xbox cant see my laptop when its wired or wireless

alanhiggyno1 · 03-03-2011 08:50PM #1

hi i want to stream my media from laptop to my 360 and no matter what i do i cant get it to see my laptop..i can play xbox live no problem but cant stream anything.ive disabled firewall,opened the required ports,enabled media sharing and still nothing..can anyone help with this.thanks in advance

RoadSweeper · 03-03-2011 09:37PM

Im having the same problem

Any help appreciated.

I'm on windows 7 fwiw

alanhiggyno1 · 03-03-2011 10:00PM

me too and no matter what i do i cant get it to work..u on eircom router too.

04-03-2011 02:07PM

Have a quick check to see if the ip addresses of the laptop and Xbox are in the same subnet (i.e. one is 10.0.0.x and the other is 10.0.0.y). Also, can you see the laptop from any other device on the network?

unklerosco · 04-03-2011 09:13PM

I'm having the same problem here.. I had it setup on my old xbox and could stream video to it etc but since I got the new one I can't get it working at all.. Driving me mad

alanhiggyno1 · 04-03-2011 09:18PM

Uncle Wil wrote: »

Have a quick check to see if the ip addresses of the laptop and Xbox are in the same subnet (i.e. one is 10.0.0.x and the other is 10.0.0.y). Also, can you see the laptop from any other device on the network?

tried that too and everything else.used to work on old router no problem but when i got eircoms router it wont work no matter what i do.

nevaeh-2die-4 · 05-03-2011 07:40PM

had the same problem.

download TVersity that works perfectly.

Crackity Jones · 05-03-2011 09:35PM

nevaeh-2die-4 wrote: »

had the same problem.

download TVersity that works perfectly.

Can you expand a bit? Once downloaded does the lapper show up on the Xbox?

calex71 · 05-03-2011 10:23PM

Is network discovery enabled on the laptop? Firewall turned off to check that isnt an issue?

http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows7/Enable-or-disable-network-discovery

nevaeh-2die-4 · 06-03-2011 12:02AM

Crackity Jones wrote: »

Can you expand a bit? Once downloaded does the lapper show up on the Xbox?

download it.

it will then ask you what files/folders you want it to search

the xbox will pick it up straight away,

and thats it, couldnt be any easyier, its such a great programme and its free,

you can even plug your portable hard drive into your pc and the xbox will pick it up....

Crackity Jones · 06-03-2011 12:25PM

nevaeh-2die-4 wrote: »

download it.

it will then ask you what files/folders you want it to search

the xbox will pick it up straight away,

and thats it, couldnt be any easyier, its such a great programme and its free,

you can even plug your portable hard drive into your pc and the xbox will pick it up....

Can I just say you are a fcuking legend!! Best tip ever! Downloaded it and worked a treat! I had given up on ever getting this to work on my new xbox after spending ages adjusting ports, firewalls and all that sh1te. Cheers man

healsnails · 06-03-2011 08:01PM

Anybody else not able to get even tversity to work? tried orb and vuze too and nothing! used to be able to stream when i was on eircom with the netopia router, then switched to vodafone and was able to on their router, then switched back to eircom cos vodafones broadband kept dropping out and now i can't stream with the new zyxel router!

complete newb to boards would i be better starting a new thread?

at any rate tried everything i could find that was recommended on all sorts of forums and networking sites and nothing has helped! here's where the explanation gets complicated;

two computers in the house, mine has xp the pc has vista.

the vista computer (wired to router) and WMP11 on it can connect to the xbox (wireless) and the xbox can stream from it.

the xp computer (wireless) can connect to the vista computer and can stream in both directions.
WMP11 can detect both computers respectively.

my xp can't detect the xbox and vice versa.

the vista is even able to pick up the media drive of WMP11 AND the drive setup by Orb as two different drives!

i've bin at this for weeks! thought initially it was a problem caused by the xbox update in the autumn but that coincided with us going back to eircom and getting the new router! thought it was the router but if it was how come the vista pc can detect my xp machine no problem and the xbox can detect the vista machine! this is driving me nuts! even when the xp is wired to the router it can't connect or if it's connected with a crossover cable either!

Dear god someone help before i end up in dundrum!!!

cheers in advance!

alanhiggyno1 · 08-03-2011 08:04PM

ok i tried that network descovery thing and didnt work cos when i turned it on and saved changes and went back in again it was off again so im about to lose patience with this now..tried everything ive opened ports,firewall off,media sharing on,network discovery wont stay on so whats next..nothing i havent tried

Crackity Jones · 08-03-2011 09:02PM

alanhiggyno1 wrote: »

ok i tried that network descovery thing and didnt work cos when i turned it on and saved changes and went back in again it was off again so im about to lose patience with this now..tried everything ive opened ports,firewall off,media sharing on,network discovery wont stay on so whats next..nothing i havent tried

Did u download tversity? That's all I did and it shows up in Xbox dashboard

alanhiggyno1 · 08-03-2011 09:09PM

I have tried everything goin and nothing works

xbox cant see my laptop when its wired or wireless

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