Modem problem?

[Deadhorse]

A while back I started having problems hooking my cable modem to my Xbox360 and getting it to connect. I was told to change the physical address in the network settings of the 360 to match that of my PC and it worked a couple of times but no more.

Lately my PC is giving me problems connecting upon start up, after running the diagnostic it instructs me to unplug my router and modem wait and plug back in, this worked a couple of time but I haven’t been able to connect the PC for a week.

Yesterday I exchanged my modem thinking maybe it had died but still I cannot connect, any ideas?

[stonyarc]

The problem in these cases is most of the time caching of the IP address.

The simplest solution is adding a router between your modem and Xbox 360 / PC

If not possible make sure you release your IP address on your PC before connecting the cable to your Xbox.

To release the IP address

Start a command prompt and type "ipconfig /release" (without the quotes) and hit enter. Immediately disconnect your cable after the OK message appears. Connect the cable to your xbox and boot up.

Releasing the IP address on the 360 can be forced by testing the connection in the system settings

[Deadhorse]

Can I do the forced release from the 360 without the modem hooked up?

[stonyarc]

Your modem will probably cache it too so that's a no.

The modem actually caches the linked MAC address and IP address of the 360 and hooking up another machine will not break that link

[stonyarc]

Is your modem problem solved ?