My computer's getting kind of old, and I'd like to start backing up some files and videos so that I don't lose it all. Rather than buy an external hard drive, I figured since I have more than enough space left on my Xbox, I'd store it all on there, but I just can't get it to connect.
To get on xbox live, I'd usually just unplug my computer from the modem and run a wire from my modem to my xbox. When I try to do that with file sharing, it can't connect to the computer. When I run the wire from the xbox to my computer, it can't find an IP address.
So my question is, do I need to buy a router or something to get this to work, or is there something I'm not seeing?
(sorry if this is dumb, I'm absolutely regular when it comes to technology)