I have an xbox connected to the telly in the front room and I have a PC in the spare bedroom upstairs connected to my broadband connection. if I wanted to get online what would be the quickest/easiest and cheapest way of getting xbox online. I would buy PES4 but dont fancy paying another £30-£50 for xbox live pack, would a ethernet cable ran to my broadband modem just get me up and running straight away?

EDIT: read that you need the headset to get working too? plugs into the spare joypad port?

 

What modem are you using on the PC !! Is it an ethernet modem or a USB modem !!

 

ethernet.

has both connection types but connected to the PC as ethernet

 

In that case just plugging straight into your cable modem will be the cheapest option...

Instructions here

You will however need an Xbox live subscription, 12mths with headset no more than £40, alternatively some of the latest games ( Halo2 ) come with a free 2mths trial....

 

ahhh great so the new game might come with the subscription then Ive seen a 2month subscription card on ebay selling for £2 so it might be worth me buying 1 of these just too see if its worth me spending the extra

thanks for the info