How-to: Xbox 360/AirPort Extreme workaround
If you’ve got a brand new Apple 802.11n AirPort Extreme (or if you’re looking to get one soon), you might have noticed that it doesn’t connect with the Xbox 360 – unless you bust out a few tweaks. A recent post on 25experts.com comes to the rescue of gamers who have yet to make the setup work.
There are actually two ways to do this: the easy way, and the safe way. If you don’t give a rat’s behind about wireless security and all that jazz, this is really easy. Just turn the wireless security feature off and you’re good to go. Running an non-secure wireless networks is a bit of a risky move, though, so here’s the nifty workaround from 25experts:
In Airport Utility, Option-Click (or alt click on windows keybaords) the radio setting button to get the hidden choices, and select “b/g compatible”, NOT “n (b/g compatible), just straight b/g. That will limit each device to 54 Mbps, which is fine.
Next, Option-Click your encryption setting button and select “WPA Personal.” Go into the Internet:DHCP settings (I think) and reserve an IP address for your 360 based on it’s MAC settings to make sure it gets the same IP all the time. In the NAT options, select that IP as the “Default Host” so as to cause no issues with XBox Live functionality. Restart the Apple Extreme.
After it’s up and running, start your XBox 360, go to the last blade of the Dashboard and select your network settings – it should let you select your new WPA-encrypted network and you’re good to go.
Try it out and let us know if it works for you. Don’t hesitate to leave a comment below.
Via 25experts
If you’ve got a brand new Apple 802.11n AirPort Extreme (or if you’re looking to get one soon), you might have noticed that it doesn’t connect with the Xbox 360 – unless you bust out a few tweaks. A recent post on 25experts.com comes to the rescue of gamers who have yet to make the setup work.
There are actually two ways to do this: the easy way, and the safe way. If you don’t give a rat’s behind about wireless security and all that jazz, this is really easy. Just turn the wireless security feature off and you’re good to go. Running an non-secure wireless networks is a bit of a risky move, though, so here’s the nifty workaround from 25experts:
In Airport Utility, Option-Click (or alt click on windows keybaords) the radio setting button to get the hidden choices, and select “b/g compatible”, NOT “n (b/g compatible), just straight b/g. That will limit each device to 54 Mbps, which is fine.
Next, Option-Click your encryption setting button and select “WPA Personal.” Go into the Internet:DHCP settings (I think) and reserve an IP address for your 360 based on it’s MAC settings to make sure it gets the same IP all the time. In the NAT options, select that IP as the “Default Host” so as to cause no issues with XBox Live functionality. Restart the Apple Extreme.
After it’s up and running, start your XBox 360, go to the last blade of the Dashboard and select your network settings – it should let you select your new WPA-encrypted network and you’re good to go.
Try it out and let us know if it works for you. Don’t hesitate to leave a comment below.
Via 25experts
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