How do you hook up Xbox over LAN? (1 Viewer)

[Jared_B]

Been wondering this for a while.

How do you hook up multiple Xbox's to play over a LAN? Do you have to have a computer? Hub? Do you have to have a computer with network card? Please help the LAN illiterate.

Thanks,

 

[Chris Bardon]

If you have 2 boxes, just an ethernet cable will do. 3 or more? Just plug em all into a hub. Actually works quite nicely.

 

[JustinT]

We have dsl networked in our house through a router. Just plug the xbox into the router...works like a charm!

 

[Scott FP]

On a Xbox to Xbox hook up is it straight ethernet or cross over?

Another question for those that have LAN. How does the sound work? Say you were playing NASCAR over a LAN. I would imagine each TV would produce the sounds of the game as if you were playing by yourself?

I noticed in split screen mode it was hard to tell if the sounds I was hearing related to my car or the other player.

 

[Gary King]

I can't speak for NASCAR, but the only sounds you hear in Halo over a LAN are what the players *on your screen* would hear.

For Xbox->Xbox hookups, you use a crossover cable. For hub-based connections, use a straight cable.