Accessing my D-link DI-604 with my browser???

[Learjet Capt]

Greetings,

I have hooked up an xBox 360 to my home network and am trying to setup a feature that allows me to browse and access my PC files on the xBox 360. After setting it all up and installing the necessary software I contacted xBox support we determined that the access problem lies in the firewall in the router. The support person gave me the port numbers that I need to allow for both the Windows firewall and the router firewall, the problem is I cannot access my router anymore by typing in it's IP number in the browser as it states in it's manual. I type it in, it pauses for awhile and then gives me the browser error that it failed to connect. What has happened? The following are some details that may assist your advice:

D-link DI-604 (Ver. E3) Router
Win XP SP2 on the PC
A second PC also running SP2 connected to the Router

Thanks in advance

PS - I AM able to connect ONLINE to xBox Live with the xBox plugged into the router. Just can't get the windows media connect feature between the 2 to work.

 

[Tu13erhead]

Are you sure you're connecting to the right IP?

Start > Run > cmd > ipconfig /all.

The Default Gateway should be your router's IP. Make sure to use IE, some routers (i.e my DI-624) only likes IE.

 

[Tarrant64]

Make sure you are trying to connect to "192.168.0.1". I believe that is the D-Link's default configuration. Also, as mentioned above, check your actually IP and make sure your default gateway is correct. If you still can't connect to the router, you may try resetting it as something may have changed. I am not sure unplugging it and plugging it back in will work, so look for the reset button. Once it's reset. Try connecting to it again, and it should come up.

From within the the router configuration you should also be able to see what devices are connected to it. Does the xbox 360 have an option so you can tell what IP it is getting? I dont' own one so I'm not familiar with it's options.

 

[Learjet Capt]

Thanks for your help guys. Just out of curiousity, what does the last digit in the IP string represent?

Also, now that I have accessed my D-link Software, how do I go about adding exceptions to the firewall. A tech support person gave me three ports to allow in the following form:

1. UDP ##
2. UDP ####
3. TCP ####

Thanks again

 

[Tarrant64]

THe last digit there assuming you mean the "1" in 192.168.0.1 is the destination. So 1 being the router, 2 through whatever(I think up to 254) being whatever you want it to be. PC, Xbox, PC#2, etc.

I believe that option would be under port forwarding. You should be able to get some information somewhere on D-LInk's sight.

Maybe this will help. http://www.portforward.com/english/rout...forwarding/Dlink/DI-604/BitTorrent.htm
Just scroll down and the menu's should look familiar.

 

[Learjet Capt]

Thanks, the reason I asked about the last digit, is because in my case it was a 2 instead of a 1 and was curious why. Thanks for that link. Unfortunately, I tried this method already and was still unsuccessful in setting up the "Windows Media Connect" featuer between the two. I tried calling 1-800-4MYXOB and wasted about 30 minutes with a lady that had me on hold while she researched the problem and ended up telling me I had to contact my router company.

 

[nukexbi]

Regarding the last digit of the IP address:

Assuming a standard subnet mask of 255.255.255.0

The first 3 sets of numbers is the network ID. The last number is the host ID. You can have a host ID for your router or PC of 1-254. "0" (all zero's in binary) cannot be used as it is used to identify the network and 255 (all 1's in binary) cannot be used and it is the broadcast address. (this isn't always true, but it's a good rule to follow)

It doesn't matter what the IP addresses are for the router or the PC's as long as they fall into the range 192.168.0.1 to 192.168.0.254. So up to 254 ip addresses are available, (2^8)-2. You could also use a different network, but I won't get into that.

Now for your problem.

I think the xbox people are just passing the buck.
The router should not effect anything because you aren't using any "router" features, just the built-in 4 port switch. As long as the xbox is getting a valid IP address (DHCP service in router) then I would think the router is fine. You can always try pinging the xbox from the pc, assuming that the xbox is configured to reply to ping requests, I really don't know.

Can you connect to xbox live?
If so, I would look at the pc for the problem. Maybe just turn off the xp firewall to see if that helps. If that does work, don't leave it off, configure it.

I hope that helps a bit.