VPN’s & Xbox 360
Before going into that make sure you have the following items:
-A Wireless Router
-A Notebook/laptop with wireless and LAN port
-an ethernet cable
-a VPN Service
Once your VPN is set up and working you can proceed with the next steps…
Step one: Plug your xbox 360 to your laptop using your cross over cable
Step two: Make sure on your xbox 360 Dashboard your IP settings and DNS Settings are set to Automatic
Step three: On your windows Laptop click on start and right click “Network” and select Properties, this will get you to your network and sharing center
Step 4: click on “Manage network connections (on the left side of the window)
Step 5: right click on Local Area Connection and select Properties
Step 6: Select “Internet Protocol Version 4 (TCP/IPv4)
Step 7: Make sure you click “Use the following IP address”
step8: Give it the following IP address 192.168.0.1
Step 9: subnet mask 255.255.255.0
Note: Default gateway: make sure its blank
Note: Preferred DNS Server make sure its blank
Note: Alternate DNS Server make sure its blank
Step 10: right click on Your VPN (Virtual Privet Network) and go to its properties
Step 11: click on the sharing tab and select “Allow other network users to connect through this computers internet connection
Step 12: Right under allow other network users should be Home network connection a drop down menu select Local Area Connection and NOT YOUR WIRELESS CONNECTION
Note: Make sure Establish a dial up connection is not marked and Allow other network users to control is unmarked
Hit OK
Step 13: make sure your laptop is connected to the internet via wireless internet connection and then connect your VPN
Step 14: once that is done do a network test on your xbox live (Test Xbox Live connection) it should go all the way through
Step 15: download your maps and games that are now finally available to you and enjoy using your gaming console to catch a little offshore telly.