Xbox Live Account/Ethernet Questions

[Skill_Caster]

Hello everyone, as most you know, I will be getting a 360 for Christmas, however, I have a few questions about Xbox Live.

 

 

 

First, does the console itself ask you for your age when you first turn it on or connect to Xbox Live for the first time? If so, (my parents will enter their birthdate there, which is obviously 18+) if I tie that to my Windows Live (Hotmail) account that is 13-18, will that limit my playing experience or block it in any way?

 

 

 

Finally, the whole reason I'm getting a 360 is because of its online. I'm not too familiar with Ethernet, so would a 100FT 350MHz UTP Cat5e RJ45 Patch Cable work? Is it fast enough to host games and the like? Thanks!

[Brad25891]

Hello everyone, as most you know, I will be getting a 360 for Christmas, however, I have a few questions about Xbox Live.

 

 

 

First, does the console itself ask you for your age when you first turn it on or connect to Xbox Live for the first time? If so, (my parents will enter their birthdate there, which is obviously 18+) if I tie that to my Windows Live (Hotmail) account that is 13-18, will that limit my playing experience or block it in any way?

 

Nope, my xbox live account is 18+ whereas my windows live aco[bleep] is 16.

 

 

Finally, the whole reason I'm getting a 360 is because of its online. I'm not too familiar with Ethernet, so would a 100FT 350MHz UTP Cat5e RJ45 Patch Cable work? Is it fast enough to host games and the like? Thanks!

 

It should be fine, the Ethernet cable doesn't determine the speed, your ISP does.

 

 

 

Also, you will need a compatible router with an Ethernet cable slot. Some routers are crap and will hardly connect to any games, check xbox.com for information on which ones are good.

[Skill_Caster]

Hello everyone, as most you know, I will be getting a 360 for Christmas, however, I have a few questions about Xbox Live.

 

 

 

First, does the console itself ask you for your age when you first turn it on or connect to Xbox Live for the first time? If so, (my parents will enter their birthdate there, which is obviously 18+) if I tie that to my Windows Live (Hotmail) account that is 13-18, will that limit my playing experience or block it in any way?

 

Nope, my xbox live account is 18+ whereas my windows live aco[bleep] is 16.

 

 

Finally, the whole reason I'm getting a 360 is because of its online. I'm not too familiar with Ethernet, so would a 100FT 350MHz UTP Cat5e RJ45 Patch Cable work? Is it fast enough to host games and the like? Thanks!

 

It should be fine, the Ethernet cable doesn't determine the speed, your ISP does.

 

 

 

Also, you will need a compatible router with an Ethernet cable slot. Some routers are crap and will hardly connect to any games, check xbox.com for information on which ones are good.

 

 

 

Cool :)

 

 

 

Ok, thanks. My router has 4 LAN ports in the back also, and I have Road Runner high-speed so that should be good. I know my router is compatible, I can't remember the model number by heart, but it's the router used in most How-To-Connect pictures.

 

 

 

 

 

Also a question, how did you enter your age on your Live account? I've already preregistered my gamertag on Xbox.com but I don't remember putting in an age...

[blade995]

The cable will NOT work. That ethernet cable would be a patch cable which is different than a normal ethernet rj45 cable.

 

 

 

Any standard ethernet cable that says CAT5E RJ45 should be fine if it's not a patch cable. Although you may want to get a CAT6 because they are slowly replacing CAT5E as the norm.

[Skill_Caster]

The cable will NOT work. That ethernet cable would be a patch cable which is different than a normal ethernet rj45 cable.

 

 

 

Any standard ethernet cable that says CAT5E RJ45 should be fine if it's not a patch cable. Although you may want to get a CAT6 because they are slowly replacing CAT5E as the norm.

 

 

 

That's odd, on eBay it said specifically for Xbox. Since I'm not so good at this, could someone go on eBay and look for a 100ft high-speed cable that does work with the 360? Thanks!

[Nadril]

Why ebay? Just buy one for $15 at walmart.... :?

[blade995]

The cable will NOT work. That ethernet cable would be a patch cable which is different than a normal ethernet rj45 cable.

 

 

 

Any standard ethernet cable that says CAT5E RJ45 should be fine if it's not a patch cable. Although you may want to get a CAT6 because they are slowly replacing CAT5E as the norm.

 

 

 

That's odd, on eBay it said specifically for Xbox. Since I'm not so good at this, could someone go on eBay and look for a 100ft high-speed cable that does work with the 360? Thanks!

 

 

 

It may have meant to hook a 360 to another 360. Thats what a patch cable does on a computer, to hook it to another one.

[Skill_Caster]

Why ebay? Just buy one for $15 at walmart.... :?

 

 

 

I need a 100 foot cable, not 50.

[blade995]

Why ebay? Just buy one for $15 at walmart.... :?

 

 

 

I need a 100 foot cable, not 50.

 

 

 

http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductLi ... rchInDesc=

 

 

 

Pick your color. It's also a lot better than anything on ebay.

[Skill_Caster]

Why ebay? Just buy one for $15 at walmart.... :?

 

 

 

I need a 100 foot cable, not 50.

 

 

 

http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductLi ... rchInDesc=

 

 

 

Pick your color. It's also a lot better than anything on ebay.

 

 

 

So I'm guessing CAT6 is even faster?

 

 

 

EDIT: It's a heck of a lot more expensive than eBay too. I suppose I could get it, is it really fast?

[blade995]

Why ebay? Just buy one for $15 at walmart.... :?

 

 

 

I need a 100 foot cable, not 50.

 

 

 

http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductLi ... rchInDesc=

 

 

 

Pick your color. It's also a lot better than anything on ebay.

 

 

 

So I'm guessing CAT6 is even faster?

 

 

 

EDIT: It's a heck of a lot more expensive than eBay too. I suppose I could get it, is it really fast?

 

 

 

That's more expensive than ebay? How much is ebay selling this stuff for?

 

 

 

Anyway, CAT6 would be suggested only because it's newer. It is faster than 5E but you will never use all of the bandwidth of 5E unless you have a super faster internet connection that's faster than 1000mb/s (which is almost impossible). So just go with what ever you want.

[Skill_Caster]

Why ebay? Just buy one for $15 at walmart.... :?

 

 

 

I need a 100 foot cable, not 50.

 

 

 

http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductLi ... rchInDesc=

 

 

 

Pick your color. It's also a lot better than anything on ebay.

 

 

 

So I'm guessing CAT6 is even faster?

 

 

 

EDIT: It's a heck of a lot more expensive than eBay too. I suppose I could get it, is it really fast?

 

 

 

That's more expensive than ebay? How much is ebay selling this stuff for?

 

 

 

Anyway, CAT6 would be suggested only because it's newer. It is faster than 5E but you will never use all of the bandwidth of 5E unless you have a super faster internet connection that's faster than 1000mb/s (which is almost impossible). So just go with what ever you want.

 

 

 

I'm not really sure, I just want a fully-functioning decently-fast 100ft cable. Thanks for showing me this, I'll look into it.