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ok i wanna get Xbox Live but i dont know the requirements & im too damn lazy to go to a store & ask. so what do i need? i have dial-up now but do i need DSL for Live to work? cmon someone tell me so my mom will run out of excuses not to get this for me.

  • 09.26.2004 12:35 PM PDT
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It will never work off dialup, I dont think it is even possible to hook it up to dialup. You need High Speed Internet DSL/Cable or higher, the modem for said internet and if you want, a router so you don't have to switch your Cat 5 cable between the xbox and computer all the time

  • 09.26.2004 12:38 PM PDT
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thanks. but uh... whats a cat 5 cable?

  • 09.26.2004 12:39 PM PDT
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Network cable, also known as Category 5 Cable, or Cat 5 cable for short....although now you ar more likely to be using Cat5E which is the next generation of Cat 5 but you really don't need to know that. It is just the cable that is used for networking computers, or in your case hooking the computer up to the modem.

  • 09.26.2004 12:42 PM PDT
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Look here.

  • 09.26.2004 12:43 PM PDT
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thanks

  • 09.26.2004 12:46 PM PDT
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hi rnager i accepted dopey doyle intoMR ok

  • 09.26.2004 1:06 PM PDT
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Me has problem too. I got an thernet bridge and i had my live working and then i shut off my xobx and put it back on to add ppl to friends lis and it stopped working ><. Idk how to get my ethernet bridge to have the greenlight on wlan again it just is on lanh....damn this is confusing.

  • 09.26.2004 1:58 PM PDT