Xbox Linux 0.1 TCP/IP Configuration Tutorial
written by Milosch Meriac, 16 August 2002
In this release of our Xbox-Linux Distribution, the IP-Configuration is set to fixed values. Your Xbox will boot using the IP address 192.168.0.64 and a 255.255.255.0 Netmask. To gain access to your Xbox some preconditions have to be met:
A. Your Computer and your Xbox have to be connected somehow:
1. You need a network card in your personal computer.
2a. Either you need either a network hub or network switch to connect the Xbox and your second computer.
2b. Or a crosslinked standard RJ-45 twisted pair network cable to connect them directly.
3. TCP/IP support has to be enabled on your personal computer and your network card has to be installed properly.
4. Our Xbox-Linux is up and running on your Xbox.
B. Your personal computers network configuration has to match your Xbox-Linux configuration:
Your personal computers ethernet (internal network interface, which is connected somehow to your Xbox - see also section A) network address has also to be set to 255.255.255.0 and its IP-address has to be 192.168.0.X . X can be set to every number between 1 and 254, except of 64.
You now can test if your box responds:
try:
ping 192.168.0.64at your personal computers command prompt (Win 9x/Me/NT/2000/XP/Linux/Unix/whatever). If your Box responds everything is fine.
Try to login into your box using:
telnet 192.168.0.64...or you can open it within your favorite browser using the URL
http://192.168.0.64If our website shows up, everything is fine!
I hope everything is working fine. In our next release things would be much easier. You would be able to set your XBox-Configuration manually. Please wait till our next release if you expect problems with your network configuration.
