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How to hook up (2) Xbox's to play Halo with 7 people? (1 Viewer)

Jeff_Rice

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I am curious on how to hook up two Xbox's so my friends (7)and I can play halo (two TV's)?

Another question...Is there an adapter for the Xbox to hook in the car (sigarette lighter)?

Jeff
 

Jared_B

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You need a hub and two network cables. We have our neighbors come over every weekend for Xbox parties. I just roll our 36" bed room TV out to the living room (which has the 55" HDTV), and hook everything up. It is such a blast with 8 people!
 

Dave Falasco

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Can't you just use a system link cable between two Xboxen? I thought a hub had to be used for three or four, but for just two, all you need is a system link cable?

I've never done it, so maybe I'm wrong.
 

Jared_B

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Tried it Dave, to no avail. Someone here even told me that all you need is the system link cable. Finally called tech support and they said you gotta get a hub.

Still, it's the best $50 I've spent lately.

Maybe a straigh through cat5 cable would work. All I have is twisted.
 

Dave Falasco

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Sorry 'bout that, Jared. I had always heard that for two you only needed the system link cable, but I defer to your experience. :)
 

Jason Quillen

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I went out and got a system link cable. Even though it could be longer, I got it streched so it goes from my XBox to my roomies XBox. Thats all we have, is the system link cable (no hub) and it works fine.

Its a blast playing on 2 TVs!

JQ
 

Jared_B

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Well now I'm pissed.

The tech support guy specifically said that we HAD to have a hub, even if there's only two Xboxes, no matter what cable we used.

Dave, that's actually what I remember reading as well. Why market the "System Link Cable" if that alone doesn't do it?

Is there a difference between the system link cable and a standard cat5 network cable? I'm using generic cat5 twisted pair cables. Anybody fluent in network type stuff want to chime in?

Thanks
 

Dan Clark

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I brought my Xbox to a friend's house last week and we hooked them up and played Halo. For two XBox, you just need an ethernet "cross-over" cable...that's all the official system link cable is. Our setup consisted of 50' of standard ethernet cable, a coupler, and the ethernet cross-over cable, but that's only because the cross-over cable wasn't long enough on its own. If you can find a cross-over cable long enough, that is all you will need for two.
 

Jared_B

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What's the difference between a standard ethernet cable and a "crossover" cable? Will the system link cable also work with a hub?
 

Dan Clark

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What's the difference between a standard ethernet cable and a "crossover" cable? Will the system link cable also work with a hub?
The cross-over cable has the position of the wires switched at one end so that one persons "transmit" goes to the other person's "receive" and vice-versa. It is only used for direct connection between two machines without a hub. If you are using a hub, you would use standard (cat5?) ethernet cable.
 

Chris Bardon

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It looked to me like the "system link" cable is just a regular ethernet cable. Either way, hubs are pretty simple to find.
There's no Xbox-specific car adapter that I know of, but thers IS a general one that you can get that just has an AC plug on the other end. Usually listed as a Power Inverter or something similar, they'll usually run about 40 bucks. Did a quick search, and here's an example of what I mean, but you should be able to find em anywhere. They get a little warm after a while, but I've been using one for a laptop in the car for a few years now.
 

Jason Price

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It looked to me like the "system link" cable is just a regular ethernet cable. Either way, hubs are pretty simple to find.
A standard ethernet cable and a crossover cable will physically look the same. As was mentioned earlier, the only difference is that on a crossover cable, the wires are reversed on one end.

To go Xbox -> Xbox, you MUST have a crossover cable. To go Xbox -> hub/switch -> Xbox, you MUST have standard ethernet cables.
 

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