Help MCE + X360

Hi all,
i'm in trouble trying to connect my Xbox 360 to Windows Media Center
as an Extender... I have followed on-screen instructions a dozen
times, but never come to a solution.. Searched on internet but found
nothing...

The network looks like this:
One PC with WMCE 2005 hard-wired to a d-link hub
X360 hard-wired to the same hub
The hub connected to the router.

I have also tried to leave the two connected trough the hub without
internet connection, but nothing happened...

When I try to connect the two, I take the security codes from the
Xbox, then, followin the instructions, insert the codes when asked by
the media center extender software, click next, then the Xbox starts
the black WMC screen with loading circles, PC shows something like
"connecting to Xbox 360" and, after some seconds, the xbox and the pc
say that can't find the other...

Searching in logs found this in DvcConn.log:
15.04.35 : Waiting for security codes exchange status.

***********************************************************
ERROR
***********************************************************
Security code exchange timed out.

I've searched everywhere and I can't find a fix for me... Help plz!


Michele.

Todd
Tue Nov 06 14:12:30 PST 2007

Please try directly connecting your PC to your Xbox 360 using an Ethernet
cable (completely bypassing your router and hub) to identify/eliminate this
equipment as the source of the problem. Note: the Xbox 360 will auto-sense,
so a straight-through Ethernet cable is fine.

Also, do you have any third-party firewall, intrusion detection, anti-virus,
privacy guard, or parental control software installed on your PC?

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<gee.m1ckey@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:1194188982.163477.204170@19g2000hsx.googlegroups.com...
> Hi all,
> i'm in trouble trying to connect my Xbox 360 to Windows Media Center
> as an Extender... I have followed on-screen instructions a dozen
> times, but never come to a solution.. Searched on internet but found
> nothing...
>
> The network looks like this:
> One PC with WMCE 2005 hard-wired to a d-link hub
> X360 hard-wired to the same hub
> The hub connected to the router.
>
> I have also tried to leave the two connected trough the hub without
> internet connection, but nothing happened...
>
> When I try to connect the two, I take the security codes from the
> Xbox, then, followin the instructions, insert the codes when asked by
> the media center extender software, click next, then the Xbox starts
> the black WMC screen with loading circles, PC shows something like
> "connecting to Xbox 360" and, after some seconds, the xbox and the pc
> say that can't find the other...
>
> Searching in logs found this in DvcConn.log:
> 15.04.35 : Waiting for security codes exchange status.
>
> ***********************************************************
> ERROR
> ***********************************************************
> Security code exchange timed out.
>
> I've searched everywhere and I can't find a fix for me... Help plz!
>
>
> Michele.
>

gee
Thu Nov 08 02:22:42 PST 2007

Ok, I'll try with a cable between MCE and x360.

I have only windows firewall, I tried with it enabled and disabled,
but nothing changed...
It's a fresh xp sp2 MCE installation with rollup 2 and latest
upgrades.

Thank you so much (for the moment : D ).



On Nov 6, 11:12 pm, "Todd Bowra [MSFT]" <todd...@online.microsoft.com>
wrote:
> Please try directly connecting your PC to your Xbox 360 using an Ethernet
> cable (completely bypassing your router and hub) to identify/eliminate this
> equipment as the source of the problem. Note: the Xbox 360 will auto-sense,
> so a straight-through Ethernet cable is fine.
>
> Also, do you have any third-party firewall, intrusion detection, anti-virus,
> privacy guard, or parental control software installed on your PC?

gee
Fri Nov 09 06:34:08 PST 2007

It worked! With a direct cable between PC and Xbox can communicate...
What can I do now?
I have a router provided by the ISP connected to a 5 ports D-link hub,
MCE and Xbox connected to the hub, and a D-link 2000 AP+ access point
connected to the hub to provide connectivity to notebook... All IP
addresses are in DHCP by the ISP.


Thanks again



On Nov 8, 11:22 am, gee.m1c...@gmail.com wrote:
> Ok, I'll try with a cable between MCE and x360.
>
> I have only windows firewall, I tried with it enabled and disabled,
> but nothing changed...
> It's a fresh xp sp2 MCE installation with rollup 2 and latest
> upgrades.
>
> Thank you so much (for the moment : D ).

gee
Sat Nov 10 06:33:16 PST 2007

Ok, I have done tests... What I have noticed is that the problem is
internet connection. Unplugging my ISP cable all works... So I tryed
to use netstat to find something useful, running the command "netstat -
b 1", the only connection between xbox and mce is this:
TCP media-server:2567 1.118.21.45:1041 TIME_WAIT 0

Does it means something to anyone...?

This is Xbox network configuration (DHCP):
IP: 1.118.21.45
Mask: 255.255.255.0
Gateway: 1.118.21.1
Pri. DNS: 1.253.128.10
Sec. DNS: 1.253.128.35

MCE conf is identical except for IP: 1.118.21.43...


Help me plz... I'm going crazy...



On Nov 9, 3:34 pm, gee.m1c...@gmail.com wrote:
> It worked! With a direct cable between PC and Xbox can communicate...
> What can I do now?
> I have a router provided by the ISP connected to a 5 ports D-link hub,
> MCE and Xbox connected to the hub, and a D-link 2000 AP+ access point
> connected to the hub to provide connectivity to notebook... All IP
> addresses are in DHCP by the ISP.
>
> Thanks again