MAC address filtering issues with xbox 360

[wedge22]

I have MAC address filtering setup on all the pc's in my home network but when it comes to the xbox 360 with wifi I cannot get this to work, any help would be appreciated.

[Jay]

what is the problem exactly?

[finlay666]

Xbox live is down currently for the upgrade to the new dashboard experience if you are on the network but cannot access live

[kmac]

If you can't connect wirelessly after specifying the Xbox MAc address to your router, make sure youa re using the wireless MAC and not the wired one - each netwrok interface, be it wired or wireless will have its own MAC addresss.

[wedge22]

The wifi device MAC address was entered but this did not work, I also tried the wired MAC address as well to double check my settings.

My main reason for setting up my network in this way is that I am renting out the basement of my house and the rent includes internet. The tenants have 2 pcs and 1 xbox 360, they need to have internet access but not really network access. Is there a better way of setting this up?

[itdoesntmatter]

Like already posted was it yesterday when this problem arose or is XBOX live that will not connect under the system/network settings?

I take it the Xbox settings are correct for the MAC address?
What wireless receiver is he using for his XBOX? Original or adapted?
What IP is the XBOX using, I found setting a lower IP addy, or a number not previously used by another connection worked for me.

Do you have to use MAC filtering?
What router do you have?
I take it nothing is plugged into the ethernet port?

I might not be able to help but these questions would be useful answered for those with larger capacity for nerdyness.

[kmac]

The wifi device MAC address was entered but this did not work, I also tried the wired MAC address as well to double check my settings.

My main reason for setting up my network in this way is that I am renting out the basement of my house and the rent includes internet. The tenants have 2 pcs and 1 xbox 360, they need to have internet access but not really network access. Is there a better way of setting this up?

You just need to give them access to a filtered phone socket ( i assume its ADSL you have) and they can then manage their own internet access withoutbeing on your LAN

[kalniel]

You just need to give them access to a filtered phone socket ( i assume its ADSL you have) and they can then manage their own internet access withoutbeing on your LAN

But then he won't be able to use it at the same time.

There's a couple of ways of doing this - workgroups spring to mind as the simplest way of separating out your LANs.

[kmac]

But then he won't be able to use it at the same time.

Why? If you have two filtered phone extensions, you can use both for ADSL access.

The only downside of this I can see is that the tenants will be able to use his phone line!

[wedge22]

Firstly I do not have ADSL, I have cable and therefore it requires a modem to work, which I have as I own the house.

To answer other questions, the ip addy for the xbox is low, and its using the original xbox 360 wifi adaptor.
I have a d link di 524 router.

[kmac]

The xbox needs to be configured so that the d link router assignes it an IP. Then it should be able to access the internet.

[Agent]

Why? If you have two filtered phone extensions, you can use both for ADSL access.

The only downside of this I can see is that the tenants will be able to use his phone line!

I think what Kalniel is getting at is there can only be one ADSL connection on a line at a time.

You can't just simply put another modem on it sadly.

[kmac]

Ah okay thanks agent - for some reason I thought you could

[wedge22]

I did go into the advanced settings for the xbox and it let me give it a static ip that I had assigned for it at the router, I will try changing this so that the router assigns a random IP to the xbox.