IT Question

[Batman]

Open to anyone -


How do you find an IP address? My Xbox Live is playing up, and it says 'My Gateway address is invalid. please check your IP address'


Thing is, I have no idea where I would find it.

Anyone help?

[Apathy]

Is your XBox plugged into a Router, and do you also have a PC plugged into the Router for internet access?

If so click start, choose run. in the run box type command and then click OK.

Now in the black dos-prompt window type ipconfig and press enter.
it will now show you your PC's IP address, Subnet mask and gateway. The gateawy address your X-Box uses will be the same as your PC.

[Batman]

No, I don't have it plugged in through a router, the Ethernet cable is from my Xbox to my PC LAN port, I don't have a router.

The modem is plugged into the PC and I access the internet through that.

Any ideas?

[keveh]

'My Gateway address is invalid. please check your IP address'

Is that the exact error?

[Batman]

The precise message is, on the 'Test Xbox Live Connection' purple screen -

Network Adapter SUCCESS
IP Address FAILED -

Your gateway address is not valid, Verify the IP settings for this network configuration

[keveh]

Have you been able to connect to xbox live before, and it's just stopped?

[Batman]

Not since I upgraded to a 360.

[keveh]

I've read that some modems/routers are not compatible for xbox live.

Don't ask me which ones, dont have a clue.

Not sure what else you can do apart from search google with your error and type xbox 360 after it.

[Batman]

Alreet no worries.

DO you think getting a router would help?

If so, which do you use? (If it matters, Tiscali is my ISP)

[Little Green Man]

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/908885

Might be of some use.

[Batman]

Cheers bud


edit- that Miscrosoft site makes no sense to me, it's all gibberish.

[a1]

if your old xbox live gamertag id was working on the old xbox , and your tryna connect with that , youve got to ring them up to get it (the xbox gamertag thingy) changed over and converted to work on a xbox360 , it might just be that . there might not be anything up with your setup ...

if it is though, and you need a adsl modem router

dlink adsl modem routers are piss to set up , if its not a gamertag convert problem...

wireless wifi and wired lan ports and bundled with a 'free' wireless usb dongle or laptop card for networking your other compys

sumert like - http://www.scan.co.uk/Products/ProductI ... tID=210774

or http://www.scan.co.uk/Products/ProductI ... tID=162831

or for an unwireless one

http://www.scan.co.uk/Products/ProductI ... tID=101984

to be honest it'll be worth getting the wireless bundle coz its only £10 more ... and you can turn off the wireless part if you want...

you'll need the microsoft xbox360 usb dongle to wireless your xbox aswell though , and thats £60 ... the xbox will work thru the lan ports if your skint after buying the ADSL router....

Make sure you get a "ADSL Router " (or ADSL2 or whatever)

'routers' (on their own) dont usually have modems in them ... they just route the signals . 'ADSL Routers' have and do both ...

[Montreal Wanderer]

edit- that Miscrosoft site makes no sense to me, it's all gibberish.

I think a1 must have written it. Good luck, Batty.

[Bruce Rioja]

edit- that Miscrosoft site makes no sense to me, it's all gibberish.

I think a1 must have written it. Good luck, Batty.

Monty. If a1 is yet to be married, would that make him an illegible bachelor?