Before removing this address review KB article for a possible reason you have this configured. Note* There may be a reason that you have configured a secondary MAC address on your Xbox 360. Resolution is to remove secondary MAC addresses from the Xbox 360. This single device will have separate setup keys. When you have a secondary MAC address configured and attempt setup, you will end up with two devices listed in the Media Center Extender UI. Media Center Extender setup will fail if a secondary MAC address is configured on the Xbox 360.
Ĭause 2: Secondary MAC address is configured on the Xbox 360. For additional network recommendations, tips and guidelines watch this video about connecting your Xbox 360 to your home network.
Remember, the Xbox 360 console and Windows Media Center Based-PC must be on the same network. If you are able to complete setup in with the Xbox and PC directly connected then review your network setup and router configuration. This cable does not have to be a cross over cable as the Xbox 360 is able to switch network modes and connect to the PC. To determine if the network or network router is causing the issue, temporarily connect the Xbox 360 directly to the Media Center PC using an Ethernet cable. If the Xbox 360 is not found on the network due to network setup or configuration, setup will fail. If you are seeing a -209 error in the eventviewer, review the following for causes of this error and potential resolutions.Ĭause 1: Xbox 360 is not found on the network. "This post provides information about when and why a Media Center event with error code -209 is seen in the eventviewer when adding an Extender to Windows Vista. You could see if anything in the xbox forum post below helps: My Xbox is assigned a static IP (manually) on my network so I can use OpenDNS. I have rebooted my router and hub and checked that my router settings were not somehow reset (they weren't). I can stream music from the Xbox dashboard. When I test the Media Center Connection in the Xbox settings menu it says "Connected". I let it sit at that screen for over 10 minutes and nothing happened.
I rebooted both my PC and Xbox and now it gets to the "Contacting" screen and stays there indefinitely with no error shown. I wanted to play some music through Media Center on my Xbox today but when I turned it on I got as far as "Contacting" then got an error saying it was unable to contact the Media Center PC. The only thing I did between now and the last time I used WMC is install MS Security Essentials which I promptly removed because of excessive CPU utilization. I haven't changed any settings on my PC, router, or Xbox. I have been happily using Media Center on my Xbox ever since installing the Windows 7 Beta and later, RC1.
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