"xbox 360 Not Found" During Edia Center Extender Set-up Options

[TechJinx]

Tried MS technical support last night on this but no joy so thought I'd try here.

I got my shiny new 360 and, as I have no games yet, went straight for the media center extender set-up to see what it can deliver.

Ran the set-up on the 360 dashboard, got the enabling code and then got to the page where it tells you to visit xbox.com/pcsetup & download the software.

Went upstairs to my Media Center 2005, Rollup 2 PC, downloaded the software and ran it. Everything goes ok but I keep getting "Xbox 360 not found" during the set-up procedure. I have opened all relevant ports on Zonealarm, (my firewall, Windows firewall is off), even tried running it with the firewall not running. No Joy.

I know the 360 is connected to my network as it shows up on my network monitoring software, Network Magic. I know it is being assigned an IP address by the router as I can also see this on Network Magic. Also during the connectivity check you can run from the 360 dashboard it passes the “IP address phase but fails the “find the computer” phase.

I’m stumped and so, currently, is Microsoft. The calls escalated beyond the normal outsourced tech support back to the real MS guys.

FYI the 360 is wired via Ethernet to the router so def no wireless problems etc. I’ve also forwarded a the ports the set-up software says the extender needs on the router.

Any ideas?

This post has been edited by TechJinx: Dec 7 2006, 12:35 PM

[kesava108]

Hi

check this page particularly step 3 create MCRD user group manually. I tried everything else i found here but this one step has helped me connect twice.

[TechJinx]

Hi

check this page particularly step 3 create MCRD user group manually. I tried everything else i found here but this one step has helped me connect twice.

Thanks for the advice. I tried those steps, no joy and I already had that group set up on the computer. Any other thoughts anyone? It's frustrating as I know it's on my home network as the Network Magic software running on the computer has it listed even down to MAC address, serial number & IP address!

[ade_dnb]

Your've said that you have disabled the windows firewall, but have you also unchecked your Lan from the advancved tab as well?

That always gets me.

[ProfKaramba]

same problem here...
my pc is connected by wireless and xbox360 too but the 2 have access to the internet so all is ok, right?


what should I do?

thanks

[ProfKaramba]

now I can't ping the xbox360 and the error just appears when trying to validate de code...
but the error is the same, doesn't find the console...
but when I start the computer it says a new xbox was found and start the setup...

[ProfKaramba]

problem solved.
I had to switch off the internet sharing... don't know why

[Neflhiem]

problem solved.
I had to switch off the internet sharing... don't know why

I have the same exact symptoms, though i dont see that i have internet sharing on.. i turned off the ICS in the services. but other then that, im not seeing that setting... when i look at my connections, none say shared...

[ProfKaramba]

in advanced settings of the connection it says: "let other users do access to the internet..." uncheck that box.
and turn off the firewall on the connection too.. just to make sure