Print

Please login or register.
1 Hour 1 Day 1 Week 1 Month Forever
Login with username, password and session length

[bisco420]

I have opened up the ports microsoft require for streaming, but my xbox 360 doesn't detect my pc.  I have windows media player configured for sharing as well.    I have called tech support, but they wanted to charge me money to help me with my new router.  I just want to watch my movies and listen to my music with my xbox.  I am now wondering if I should have just bought another linksys.  Oh, and I am wired to my pc as well as xbox and running firmware version 1.21na.   

[FurryNutz]

well, never done this however knowing alittle bit about networking, I would presume that your PC or the folders that contain the music and video should be shared out so that the contents of the folder(s) would be made known to the network and to the xbox. The xbox probably does see the PC however is looking for contents of the PC and if the contents are not shared out, the xbox might not pick anything up. Never done this so I could be wrong here.

Your router should work well, however just FYI, v1.21NA was not a good release of FW for some people. If you see any internet hang or no internet and you have to reset the router, upgrade to v1.22NA, this fixed this issue. However keep what you got if it working.

I'm sure this is just a configuration problem. Maybe others have some more info about this as well. Let us know what you find. Would be helpful if we could document this for future users.

[bisco420]

I have finally found my problem.  It wasn't a problem with the settings on either the router or xbox.  Turns out that the firewall on my macafee antivirus was preventing me from streaming my media.  I never thought about checking that before because I never had that issue with my previous router.  Once I turned off that firewall, it instantly worked.  PS3 does the same with a wireless connection as well.  I am now a happy camper. 

[FurryNutz]

Yayyy. Good to hear. Hope you enjoy.