Can you link a computer and an Xbox 360 together via Ethernet cabling and play Halo 2 via LAN?
My brother and I want to play Halo 2 together, but I have a PC and he has a 360. Is there any way we can play together without going through all the Xbox Live and Windows Live crap?
I should have mentioned…this is completely doable via Xbox Live.
As far as I know, you cant do this. I’m pretty sure the console games don’t mix with the PC games. Just imagine if you had to put up with someone using a mouse and keyboard in a shooting game while you had to use a controller.
However, if you could play together, then you could do it with a switch or router. If you don’t have a switch or router, you can connect the ethernet cable directly between your PC and the Xbox then set your PC’s IP address to something like 192.168.1.1 and the XBOX to 192.168.1.2 and the Gateway to 192.168.1.1 . If your PC has an auto-crossover capable ethernet card, you can use a regular ethernet cable. If not, you will need to use a crossover cable. If you dont have a crossover cable and cant find one to buy, you can make one out of a regular ethernet cable by splicing the wires together a different way. google search “how to make a crossover cable” for instructions.