Lamez Posted November 16, 2008 Share Posted November 16, 2008 I have wireless internet at my house. I decided I wanted to my Xbox online. I went out and bought a ethernet switch, but I am boggled on how it works. Here is what I am trying to do. Bridge my wireless connection to ethernet port. Then plug the ethernet cable from the ethernet port to the switch, then run another cable to the xbox. Well I am not able to connect to the internet with my xbox, am I doing it wrong? I use to be able to take a ethernet cable, that is bridge to my wireless connection, to my xbox and it would work wonderfully. The only reason I bought a switch, is so I can view the website hosted on the xbox. Any Help? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
corbin Posted November 16, 2008 Share Posted November 16, 2008 You will need to configure the default gateway on the switch correctly and so on. What are your settings right now? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lamez Posted November 16, 2008 Author Share Posted November 16, 2008 You know what, I forgot to create the bridge. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stooney Posted November 16, 2008 Share Posted November 16, 2008 It happens. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
.josh Posted November 17, 2008 Share Posted November 17, 2008 you should have bought a router, not a switch. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
corbin Posted November 17, 2008 Share Posted November 17, 2008 I was assuming he meant router by switch. I didn't know people ever used switches in their houses. lol I don't think I've seen a switch in a long time. Weird now that I think about it. Maybe I just assume everything I see is a router lol. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
.josh Posted November 17, 2008 Share Posted November 17, 2008 based on his description of what he was trying to do and what he did to fix it, I think he really did buy a switch. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
corbin Posted November 17, 2008 Share Posted November 17, 2008 A switch would (and did?) technically work, it would just be a little bit more difficult setup. Edit: Well, actually I guess it could be easier lol. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
.josh Posted November 17, 2008 Share Posted November 17, 2008 It's more secure... but I mean, better security for a switch comes into play because it doesn't echo out packets to all the ports. But we're talking about an xbox and a personal computer at home... but it is technically harder to setup. He has to set his computer up as the gateway and have at least 2 network adapters, 1 for the internet and one for the switch. Also with a switch, you can really only have one device using the internet at a time, because all of the devices share the same IP address. You would have to basically get your ISP to give you multiple IP addresses and go from there. A router acts as the gateway, routing packets to multiple devices even with just one IP address. Not to mention, most routers these days already have a switch built-in. Bottom line is that if you're wanting to make a local area network (lan) ONLY, go for a switch. Example is if you want to give printer access to multiple computers. You can also use a hub for this. But if you're wanting multiple devices to independently access a wide area network (wan) like the internet, go for a router. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stooney Posted November 18, 2008 Share Posted November 18, 2008 I would just recommend Modem -> Router -> Unmanaged Switches for most setups. It's fairly universal and won't require much change if the person needs to add something. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
corbin Posted November 18, 2008 Share Posted November 18, 2008 "It's more secure... but I mean, better security for a switch comes into play because it doesn't echo out packets to all the ports. But we're talking about an xbox and a personal computer at home..." So routers transmit each WAN packet to each LAN IP? Seriously? Or did I misread that? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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