Xbox 360 AOL Connection Resolved!

As you may or may not know it can seem almost, impossible, to connect to Xbox Live using a wired AOL Broadband connection. Well if you have a modem that is. Based on my research there are very few routers able to be compatible with AOL. This is due to the fact that AOL's software, AOL VR 9.0 or just AOL 9.0, is terrible. There is pretty much a 99.9% chance it will stop you from signing on at two locations, So routers are pretty much a no go. Well unless of course you waste your time and money calling AOL, and asking them if there are any routers that work. Through a guy down at Curry's he told me that the router that did work was a NetGear. I'll try and find out which one later on but for now it's just a NetGear. So this is the post I've deciated to showing you how to set up xbox live with AOL and a BT Voyager 190 Modem. Picture below the 190 is and probably will always be known as the most pointless modem ever for using XBL (shortened abreviation for Xbox Live). But still I must go on. Basically this is how it will work. Connect your grey ethernet cable that comes with the Xbox in to the yellow port on the modem, then connect the grey cable into your Xbox. Now go across the dashboard to settings, pitctured right, now next go from the settings down to network. Once on network find the 'enter settings' option, although I don't think its called this. Now set all basic3 settings to automatic and then go across to additional settings. Now it will come up with PPPoE. PPPoE stands for Point-to-Point Protocol over Ethernet for the more technically minded. Once you've found this option you must click on it and enter your AOL Screenname, for example MbbbMard@aol.com (P.S I don't know whose e-mail address this is but its not mine) and then type in your password. There's no need to put in the ISP. Then test your connecion, If it has worked it will tick all the boxes, if it hasn't there's one other thing you could try. You might have to enter your IP Settings, Subnet Mask, Gateway and Primary and secondary DNS server numbers. For your IP address you can use http://www.ipchicken.com/ or simply have a serch around in your taskbar on your PC click the AOL logo>System Information>Connectivity (I think) and it list's all your stuff. Also remeber to sign off AOL when connecting to XBL because, of course, on AOL you can only be signed on in one location.



Good Luck!



Jimmyboy222