DNS error when internet sharing with xbox 360

[WhtsAGoodUsrnme]

I am having trouble using my ibook g4 as a bridge between my xbox 360 and my wireless router, here is my setup.

Internet---Wireless Router---iBook G4(with airport extreme)---xbox 360 via ethernet

These are the settings I am using:

iBook g4

Internet Sharing from airport to ethernet port

The ethernet port has a static ip of 10.0.0.1 and a subnet mask of 255.255.255.0

Xbox 360

IP 10.0.0.2

Subnet mask 255.255.255.0

Default router 10.0.0.1

Primary DNS 192.168.0.1 (My Router's IP)

Secondary DNS xx.x.xxx.xx ( a dns server assigned by my ISP)

When I run check the xbox live connection it comes up with

Network(good) Internet(Fail) Xbox Live (Fail)

Any help would be greatly appreciated

 

[techound1]

DNS = domain name server

You've told it your router's IP, rather than an actual domain name server's address. Try Open DNS': 208.67.222.222 and 208.67.220.220

 

[WhtsAGoodUsrnme]

DNS Error

DNS = domain name server

You've told it your router's IP, rather than an actual domain name server's address. Try Open DNS': 208.67.222.222 and 208.67.220.220

I just tried that and it didn't work, I also tried the primary and secondary dns on my router config page

Thanks anyway

 

[WhtsAGoodUsrnme]

Any Other Suggestions?

They would be really appreciated

 

[techound1]

Try asking over in the networking area of the forum.

 

[gibbz]

Here is what I had to do on an old iBook:
*Start Internet Sharing
*Edit /etc/bootpd.plist as root: change reply_threshold_seconds to 0
*Reboot. Yes, you really do have to reboot. Don't start/stop Internet Sharing before rebooting because it will revert your change on you.

Then XBOX 360 connects fine. This is a little quicker than some methods where they set a static connection via XBOX 360 console. If you are interested, that method is here.

 

[WhtsAGoodUsrnme]

Here is what I had to do on an old iBook:
*Start Internet Sharing
*Edit /etc/bootpd.plist as root: change reply_threshold_seconds to 0
*Reboot. Yes, you really do have to reboot. Don't start/stop Internet Sharing before rebooting because it will revert your change on you.

Then XBOX 360 connects fine. This is a little quicker than some methods where they set a static connection via XBOX 360 console. If you are interested, that method is here.

Thank you for your help, i started to try the joystiq method and I cannot find the inet ip address.

Could I please have more info on the first method?

 

[gibbz]

Thank you for your help, i started to try the joystiq method and I cannot find the inet ip address.

Could I please have more info on the first method?

If you want to do their method, the inet address is found like this

Before you start configuring, open up Terminal (in Applications -> Utilities) and type "ifconfig en0" (zero, not a capital-o). You're looking for the bit that says "inet xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx". In my case, the number I get here is 192.168.2.1 Second, note down the IP address of your wireless router, which in my case is 192.168.0.1

If you want to try it without a static IP address, simply make sure that Internet Sharing is on in system prefs.

In Terminal, edit /etc/bootpd.plist as root. You can do this

sudo vi /etc/bootpd.plist

Go down and look for reply_threshold_seconds.

Change its value to 0, then write and close the file by entering this:

:wq

Reboot. Once back up, attach ethernet and it should work. If not, try the joystiq method.

 

[WhtsAGoodUsrnme]

If you want to do their method, the inet address is found like this

I cannot find the inet address

 

[WhtsAGoodUsrnme]

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