does anybody happen to know why Windows 7 is a piece of ... nonono, um, why Windows 7 isn't letting my xbox connect via the LAN port when i have the Wireless shared via ICS?

it states that the LAN is an unidentified network and puts it into the Public profile of the firewall. which is what i think is causing the problem, but i can't figure out how to identify the network and move it to my home network.

u trying to media share?

pretty much. when i stream my Zune movies from the PC to the xbox, it occassionally stops playing them and sezs the content might not be licensed. it's a bit random and i think it has to do with the wireless cutting out briefly. if i can get the xbox to connect using the LAN, that problem should go away. getting to the point where i might just buy a larger harddrive and more memory for this computer, and say Damn Windows 7!

or i'll gut that dang computer, yank out it's harddrive and put it into this computer.

nah, i had the same problem with my new laptop and trying to media share on my ps3..

i googled it and figured it all out.

it was like 4 different things i had to do before it worked

i also had to share each file individually in my 'my computer' thing

window's 7 sucks because it a cross between vista and xp(could b wrong) i do believe

dunno. if this computer had enough harddrive space for my library, i'd already be using it. would take like 5 clicks to do it under Windows XP. well, not really sure about the Zune part of it, but at least i'd be able to connect.

http://social.technet.microsoft.com/...34-43ee-9572-2f29f4d74f6a

any help?

no, bridging it doesn't do what i want. it streams it over the wireless. it's basically the same as using the wireless adapter. i got it to connect to xbox live when i turned off the Public firewall, but then it wouldn't connect to Zune sharing. trying to figure out why the LAN shows up as Unidentified and why i can't move it from the Public profile.

not sure how valid it is, but i read that it's not really designed to work with a crossover cable. personally, i doubt that it's designed to work at all.

well, it actually seems to be working. not entirely sure what i did. but i had to open ports on the Public firewall profile because i can't find a way to move the crossover "network" into my Home firewall profile.