Hi,

Sorry this is a re-post. I tried this on new bee chat forum and later realised that that was not the correct forum, so re-posting here again.

I am having a strange problem. I have connected my pc with a modded xbox via a wireless router and provided shared access to xbox (i.e., xbmc) to some of the folders in pc (i.e, music and videos) using smb. My pc has got windows 2000.

ip address of the wireless network connection on pc is 192.168.0.1

Xbox and xbmc settings:
ip address 192.168.0.3
Default gateway 192.168.0.1


I access internet using an USB modem and internet service provider assigns an ip address dynamically to that network connection which is something like 62.xxx.xxx.xxx.

From Xbmc, i am able to play files on shared folders without any problem as long as my pc is not connected to internet. The moment i connect to internet, xbmc is not able to access files on my shared folders eventhough i can ftp files to xbox from pc. The error i am getting is 'Share not available'.

I want xbmc to play files on shared folders even if i am connected to internet. Can anyone help me in this.

Cheers

Do you have any kind of third-party firewall? If so, try disabling it.

If this does not work, please connect to the internet, pull up a CMD.exe, and run 'ipconfig -all', and post the results. You can copy-paste from a dos box by dragging a rubber band over the text, then right-clicking to copy it.

Here is my ip config information:

Windows 2000 IP Configuration

Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : srinivas
Primary DNS Suffix . . . . . . . :
Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Mixed
IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : Yes
WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No

Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection 2: (Wireless connection)

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : ORiNOCO 802.11abg ComboCard Silver
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-20-A6-4E-CE-28
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.0.1
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . :
DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . :

Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection:

Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Cable Disconnected
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Broadcom 440x 10/100 Integrated Cont
roller
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-0D-56-34-36-3A

PPP adapter SpeedTouch Connection: (Internet connection)

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : WAN (PPP/SLIP) Interface
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-53-45-00-00-00
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 84.13.21.113
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.255
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 84.13.21.113
DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 62.24.199.10
62.24.199.20

Cheers

Any ideas.

First off, and I correct in my interpretation of your network topology? (A question: You have a wireless router, why aren't you using it to route to the internet? Is it perhaps only a wireless to ethernet router, and not a DSL one, or maybe an ethernet bridge?)



Please could you post the results of an ipconfig -all when not connected to the net, and a 'route PRINT' both connected and disconnected? Sorry to ask for even more information. I thought that the output of IPconfig when connected to the net would reveal some misconfiguration, but it hasn't. If it's not a firewall problem (which you've said it isn't), that means it's probably a routing problem, and these kind of things need a lot of information to debug.

Hi,

You are correct about in interpreting my home network. I am using router to connect internet as my internet is usb based and router is ethernet based.

Here i am giving the information you have asked for:

ipconfig /all before connecting to internet:


Windows 2000 IP Configuration

Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : srinivas
Primary DNS Suffix . . . . . . . :
Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Mixed
IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : Yes
WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No

Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection 2:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : ORiNOCO 802.11abg ComboCard Silver
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-20-A6-4E-CE-28
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.0.1
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . :
DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . :

Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection:

Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Cable Disconnected
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Broadcom 440x 10/100 Integrated Cont
roller
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-0D-56-34-36-3A


route print before connecting to internet:



===========================================================================
Interface List
0x1 ........................... MS TCP Loopback interface
0x1000003 ...00 20 a6 4e ce 28 ...... ORiNOCO 802.11abg ComboCard Silver
0x1000004 ...00 0d 56 34 36 3a ...... Broadcom 440x 10/100 Integrated Controller

===========================================================================
===========================================================================
Active Routes:
Network Destination Netmask Gateway Interface Metric
127.0.0.0 255.0.0.0 127.0.0.1 127.0.0.1 1
192.168.0.0 255.255.255.0 192.168.0.1 192.168.0.1 1
192.168.0.1 255.255.255.255 127.0.0.1 127.0.0.1 1
192.168.0.3 255.255.255.255 192.168.0.1 192.168.0.1 1
192.168.0.255 255.255.255.255 192.168.0.1 192.168.0.1 1
224.0.0.0 224.0.0.0 192.168.0.1 192.168.0.1 1
255.255.255.255 255.255.255.255 192.168.0.1 192.168.0.1 1
===========================================================================
Persistent Routes:
Network Address Netmask Gateway Address Metric
192.168.0.3 255.255.255.255 192.168.0.1 1


route print after connecting to internet:



===========================================================================
Interface List
0x1 ........................... MS TCP Loopback interface
0x1000003 ...00 20 a6 4e ce 28 ...... ORiNOCO 802.11abg ComboCard Silver
0x1000004 ...00 0d 56 34 36 3a ...... Broadcom 440x 10/100 Integrated Controller

0x2000005 ...00 53 45 00 00 00 ...... WAN (PPP/SLIP) Interface
===========================================================================
===========================================================================
Active Routes:
Network Destination Netmask Gateway Interface Metric
0.0.0.0 0.0.0.0 84.13.216.148 84.13.216.148 1
84.13.208.1 255.255.255.255 84.13.216.148 84.13.216.148 1
84.13.216.148 255.255.255.255 127.0.0.1 127.0.0.1 1
84.255.255.255 255.255.255.255 84.13.216.148 84.13.216.148 1
127.0.0.0 255.0.0.0 127.0.0.1 127.0.0.1 1
192.168.0.0 255.255.255.0 192.168.0.1 192.168.0.1 1
192.168.0.1 255.255.255.255 127.0.0.1 127.0.0.1 1
192.168.0.3 255.255.255.255 192.168.0.1 192.168.0.1 1
192.168.0.255 255.255.255.255 192.168.0.1 192.168.0.1 1
224.0.0.0 224.0.0.0 84.13.216.148 84.13.216.148 1
224.0.0.0 224.0.0.0 192.168.0.1 192.168.0.1 1
255.255.255.255 255.255.255.255 192.168.0.1 192.168.0.1 1
Default Gateway: 84.13.216.148
===========================================================================
Persistent Routes:
Network Address Netmask Gateway Address Metric
192.168.0.3 255.255.255.255 192.168.0.1 1

Cheers

I mean to say i am not using wireless router to connect to internet as my modem is usb based and wireless router ethernet based.