Changing MAC Address

[ZaFoD]

I've got broken Xbox [dead HDD] working fine now, thanks to an X3 chip, an 80GB Maxtor, and the advice, tut's and guides from you guys.
All I have to sort out now is this weird MAC Address changing problem.
Every time I boot or reboot my Xbox now, I get a new MAC Address, which the DHCP in the Linksys router assigns a new IP too. This would probably be OK, if I didn't have my network limit to only 5 IP's.

I've search the forum for this and found one other person with the same problem, but no answer.


http://www.teamxecuter.com/index.php?name=Forums&file=viewtopic&t=15625
Anyone got any advice one this :?:

 

[Ahmed]

this is very interesting because the router dose NOT assign media access controll (mac) address. it can NOT even if it wonted to. but it can assign ip address, so i dont know why you think your router is assigning your mac address. but as far as the ip goes trying setting a static ip.

 

[ZaFoD]

I know the router isn't giving out the MAC Address's, its assigning new IP's to each new MAC Address the Xbox NIC sends it. So far it’s sent out 9 different MAC Address's, none of which are the Xbox's real one?
yes I checked them, and yes, I know its sad

What I have noticed is the X3 will produce out 1 MAC Address when I boot to it, then when I boot to a dash that will produce a different MAC Address as it loads?

This shouldn’t be a problem when I decide which dash to use, and boot straight to it. But that may take me sometime. :wink:

 

[drunkenmonk]

Well, don't know if this will lead to something but your x3 chip should have a MAC address as well as the xbox. So that is two mac's accounted for. You can change the xbox's mac address in the dashboard. You could set it manualy and see if that helps. Also you could disable the x3 networking capability to see if that helps. :shock:

 

[TokenUser]

Well, don't know if this will lead to something but your x3 chip should have a MAC address as well as the xbox. So that is two mac's accounted for.

Why on earth would the X3 have a MAC address? Nothing on the chip indicates a network connection. The only thing that SHOULD have a MAC address is the NIC onboard the Xbox.

Sorry ZaFoD, I don't have an answer, but I might have a solution.

Can you set the Xbox to have a static IP address? is there a reason you want to use DHCP? Personally, this is a box you want to network to, so it makes more sense to keep it static. Don't have the route asign the IP via MAC address, just set it on the Xbox.

 

[reddsimpson]

the only devices that have a mac addy are devices that access the net, ie ethernet adapters the X3 is not one of them. The mac addy is changing bc the eeprom is messed up, this happened to me when I got a eeprom to replace mine so I could get onto XL but the eeprom was bad and caused me to have different mac addys.

 

[Hudson]

I remember reading a post a while back with someone else having the same problem with changing MAC addresses......can't quite remember the solution, I think it was to set the MAC in the m$ dash to 00:00:00:00....could be wrong tho.....

 

[Hudson]

ah, found it, the 00:00:00:00 was just an example (thought it was a little odd)

http://www.teamxecuter.com/index.ph...wtopic&t=20796&highlight=random+mac+addresses

 

[ZaFoD]

First off, thanks everybody for your tips and advice.

TokenUser
Everything works fine with a static IP, which I tried once I worked out work the problem was. It was just curious about how/why it was happening.
I don’t really need DHCP, except when I go to a friends place.
This will be more of a Media Extender for my MCE than and games machine, so a static IP would be fine. :wink:

reddsimpson
Do you have anymore info on what a bad EPROM can do?
Could it have killed the HDD? or course DVD read problems?
The DVD drive [Phillips] reads everything except genuine DVD's.
Again not a real problem, as this box will be used mostly for network streaming. It’s that curiosity thing again. :lol:

Hudson
Not just do I have the same problem, but I have the same MAC Address’s

 

[NeTaXe]

I still have the same problem, the solution posted in the mentioned thread didn't fix it for me.

 

[ZaFoD]

Have you tried using a static IP? That should solve the problem.
Don't forget you have to set the same IP, Gateway, Subnet, and DNS in your dashboards too. I tried it on the X3 only at first and it made no difference. :wink:

 

[NeTaXe]

Yes I've set my IP to static to work around the problem, but it doesn't fix the random mac address.

 

[lavo]

cant do the half open tray part with samsung ms28 :S

hey guys im modding someones xbox ive done 2 before but had different drives

im trying to follow the newest jungleflasher tutorial

and it says i need to half open the drive so the 360 thinks it is closed BUT

when i do what it says open the drive then when i click to close pull out the power plug to the dvd drive then wait few sec then put it back in

ive done that but cant find the 360`s drive in jungleflasher under the MTK tab

also the middle liight/power button light keeps flashing when i try the half open thing :S

can someone help please
many thanks

 

[lavo]

Re: cant do the half open tray part with samsung ms28 :S

ive done it so it manages to find the drive in the driver properties section BUT when i click the intro/deviceID button like the tutorial says a box pops up saing MTK vendor intro failed

and asks if want to resend command etc but if click yes dosnt do owt

 

[tom7744]

Re: cant do the half open tray part with samsung ms28 :S

If the drive has been flashed before try downloading Activate.iso and burn it to a DL DVD+R and put it in the drive wait about 30 seconds or so then hit the intro button in JF.

 

[strucdown]

Re: cant do the half open tray part with samsung ms28 :S

yes sounds like the drive has been previously flashed with 1.4 ifso you will need the activate.iso to bypass the firmguard

 

[Cyber_Akuma]

Re: cant do the half open tray part with samsung ms28 :S

I'm having a similar problem with my sammy drive. It won't respond and the power light on the xbox keeps flashing... How can I unlock it with the DVD if the drive won't respond?

My DVD drive was closed when it stopped responding so i had to open that sucker up and eject it manually..