David J Rice

Ever since I was little I’ve always loved having something to play during the festive season. With the prospect of not getting any toys this christmas, I brought my Xbox home so I could relive some childhood memories (albeit with some new games).

After a little bit of offline play, I really wanted a bit of multiplayer but how to get internet on my Xbox? There is wireless at my mum’s, but I don’t have the wireless adapter for the Xbox, and the basestation is in the attic (and I don’t have that much ethernet cable).

So what is a guy to do? I remembered about the internet sharing feature of osx and decided to experiment, with great results! :)

Macgyvering time

Setting up your mac

• Turn on Internet Sharing on your mac (In the internet tab of the sharing preference pane)
• Add a new entry to your firewall settings on your mac (You might need to forward the ports from your router) * TCP Port 3074 * UDP Ports 88 3074
• Apply the settings

Setting up your Xbox

• Go into the Network Settings of the system tab on your Xbox and choose Edit Settings
• Enter the following IP settings * IP Settings Manual * IP Address 192.168.2.2 * Subnet Mask 255.255.255.0 * Gateway 192.168.2.1
• Enter the following DNS settings * DNS Settings Manual * Primary DNS Server 192.168.2.1
• Plug an ethernet cable from your Xbox to the mac