[XCSSA] Using Xbox Live without broadband

[X-otic Computer Systems of San Antonio]

On Mar 20, 2008, at 3:52 AM, X-otic Computer Systems of San Antonio  
wrote:

> I hooked up the Xbox 360 to my Mac Mini and got the sharing part  
> done. However, the Xbox 360 and my Mac can't seem to work together.  
> When testing the connection between the Xbox 360 and the Mac it  
> fails at the IP Address. The problem is that the Xbox 360 is  
> "unable to negotiate a lease with the DHCP server". What kind of  
> tweaks need to be done to either my Xbox 360 and/or the Mac to  
> solve this problem?

Did you use Internet Sharing to do this? If so, then the default DHCP  
server just isn't up to it. Also try a mini-switch between them just  
in case the Ethernet auto-negotiate isn't working.

When I was trying to get a Nintendo DS working with wireless, it  
wouldn't work with the 2001-era ISC DHCP that I was using. (I was  
using it because I wanted fixed-IP DHCP. I don't even know if the  
default Internet Sharing DHCP would have worked.) It apparently  
wanted some recently-developed DHCP options. I upgraded it and it  
worked fine.

And of course there is always the option of bringing your 360 to  
somewhere where there is broadband, and then upgade stuff there.

  - Bruce -