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Connecting your Game to your Computer Using A Cable

You can share your internet connection with a Game Console easily, and this page will give you full instructions on how to do it!

Note: This is written for Windows XP only. Other versions of Windows are more difficult, and you can play with them yourself. OnALot.com only supports XP based systems.

Note: your computer and your game console both must have an Ethernet port, sometimes called a NIC or Network Port. An Ethernet port looks like a Modem port, but has 8 wires in it, and is a bit wider. It's usually found near the USB ports on the rear of your desktop computer, and on the side or back of your Game.

Important - You need a Crossover Cable

In addition, you will need a CAT5 Crossover Cable. This is a special type of CAT5 cable, and is required for your computer to talk to your game console. You can buy a crossover cable at Radio Shack, Best Buy or other superstore, or, OnALot.com makes up a 6' Crossover Cable for $5, and longer ones for $1 per foot. Call us if you need one.

Setup Instructions

  1. Power up your computer and game console. Connect the two of them together by connecting the Crossover Cable to each ethernet port.
  2. On your computer, click on Start - Control Panel - Network Connections. If you don't see this on your menu, click on "Switch to Classic View" on the top left side of the Control Panel, then click on Network Connections.
  3. On the left side, click on the "Set up a home or small office network" line.
  4. Click Next and then Next again.
  5. Click the first button: "This computer connects directly to the Internet. The other computers on my network connect to the Internet through this computer" and then click Next
  6. This page determines how your computer gets the Internet. Select the Wireless Network Connection (or dialup if that's what you are using) line by clicking on it to highlight it, and click Next
  7. Enter a name for your computer description. Click Next
  8. You can use the MSHOME default workgroup. Click Next
  9. Select Turn off file and printer sharing. Click Next
  10. Click Next again
  11. This will take a few moments while your computer sets up the files.
  12. Select the fourth button down: "Just finish the Wizard, I don't need to run the wizard on other computers". Click Next and then click Finish
  13. Each game console is differenct, and we can't give you specific step-by-step instructions as a result. You will have to navigate your game's menus to find the items listed below
  14. You need to enter an IP address for your game console. Choose a static IP address and enter the following:
    IP Address: 192.168.0.10
    Subnet Mask: 255.255.255.0
    Gateway: 192.168.0.1
    Preferred DNS server: 68.94.156.1
    Alternate DNS server: 68.94.157.1
  15. Save your settings
  16. Try out the game, it should find the internet and start working.

Note: If you turn off your Computer, the Game will not be able to get the Internet. Your computer routes the internet through it and then into the game, so if the computer is turned off, the game won't be on the internet.