Connecting my xbox360 to u-verse with out buying wireless adapter

[donjason00]

I am trying to connect u-verse to my xbox 360.  The gateway is in another room so i cannot connect it directly.  I have the wall unit connected directly to our uverse tv box.I can connect the 360 directly to the wall and it works fine but then I cannot have the tv recording for DVR.  I have a netgear router.  I tried to connect it to the router but i did not receive a connection.  Do i just need to allow my router to be seen by my network or do i need to buy a switch.  I need suggestions since I am new to u-verse.

[tarantlj]

I connect my Xbox directly to my set top box using an Ethernet cable which works great.

Larry 

[SomeJoe7777 ACE - Geek]

You can do one of 2 things:

1. Purchase a small Ethernet switch that is 802-1p compliant, such as the NetGear GS105.

2. You can use your NetGear router, but you will have to configure it and hook it up as follows:

• Plug an Ethernet cable from the wall into the NetGear router, into one of the LAN ports.
• Log into the NetGear router, and turn off DHCP.
• Plug the U-Verse box into the NetGear router, into one of the LAN ports.
• Verify you can watch TV.
• Plug the XBox into the NetGear router, into one of the LAN ports.
• Verify the XBox works.

Note that you will not use the WAN port at all, it will be left empty.

[donjason00]

If I plug in from the wall to the netgear will i be able to go into my settings from a laptop?

[SomeJoe7777 ACE - Geek]

Actually, there is an easier way than what I told you, try this:

• Power up the NetGear router with nothing connected to it.
• Turn off your laptop's wireless connection.
• Plug an Ethernet cable from the NetGear (one of the LAN ports) into your laptop. 
• Your laptop will get an IP address from the NetGear.  Open up a web browser, and enter http://xx.xx.xx.xx where xx.xx.xx.xx is the IP address of the NetGear.  (To find this, open a command prompt on the laptop.  Type "ipconfig /all" without the quotes.  Note that there is a space between the g and the forward slash.  In the output, there will be a Default Gateway listed.  That is the IP address of the NetGear.)
• Once you have logged into the NetGear router, do the following:
  • Turn off DHCP
  • Change the LAN IP address of the NetGear to 192.168.1.20 (static address).
• Your laptop will lose network connectivity to the NetGear because the IP address has changed.
• Unplug your laptop from the NetGear, plug the NetGear into the wall.
• Turn wireless back onon your laptop.
• Try to browse to the NetGear using http://192.168.1.20.
• If that's successful, the NetGear is ready.  Plug the U-Verse STB into it, and plug the XBox into it.

[donjason00]

works now thanks for help