To connect my xbox to my pc, i absolutely NEED a crossover cable...right?

I've been trying with a male to male cable..and it doesnt work at all ...
my modem light doesnt even turn on

i was thinking that maybe my modem is broken ..until i read someone about havign to have a crossover cable

thanks guys

If you are going straight from the Xbox to a PC then YES you need a crossover cable.

If you have a network hub or switch you can use that instead then use standard network cables to connect everything together

qwerty, your an absolute life safer (literally)

I was getting so frustrated with this stuff...and it turned out to be the wrong cable

thanks for the help ...

( i even tried the network cable that my cable modem runs on ...and still no luck ...hopefully that cable isnt a crossover one)

no, the modem cable would be a straight through cable. Crossover cables aren't all that common, but you can find them at electronic stores or make one...

i bought the crossover cablee...and it WORKS!!!

but you know what, my xbox and pc connect ....

but when i send the commands through flashfxp, it seems like its sending the commands through my cable modem ethernet card..and not my "xbox" ethernet card (i bought a separate card for it)

any ideas on configuration for this?

thanks for all of the help ..its greatly appreciated

you r using the ip addy from the xbox aint u ???

stupid me .....

I tried configuring my firewall to accept the xbox connection ...but it doesnt want to work....

so i just have to turn it off and it all works VERY well ...

thanks guys... ;-)