it turned out to be a dodgy pin on the nic in the xbox, a little messing with a screwdriver got it lined up again, after all the headaches i had it turned out to be something as simple as that, typical.

Hi all, Im new here but you all seem to know your stuff and I found this thread whilst googling so heres the deal, ive read the many tutorials located on other sites and this is whats happening (and what ive done so far) I have Windows XP Pro running, a VIA Rhine III Fast Ethernet Adapter installed ...