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| Thread ID: 118592 | 2011-06-12 21:39:00 | How to stop XBox360 from internet connection? | Strommer (42) | PC World Chat |
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| 1208719 | 2011-06-12 21:39:00 | How does an XBox 360 connect to the internet? Is it by a wire connection, or wireless? A while back I posted a question on behalf of a friend who has a teenage son using up all of the family's monthly data cap in two weeks by watching online videos. I put a password on the PC but now my friend wants to know how to stop her son from connecting his XBox to the internet as this also is quickly using up the data cap. Thanks. | Strommer (42) | ||
| 1208720 | 2011-06-12 21:51:00 | Is this the original Xbox 360 or the Xbox 360 S? The S has built-in wifi and Ethernet, whereas the original only has Ethernet (or a USB wifi dongle). | pcuser42 (130) | ||
| 1208721 | 2011-06-12 22:13:00 | im not completely sure if its correct but i think you can delve into the settings of the Xbox and disable the wifi\Ethernet if its there - but i don't think you can password it so the kid would just go in and turn it on - aside from going OI! YOU! NO! at the kid and then OI YOU! PAY THE BILL! if the kid keeps at it i don't think there is much to actually stop it | MAC_H8ER (5897) | ||
| 1208722 | 2011-06-12 22:20:00 | Get tough, hide the controller! He has to learn, tell your friend. LL |
lakewoodlady (103) | ||
| 1208723 | 2011-06-12 22:50:00 | Yup it can be wired or wireless (depending on which Xbox you're talking about). If you want Xbox live to work, you usually add the ports it uses to the router (or give it a manual ip, and add the ip to DMZ in the router, if its got the DMZ option). Which is what I did. Saves you stuffing around, trying to add (whatever ports it uses) to get Xbox live to work properly There's a family settings option on it, where you can block it. And a password code you can enter. Dont know what it does, I dont use it |
Speedy Gonzales (78) | ||
| 1208724 | 2011-06-12 23:04:00 | find the xbox's MAC address, add it to the DHCP server so that it is always assigned the same IP address, then add firewall rules to their router so that packets between it and the WAN port (the ADSL interface, or the ethernet to the cable modem) are always dropped | Hydroksyde (16405) | ||
| 1208725 | 2011-06-13 02:09:00 | All the above answers are good but quite technical. How is the Xbox connecting, wired or wireless? If wired, then thats going to need to use Hydroksyde's suggestion, but you need to know where that is set up in your modem/router. If wireless, then all I do with my son is change the wireless shared key (which most people call a Wireless password). Again this is a setting in the wireless access point / modem / router box. If the son knows the administrative password to that box then you will need to change that too so he can't undo / bypass these settings. |
HAL9000 (12736) | ||
| 1208726 | 2011-06-13 04:47:00 | If it's wired, unplug the cable. Simple. :D | pcuser42 (130) | ||
| 1208727 | 2011-06-13 04:57:00 | I think in your old thread about this i posted something to do with blocking a certain port. Check that. You also try blocking the xbl server from reaching your/their modem. | icow (15313) | ||
| 1208728 | 2011-06-13 11:41:00 | Is this the original Xbox 360 or the Xbox 360 S? The S has built-in wifi and Ethernet, whereas the original only has Ethernet (or a USB wifi dongle). I think in your old thread about this i posted something to do with blocking a certain port. Check that. You also try blocking the xbl server from reaching your/their modem. Thanks everyone. :thumbs: I will find out the XBox details and will get back on this thread. |
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