Had my new XBox softmodded and now I want to reinstate it as the media centre, via an ethernet cable, networked to my PC. Xbox is 2005 model, using XBMC (currently installed).

The mod chip I had before allowed you to type in the IP address, subnet mask blah blah and hey presto - networking happened.

However with the soft mod I get a screen in XBMC where I have to "Add sources". So I have gone into Video>Add Source>Browse>Add network but I am not sure what to put as server name, shared folder, port, password/user.
Do I need to fill these in?

I have had a look online for softmod network tutorials but haven’t found anything so far. A couple of guides say to FTP XBox but I never had to do that before. Is this a vital step?

Even if you know a good site that has a walkthrough it would help.

smb://ComputerName/MySharedDrives ???

or

smb://Username:password@ComputerName/MySharedDrives

I did this the other night on my housemate's Xbox. I just remember going to "Add Sources", going to browse, and choosing my Windows (SMB) share.

Never mind, I am an idiot!

I hadn't changed the IP Address to "static IP" and once I did that it found the PC straight away.

All up and running now!

Ahh, good to have you back *hugs Xbox*