I missed the detail about it being an xbox and pc. But there is an exception
which is playstation & pc can play portal 2 against each other AFAIK.
On Jul 11, 2011 9:33 PM, "Robert Martin Jr." <[email protected]> wrote:
> Most if not all xbox 360 games are coded so only other xbox 360's can
connect
> and play them. It doesn't matter that you have the same "titled" game on
PC, it
> isn't the same. You used to be able to do this type of gaming between a
> dreamcast console and PC, but I'm not aware of anything like that anymore.
>
> A mediocre keyboard and mouse user would slaughter most good x360/ps3
controller
> users.
>
>
> lopaka
>
>
>
>
> ________________________________
> From: Joshua MacCraw <[email protected]>
> To: [email protected]
> Sent: Mon, July 11, 2011 6:01:27 PM
> Subject: Re: [H] Xbox & LAN gaming
>
> no specific xbox experience here. I'd say there are 1 of 2 possibilities:
>
> 1. can't be done because the host ports needed are the same for both xbox
> is behind the commons ip address.
>
> 2. either upnp needs to be enabled, or custom rules for port forwarding
have
> to be setup pointing to the ip address of the hosting xbox.
>
> I'd say there must be a fact on how to do this somewhere google is your
> friend.
>
>
> On Jul 11, 2011 1:18 PM, "Joe User" <[email protected]> wrote:
>> Hello,
>>
>>
>> Searched & searched with conflicting results, hope someone here has a
>> more definitive answer and/or personal experience...
>>
>> My son's xbox 360 and my pc are on the same router. DHCP is on - we
>> both get assigned IP's and what-not. We tried hosting games on the PC
>> and the Xbox and tried joining from the other and we cannot see each
>> others hosted games. Game is Frontline: Fuel of War. I even tried
>> connecting to the xbox hosted game from the PC's FFOW online option
>> and specifying the xbox's IP. Any thoughts - input welcome.
>>
>>
>> --
>> Regards,
>> joeuser - Still looking for the 'any' key...
>>
>> "...now these points of data make a beautiful line..."
>>
