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Can I connect an XBox 360 to cable internet directly with no computer?

Here's the situation. I have cable internet. The TV where my 360 and cable TV are isn't near the computer. I tried hooking the cable up to a cable modem, and then hooking the modem up to the 360, but that doesn't seem to work. Why is that? Does the computer have to be hooked up to the same cable outlet?

Public Comments

1. a modem is from the internet to the computer you might need a router which is a thing that has multiple ports, what this does for example in my house, the internet goes into the modem then into the router,.from the router you plug it in the computer, and it has extra slots where you can connect it from the router to the back of the xbox via Ethernet cables but you should just be able to use the Ethernet cable that goes straight from your modem to computer, unplug it and plug it into the xbox if its close enough and that should work, but you wouldn't have internet on your computer while it was unplugged obviously
2. you have to have a modem and router. in order for both of those to work, you need a CPU. after you have those you can either direct connect your 360 with a ethernet cable to router or use a wireless adapter in your 360.
3. with a cable modem you can hook an rg6 jumper from the cable outlet to the modem then connect the modem to the 360 via an ethernet cable. you dont need all that other junk. this is how mine is hooked up.