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Xbox Ftp Problems.....

sarahn11 · 2006-06-15 21:46:55

k, just after xmas i built myself a new pc, it is running very sweetly at the moment and havent had a thing go wrong on me...thank god Before xmas however i had been unemployed, and well kinda addicted to XBC and the xbox in general! so when i got the new job at xmas, the pc was the first thing to be replaced...when i…

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#32 20-06-2006 09:42AM

po0k

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A router won't help connect your PC to your xbox/htpc any more than a switch or X-over cable would.
However, yeah, definately look at buying one.
Or make a SmoothWall.org box (Pentium100Mhz+, 16Meg+ ram, hdd and 2 network interfaces). As long as your modem can connect to a network card (for bridging mode - modem becomes transparent) you should have zero trouble.
It has all sorts of cool little features too.

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