Xbox Is Connecting Through It To Get To Your Router So You Are Unable To Use Internet On Your Laptop/Home PC. Hope I Helped Reply Back If You Want Proper Information.

[TrickyTheKlown]

I did the bridge connection thing, and then a error message comes up saying,

'To create a network bridge, you must select two LAN or high speed internet connections that are not being used by internet connection sharing'

What's wrong with it? Please reply back!

[Xiora4]

@TrickyTheKlown i got same problem i have turned off firewall and all that but it still wont create a bridge :(

[SlientNightmare]

do you pluge in yor wire that is conned to your comper or your broadband?

[CCowell125]

After about 20 minutes of being connected on the xbox, my laptop cuts the connection to it because of an "I.P. Address Conflict".

I can't seem to find how to stop this happening, can you please help?

[GPXgamer42]

im not sure but i think that happens when ur computer falls to sleep....im not sure though....so once in a while tap the track pad....hope this helped

[CCowell125]

Nope, that isn't it. I solved the problem by setting by 360 with a static IP address.

Thanks anyway. :)

[lilkruger]

All You Have To Do Is Take Off Bridge Connection And Go To Your Wireless Network Right Click It Then Go To Properties And Then Go To Advanced And Click The Two Boxes Hope It Works PM Me For Proper Info

[ikmaakvids]

need anny cables???

[mundor21]

After following the steps, I get a msg saying "the attempt to obtain an IP address time out" what do I do now, help please, Modern Warfare 2 its waiting.

[ultraabsolfan]

how do u connect to xbox live with windows 7?

[1216laoboycash]

u dont need to disable firwall

[scotlandeab]

I right it works. well thought this was a joke but it actually works. thx m8

[Richboii03]

how come it doesnt connect to my xbox i did ur steps

[Xx2795xX]

How do i connect the laptop to the 360?

[xRandom4000]

Dude from all the videos i seen this is LE BEST TNX

[talkerXD]

view my vid you dont needa wireless connection or router or adapter.

[rockronsley]

it works but the xbox says my pc is not lsted, what do i do?

[1216laoboycash]

lol still have probs? juist goto test xboxlive connections or sign in lol

[gtafan94]

mine says "Add to bridge" instead of "bridge connections"

[blackzero9786]

Thanks it worked for me :D

[marksinnl]

mine doesnt show a local connection it only shows wirelles connection and a LAN connection

what should i do help plz

[gamekid1016]

k guys can u help me

i have a windows vista computer,

but the way im connecting to internet is different i have a bt home hub and i bought a router (sometimes called modem) and a dongle, the router wouldnt install on my computer so i plugged the router into my hub, and im connecting to the router with the dongle,

so there isnt a router for me to plug the cable into but theres a ethernet hole in the back of my comp, can i connect to live if i plug it into that hole? does it matter? thx

[Ix0HaRRiS0xI]

when i try to bridge the two connections it shows a message saying that, "in order to bridge the connections i need at least 2 LAN or high speed internet connections." HELP!!

[Christonimore]

this might be the problem. If you have enabled connection sharing you need to turn that off before bridging. To do that you need to get to the place that shows all your connections (0:27) and right click on wireless connection. Then go to properties and go to the advanced tab. Then you will need to uncheck the boxes.

[XILycanthropyIX]

@Christonimore Mine says it cant obtain the IP adress :(

[TheDude1501]

how can i make it work even when my laptop is turned of??? plz answer

[Christonimore]

u can't have it work when the laptop is turned off. U need the laptop to be on so it can feed internet to the xbox

[Airstrike354]

Whenever i try to bridge my local connection to my wireless one it says i cant bridge it idk what to do help me plz

[THEICON513]

i use a wireless connection using my windows vista and even though i have fast high speed internet i dont have the best xbox live connection... any help with how ii can have a faster xbox live connection

[Christonimore]

i make sure i'm not running any programs. i also have an expensive computer that can support giving internet to another devise (4gb RAM, 2.13 Ghz Centrino 2). Also, on the bar in the bottom right, make sure theres not alot of crap in the backround running there.

[Maverick20536]

DOES NOT FOR WII, sadly, i tried this and it does not work. THERES NO ETHERNET PORT ON THE BACK OF THE WII, I FKING HATE NINTENDO, THEY FKING HAVE TO RIP PPL OFF FOR EVERYTHING.

[Christonimore]

yup. thats why i stopped buying nintendo after i got the gamecube. then i switched to xbox and playstation.

[Bluekirby92]

the Wii has wireless capabilities, making this whole wireless set-up thing worthless. Just connect your Wii by going to Wii Settings in the lower right in the Wii Menu, scroll around for Internet Connections and done. I hate that the 360 has no built-in WiFi, yet the PS3 and Wii does.

[kaleo8088]

fucking love u

[CyberSniper2k9]

Does it work with Xbox Original? does the xbox have to be on or off?

[Christonimore]

i think it does work with original xbox. that's what i've herd from my friends. and what do u mean by "does the xbox have to be on or off?"

[CyberSniper2k9]

does it have to be on while your bridge the connection?

[CyberSniper2k9]

nevermind i guess ill have to spend like 40£ on a cable and nother 40£ on the subscription .. lol.. thanks for the replys

[Christonimore]

a 14 ft ethernet cable from target is only 10 buck and i tried it out and it works fine. don't spend 40 pounds or whatever on an ethernet cable (sorry i'm not from england or where ever you're from).

