I want to know how to hook up xbox live at my house.Do I need a phone line, router, internet, etc.?

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I want to know how to hook up xbox live at my house.Do I need a phone line, router, internet, etc.?

I have internet but i use a modem in my laptop, not a router and Comcast, etc. I get my internet from my modem which is powered by Sprint Do i need to? I tryed putting the modem in the back of my xbox and putting a cord in my xbox and computer at the same time but none of that worked. I also called Xbox support (1-800-4-MY-XBOX) but they didn't do much. SOMEONE PLEASE HELP

Answer 1

Not sure what connection is required for gaming online, but I'd say a dial-up connection would be a little on the low end (you probably want to go a little faster).

Nevertheless, you need to get your modem shared. Which means that you'd have to get a small local network running and connect to the internet on your laptop. Bridge the internet connection with the other network card. Than launch the xbox, make sure the default gateway contains the IP address of your laptop.

It might be quite a hassle to get it running but microsoft provides you with some pointers (see source below)