Panajev2001a
GAF's Pleasant Genius
I have tried everything that came up in my mind, called MS tech. support and, when they answered to the phone finally, tried everything they suggested... the result ? Bug report submitted by their customer representative to inquire about the particular router problem and the Xbox 360.
Ok, details
...
The router is a U.S. Robotics 8054 upgraded to the latest firmware available on the company's web-site.
Have you heard bad things about the compatibility of this router and the Xbox 360 or the Xbox 1 with their respective Wireless Adaptors ?
The SSID is broadcasted (normally it is not, but to make 100% sure the Xbox 360 could see the connection I decided to do this) and the connection is working in Mixed mode, being able to accept both 802.11b and 802.11g connections (this lapto and the PSP support 802.11b and other PC's in this house connect with a 802.11g connection without problems).
A WEP key is used, but I selected Open System WEP on the Router which basically means that the WEP key is not used in the authentication process that allows a device to connect to the Wireless Network, but if those devices will send packets not encripted with the right WEP key those packets will be dropped (with Shared Key WEP clear text followed by its encipted version basically is exchanged between the Rpouter and the Wireless client... a device needs the right WEP key to connect to a Wireless Network, but this solution ends up being less secure than Open System because of the Connection process).
Could it be that Open System WEP (the key is 64 bits long) is not supported while Shared Key WEP is ? With PSP it was the complete obviously if you can believe it (see an old post of mine here where I was crying foul, stupidly, because my PSP would connect to the Internet only if I set the Router up with Open System WEP).
There is MAC filtering turned on, but the Xbox 360's Wireless Adapter's MAC address was added to the "white-list" of allowed MAC addresses (btw, I did try with MAC filtering disabled
): I got the address of the Wireless Adaptor from the Xbox 360 GUI's Network connections settings (Advanced Settings->Wireless Information which btw outputs this:
Edit:
Another interesting thing is that the Wireless MAC Address it gives me here is the same that in the previous screen appears as the Wired MAC Address, but I assume it is using the Wireless MAC Address instead of its Ethernet Interface's one, just thought it would list them both.
When doing the LIVE connection test, it detects the USB Wireless Adaptor (the official MS one for the Xbox 360), but it fails at the connection step (Wireless Network test's result is Not Connected) with the following error code:
Edit:
I have restored Factory defaults, starting from scratch... found the network, added the WEP key and all and leaving the IP and DNS addresses to DHCP and the error changed to:
When I let the Xbox 360 search for available Networks it is able to see the right Wireless Network by its SSID with a low strength, but still some signal strength nonetheless and from exactly the same spot my laptop can dialog with the WiFi Router quite satisfyingly.
The funny thing ? When it lists all the connections it sees, it says next to the one I want it to connect as "Connected" (only in that screen though... kinda pulling my leg there old buddy Xbox 360
?).
I think I gave you guys enough details, but please feel free to ask if you think it might be useful to analyze further data.
I hope this is not SCE's revenge of me for not waiting to get PLAYSTATION 3 first and getting the Xbox 360.
Thanks for any help you migth provide guys and gals.
Ok, details
...The router is a U.S. Robotics 8054 upgraded to the latest firmware available on the company's web-site.
Have you heard bad things about the compatibility of this router and the Xbox 360 or the Xbox 1 with their respective Wireless Adaptors ?
The SSID is broadcasted (normally it is not, but to make 100% sure the Xbox 360 could see the connection I decided to do this) and the connection is working in Mixed mode, being able to accept both 802.11b and 802.11g connections (this lapto and the PSP support 802.11b and other PC's in this house connect with a 802.11g connection without problems).
A WEP key is used, but I selected Open System WEP on the Router which basically means that the WEP key is not used in the authentication process that allows a device to connect to the Wireless Network, but if those devices will send packets not encripted with the right WEP key those packets will be dropped (with Shared Key WEP clear text followed by its encipted version basically is exchanged between the Rpouter and the Wireless client... a device needs the right WEP key to connect to a Wireless Network, but this solution ends up being less secure than Open System because of the Connection process).
Could it be that Open System WEP (the key is 64 bits long) is not supported while Shared Key WEP is ? With PSP it was the complete obviously if you can believe it (see an old post of mine here where I was crying foul, stupidly, because my PSP would connect to the Internet only if I set the Router up with Open System WEP).
There is MAC filtering turned on, but the Xbox 360's Wireless Adapter's MAC address was added to the "white-list" of allowed MAC addresses (btw, I did try with MAC filtering disabled
): I got the address of the Wireless Adaptor from the Xbox 360 GUI's Network connections settings (Advanced Settings->Wireless Information which btw outputs this:)
Edit:
Another interesting thing is that the Wireless MAC Address it gives me here is the same that in the previous screen appears as the Wired MAC Address, but I assume it is using the Wireless MAC Address instead of its Ethernet Interface's one, just thought it would list them both.
When doing the LIVE connection test, it detects the USB Wireless Adaptor (the official MS one for the Xbox 360), but it fails at the connection step (Wireless Network test's result is Not Connected) with the following error code:
Edit:
I have restored Factory defaults, starting from scratch... found the network, added the WEP key and all and leaving the IP and DNS addresses to DHCP and the error changed to:
When I let the Xbox 360 search for available Networks it is able to see the right Wireless Network by its SSID with a low strength, but still some signal strength nonetheless and from exactly the same spot my laptop can dialog with the WiFi Router quite satisfyingly.
The funny thing ? When it lists all the connections it sees, it says next to the one I want it to connect as "Connected" (only in that screen though... kinda pulling my leg there old buddy Xbox 360
?).I think I gave you guys enough details, but please feel free to ask if you think it might be useful to analyze further data.
I hope this is not SCE's revenge of me for not waiting to get PLAYSTATION 3 first and getting the Xbox 360
.Thanks for any help you migth provide guys and gals
.
.