[CyberSniper2k9]

im from London, England. lol. i think i should just get a xbox 360..

[Christonimore]

i've always wanted to go to london. is it nice there?

[CyberSniper2k9]

yeh lol but i live next to a market, but the grass is always greener on the other side.. so you might hate where you live, you might like london,, and the same with me. i might like where you live. and i hate london.. i wanna go to the countryside..

[Christonimore]

i live in california

[leonmccollum1994]

i got me a ether net cable for 12 buks at meijers i cnat figure out how to do the cntrl thing plz help

[Christonimore]

the control button is labeled as ctrl on your keyboard. it should be in the bottom left side of your keyboard. click on the first connection and then hold ctrl and then click the second connection

[kvcorp]

i just did it and it worked!!!!!

thank you so much

fuck he microsoft wireless adapter. the connection is quite good on the laptop aswell

[S1L3NTSN1P3R454]

I seem to have that same problem with the what ryokot12 was talking about, and yes i highlighted them both only an idiot wouldn't think of something like that. Plus disabling the firewall does nothing for this problem.

[Christonimore]

look at my response to ryokot. see if that works.

[kvcorp]

because your the unlucky prick who wines all the time

[2BunnyReturns]

Actually, last week I discovered I made a boo boo in the process: I didn't have a crossover cable required to make this work.

So, I ordered one, and now it works! I'll be updating my video too.

[ryokot12]

hey i cant connect because it says to create a network bridge you must select at least 2 Lan or high speed internet connection that are not being used by the internet.

[BdInsaneMexikn235]

i have the same problem as ryokot12

[Christonimore]

look at my response to ryokot. see if that works.

[Christonimore]

does it say that you have to select two connections that are not SHARED. if so then right click on the shared connection (if you don't know which one try both). then go to properties. then click on the advanced tab. then make sure both of those sharing boxes are unchecked.

thnx for commenting

-chris

P.S. Sorry it took me so long to respond. i just realized what you might have been talking about.

[Ndude4444]

it just says cant detect your router or modem and it fails before it gets to network. i have tried 4 different ethernet cables and nothing works. i called xbox people and they give me stuff that doesnt work

[megamonki]

THANK YOU! for almost a year ive been trying to get online and it never worked till now!

[longaker55]

thanks man helped me a lot

[Ndude4444]

i did everytihing you said but my live isn't working. i made a network bridge from my laptop and i connected the ethernet cable to my 360 to my laptop. My live connection says it failed before it passes the network connection. What should i do?

[Christonimore]

tell me what fails. the dns or anything else?

[Christonimore]

wait a while after you bridge connections and sometimes the internet comes back. Also try restarting your computer and restarting your xbox. It might also be your computer speed. Maybe the computer isn't powerful enough to provide internet to two devices so it just shuts down. I'll see if I can find anything to help you on the internet.

[PsychopathInFoil]

Thanks bro, I used this to connect my console to my vista desktop.

[rushrox777]

IT won't connect for me.. i cant find network and internet...:[.

[Errington10041992]

Thanks mate that was spot on

[Ryno1022]

thanks alot

[KHORDIxPRODUCTIONS]

THANKS SO MUCH I LOVE YOU lmao thanks ;)

[bigboyali1]

cna u connect to xbox live with a external wireless thingy because my laptop wirless buggerd so went to repair shop and he said use a external thing but it shows the xbox on what internet connection i am on but when when i try to connect to xbox live it says there is no internet plz help me btw i am using eithernet cable

[Christonimore]

yes you can use an external wireless thing. that's what I use sometimes. It should work. Connect to the internet using the external card, and then bridge the connection with the external card and the xbox (local connection). You can also try another method which is in my one on how to connect using windows xp (it is the video response). It should work the same way for the alternative method. if it doesn't work i'll see if i can find a way that does

[ziose0]

I LOVE U MAN!!! I've wasted 3 days trying to figure out whats wrong with my computer..........however...no­w this stupid update isn't working.......

[111dill222]

thank you so much you savedme so much monney

[antiproduct87]

yo how do you do it with a 3g internet card or can u

[Christonimore]

everythin ive found says u can't. I think you need an xbox 360 wireless adapter or an ethernet cable. sry man. wish i cud help more. I haven't had the experience with a 3G internet card.

[2BunnyReturns]

It might work better than this! If this did technically work, there would be no problem bridging a different type of connection.

[zombieofparty]

YES!!! THANK YOU MAN!

I was on another how to connect to live with laptop tutorial and to my dismay the network sharing thing was not working, i saw you say check mine out so i said what the hell

and yours worked like a charm gj m8 im gona go back to the first one i saw and tell em about urs thanks m8!!!

[Christonimore]

ur welcome dude! i am glad to help! The way of checking the box of sharing does not work for me either

[Christonimore]

@zombieofparty thanks so much dude. i love support :)

[HaloGunner2762]

I just bridged the connection using the Manage Connecgions. It's not even hard! :D

[Christonimore]

i no rite!!!

[Nodnarb360]

Then can you unplug the xbox and play it about 10 metres away?

[Christonimore]

you can't unplug the xbox 360 from the laptop while playing if that is what you mean but if the 360 is connected to the laptop then the 360 connected to the wireless laptop can be as far away from your router as the laptop can go without loosing a good signal