ping; Destination host unreachable

[tippee]

hi all, i have my xbox and my router all on the same router, my subnet is the same and they are on the same network , im trying to media share from my windows 7 to my xbox 360, when i ping my xbox ip i get this:

C:\Users\Tippee>ping 192.168.11.8

Pinging 192.168.11.8 with 32 bytes of data:
Reply from 192.168.11.7: Destination host unreachable.
Reply from 192.168.11.7: Destination host unreachable.
Reply from 192.168.11.7: Destination host unreachable.
Reply from 192.168.11.7: Destination host unreachable.

Ping statistics for 192.168.11.8:
Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 4, Lost = 0 (0% loss),

C:\Users\Tippee>

i have turned on every file sharing option i can find ( i think ) i tryed this without my firewall on, same thing. please help me this is doing my head in!

Thanks very much

Tippee

 

[aem]

Is there a default gateway option that you can put in for the xbox?

 

[tippee]

yea it is 192.168.11.1 (i think that is correct)

 

[aem]

Can you screenshot the "see full map" screen, in Network and Sharing centre?

 

[tippee]

here you go

 

[aem]

Shoudn't the xbox also be there somewhere (not certain)? Have you created some sort of nework for the xbox or is your xbox connected to the wireless network on it's own?

 

[tippee]

it should be lol, my xbox is hardwired to the router, my laptop is wireless. i had this set up fine on my old pc, the problem started when i got onto windows 7 on a new lappy.

 

[aem]

Are u sure ur xbox is on the network, ur router might not have recognized it.

 

[tippee]

yep it is, im online right now, when i am on the xbox and i do a xbox to pc test it cannot find the pc but..... i have just connected my laptop via Ethernet and it has picked it up so why not wireless, is there a setting i have overlooked somewhere? i have just pinged the xbox and i get request timed out even though the xbox seamed to find the pc ok. lol this is a mystery.

 

[aem]

I don't have xbox so my guess is that xbox has cloaked itself. Ping failure is epic!

 

[tippee]

i now get this in network map, and media sharing picks up the xbox but i am getting request timed out when the ip is pinged.

 

[aem]

Could it be that xbox was designed to not be pingable. Someone with xbox surely can advise.

 

[tippee]

i do have a reallllly bad memory but i am sure i have pinged it before from my old xp computer, i have now got the xbox as an extender on media centre, but i am using ethernet. i want to do it wireless. if it works now but not on wireless could it be that i need to config router or something on the wireless setting on pc. maybe a port that needs opening? thanks for your help, let pray someone with an xbox comes across this thread!


EDIT: when pingin the xbox ip from the router i get a fail, what does this mean and how can i fix this?

 

[tippee]

Bump. please somebody help me out.

 

[aem]

Is there anyway you can prove the IP is what you "think" it is in your earlier post? How did you know that it's that IP? Was the xbox plugged into the router directly?

The xbox as most wifi-able devices should be able to pick up the wifi SSID from your router. Make sure this is the case.

 

[aem]

i now get this in network map, and media sharing picks up the xbox but i am getting request timed out when the ip is pinged.

You said your laptop was wirelessly connected to the router, this is wired diagram.

 

[Ryan2320]

To my knowledge the Xbox 360 does not accept ping requests...

I have a had the same issue with my wireless laptop, I have tried about everything I could think of.. and still unable to have it share my media... The only way I could make mine work was to connect my laptop to the switch the Xbox 360 is connected to..

It is most likely to do with the router itself.. You could look at the configurations of it...

Since I am still unable to share my media to my Xbox 360..I just gave up on it...

 

[aem]

But this is xbox, it's Microsoft's baby....i can understand about not allowing to be pinged, but not able to connect and share stuff (or whatever else you can do with such a device), come on!

 

[Ryan2320]

I know!! lol.. It has me stumped...But I really don't think it is Windows 7 fault..Had Vista on the same laptop and I remember I also could not share my media to the Xbox 360.. My guess it is the router..Becase if I just connect the laptop to the switch, and the switch is connected to the router it works..

 

[aem]

We need to get Microsoft to spell out that xbox is designed not to be pingable. If they do that, this thread is solved, and we can talk about Wii.