XBOX Live Connection Set Up Question

[Donut]

This question is not for me as my 360 is connected but for someone I know. I know how to do all of the Wireless set ups & things like that. A friend of mine is looking to connect their 360 to XBOX Live. They want to be able to do it through their Lap Top Wireless. Their Service Provider does not do Wireless Connections. Would they be able to buy any Wireless Router & get that working on their main computer which has an Online Connection already & replace their current router with the Wireless one & then use the Wireless Router to connect the Lap Top online & then use the Lap Top to get on to XBOX Live ?

 

[Kryptonian Warrior]

This question is not for me as my 360 is connected but for someone I know. I know how to do all of the Wireless set ups & things like that. A friend of mine is looking to connect their 360 to XBOX Live. They want to be able to do it through their Lap Top Wireless. Their Service Provider does not do Wireless Connections. Would they be able to buy any Wireless Router & get that working on their main computer which has an Online Connection already & replace their current router with the Wireless one & then use the Wireless Router to connect the Lap Top online & then use the Lap Top to get on to XBOX Live ?

You can set it up to where the Laptop receives the internet connection wirelessly from the router, but then you will have to hard wire the laptop to the XBOX in order for it to have an internet connection. There is no way to send a wireless internet connection from the laptop to the XBOX, because there is nothing on the XBOX to receive that signal. That is why it has to be wired from the laptop to the XBOX. To do that is actually quite simple. Here is a link on how to enable Internet Connection Sharing in Windows XP. http://support.microsoft.com/kb/306126
If you have Windows Vista...http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows-vista/Using-ICS-Internet-Connection-Sharing
If you have Windows 7....http://support.xbox.com/support/en/us/nxe/xboxlive/getconnected/hcxl/consharing.aspx

Hope this helps.