Sharing between Ubuntu 12.10 and Xbox

[Fatal]

I've recently made the change off of Windows 7 to Ubuntu and I'm having trouble getting my old set up to work...

I have my Xbox hooked up to my computer via ethernet which in Windows I just went into Network Settings, Wireless, "Share connection" and the Xbox would get an IP and be able to see the shares I set up.

I'm at a loss on how to do this on Ubuntu, however. If anyone could shed any light on how to get this working I'd be very appreciative.

[professor_jonny]

run the following from the console to make sure you have samba installed :

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sudo apt-get install samba

then edit Samba configuration file is located in /etc/samba/smb.conf with the workgroup name permissions etc...

after you set up the share give it the correct permissionsto the share directory or drive using "chmod" and "sudo chown nobody.nogroup (my share path) then you need to start the service up with:

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sudo restart smbd
sudo restart nmbd

i dont think i have left any thing out.

[Fatal]

run the following from the console to make sure you have samba installed :

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sudo apt-get install samba

then edit Samba configuration file is located in /etc/samba/smb.conf with the workgroup name permissions etc...

after you set up the share give it the correct permissionsto the share directory or drive using "chmod" and "sudo chown nobody.nogroup (my share path) then you need to start the service up with:

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sudo restart smbd
sudo restart nmbd

i dont think i have left any thing out.

This helps getting the shares set up but the Xbox still doesnt have a connection. Avalaunch gives "0.0.0.0 Err X" and XBMC doesn't get an IP/Network connection. Trying to add a source in XBMC under "Windows network (SMB)" does nothing.

[Dan Dar3]

I think he means "Internet Connection Sharing" through Ubuntu rather than XP...
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/306126

https://jeremy.visser.name/2009/03/simp ... rkmanager/

[Fatal]

I think he means "Internet Connection Sharing" through Ubuntu rather than XP...
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/306126

https://jeremy.visser.name/2009/03/simp ... rkmanager/

That worked. Unfortunately I couldn't get the SMB to work but UPnP via Serviio worked out fine.

I appreciate the help.

[Dan Dar3]

Try adding FTP sources in XBMC4Xbox, might even work better than SMB, especially over wi-fi.

[evan_almighty]

Hi Fatal,

Is your Internet router itself providing your XBox and Ubuntu machine with IP addresses via DHCP?
If not you need to setup your Ubuntu machine to act as a DHCP Server.

Then I'd recommend you install the iptables firewall packages for Ubuntu, if not already and finally configure the firewall using something like Arno's firewall setup script. http://rocky.eld.leidenuniv.nl/joomla/i ... &Itemid=63

If you run through the script it'll setup various things for you including NAT address translation so that communication to the outside world from the Xbox goes through the ubuntu machine and firewall, making it somewhat safer.

I use the Squid proxy on my Suse server as well, which caches frequently used pages, reducing internet bandwidth a little.

Hope this helps a bit?

[spicemuseum]

I think he means "Internet Connection Sharing" through Ubuntu rather than XP...
https://jeremy.visser.name/2009/03/simp ... rkmanager/

That worked.

This use-case has always perplexed me - I'm guessing this is a home network and either
- your modem/router has only one connection, or
- your modem/router has no wireless, and
- you've got a bridge to your X80X

?