IP Address Problem Connecting Internet

if connecting wirelessly, go to network under settings and forget the wireless network, then restart the xbox and retry connecting to the router

Your IP address, internet connection and what goes up and down it is your ISP's problem not MS's.

Maybe they're wrong or maybe a hacker successfully connected to your network and made a network attack using your IP address (or your Xbox IP address).

Since Xbox connects to your network and have an IP address, the hacker could have used the Xbox IP address to make the attack. If someone hacks to your internet connection and uses your IP address, it doesn't matter if it is a console or electronic device IP address, it can be used to do anything on the internet and it will be thought that the console or eletronic device that did it.

So I really recommend you to install a good Internet Security software with Anti-Hacker and Firewall on it.

One important thing I forgot to add, once my IP address was switch to that of the static IP, my desktop internet was not connecting. So what I ended up doing was going back to the Local Area connection Properties (TCP/IP) and clicked on the "Obtain IP address
automatically" again, which solved my internet connection and also allowed me to connect to xbox live.

I believe the problem is you may have what is called a dynamic IP which is provided by some charter internet companies. Give this a shot.

I have had this problem before and this worked for me.

(This is for Windows XP)

1.

Click Start, click Control Panel, click Network and Internet Connections, and then click Network Connections.

2.

Right-click the network connection that is connected to the private ICS network, and then click Properties.

3.

On the General tab, click Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) in the This connection uses the following items list, and then click Properties.

4.

On the General tab, click Use the following IP address. Configure the entries as follows:

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IP Address: The IP address you chose for this client (for example, 192.168.0.100).

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Subnet Mask: 255.255.255.0

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Default Gateway: 192.168.0.1

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Click Use the following DNS server addresses, and then type 192.168.0.1 in the Preferred DNS server box.

5.

Click Advanced, and then click the DNS tab.

6.

In the DNS suffix for this connection box, type MSHOME.NET.

7.

Click OK.

8.

Click OK.

To verify your computer has changed to static Ip, go to start--> run, type in CMD. This will bring up a command promt window. Now type in IPCONFIG, this will display your permanent Ip address (if you changed your IP address using the directions status above
correctly).