Xbox 360 and mobile internet HELP

easyrider · 7 Sep 2008 at 21:10

My mate lives in a flat but the flat does not have a phone line in and he has never needed one as he just uses his mobile.

However he is now keen to play xbox live.

So I have suggested he gets a laptop and a orange mobile BB dongle and connect the laptop to the net using orange mobile internet for 15 quid a month.

Is there a way of connecting the Xbox to the laptop so he can play xbox live?

If so how does he do it?

I have no idea about consoles so any advice would be appreciated.

Thanks

Memphis · 7 Sep 2008 at 21:13

The latency would be horrific.

Phemo · 7 Sep 2008 at 21:13

I believe Xbox Live has a ping limit. While I'm not sure what it is exactly, it's safe to say that mobile Internet is going to have way too much latency for it to be able to work at all.

Even if it could connect at all, there'd be far too much latency for games to be playable properly, it's not worth it.

easyrider · 7 Sep 2008 at 21:16

Thanks

Well he wanted the interent anyway so I guess its not all bad.

How does he connect the xbox to the lappy anyway?

Kreeeee · 7 Sep 2008 at 21:16

It would be nasty. It simply isn't feasible with that amount of latency. See if he can get Virgin Media broadband in his area as that doesn't require a land line.

Phemo · 7 Sep 2008 at 21:17

If it's running Windows, ICS should do the trick. Would just need to connect an ethernet cable from the laptop to the 360 (straight through or crossover - 360 is auto sensing) then enable ICS in the mobile connection properties.

But yeah, I doubt it's even worth trying

easyrider · 7 Sep 2008 at 21:22

Thanks for the help.

I will let you know how I get on!

If it fails at least he can surf the net...

easyrider · 7 Sep 2008 at 21:23

Kreeeee said:
It would be nasty. It simply isn't feasible with that amount of latency. See if he can get Virgin Media broadband in his area as that doesn't require a land line.

Whats does that need?

Kreeeee · 7 Sep 2008 at 21:28

It's just cable broadband as opposed to some variant of DSL. Basically it uses a different connection to your phone line so no line rental isn't necessary.

easyrider · 7 Sep 2008 at 21:30

Just put his postcode in in virgins site:

Sorry. You are not in a Virgin Media cable enabled area. You cannot receive Virgin Media's award winning cable broadband

Bummer

Murney · 8 Sep 2008 at 08:32

Phemo said:
If it's running Windows, ICS should do the trick. Would just need to connect an ethernet cable from the laptop to the 360 (straight through or crossover - 360 is auto sensing) then enable ICS in the mobile connection properties.

But yeah, I doubt it's even worth trying

^^^^

Works, done this for a friend about 2 weeks ago. He was using a Vodafone dongle and he even managed to get an open NAT status.

Parmesan · 8 Sep 2008 at 12:04

Been using vodafone mobile broadband for the last three months and live works pretty much fine all the time. There are certain times in the evening when it goes it a bit laggy but thats it.

Dont always get and open nat setting, but been playing COD4 fine for about 2 hours this morning. not tried many other games through it though....

LordSplodge · 8 Sep 2008 at 12:15

Never mind the ping, what about the data usage limits and charges?

Doesn't sound like a good idea to me. I'd get a landline from one of those cheap non-BT providers (TalkTalk, the Post Office) and get some broadband.

Adex · 8 Sep 2008 at 17:08

I played everquest via tmob`s web n walk hsdpa for the last twelve months without issues. Pings are not gonna be fantastic for certain types of games but I averaged around 200-300ms which was absolutely fine for me.

Memphis · 8 Sep 2008 at 18:10

Adex said:
I played everquest via tmob`s web n walk hsdpa for the last twelve months without issues. Pings are not gonna be fantastic for certain types of games but I averaged around 200-300ms which was absolutely fine for me.

Which would be almost useless for almost all Xbox Live games. Even if you felt it was playable from your side, I pity anyone who ended up playing with you.

LordSplodge · 8 Sep 2008 at 18:36

Adex said:
I played everquest via tmob`s web n walk hsdpa for the last twelve months without issues. Pings are not gonna be fantastic for certain types of games but I averaged around 200-300ms which was absolutely fine for me.

Ouch. Why bother when DSL or Cable broadband isn't that expensive and tends not to have silly data caps or massive pings.

Memphis said:
Which would be almost useless for almost all Xbox Live games. Even if you felt it was playable from your side, I pity anyone who ended up playing with you.

Yeah, it would be worse than playing against Americans.

Adex · 8 Sep 2008 at 18:50

Bear in mind this was on a US server so euro servers would no doubt be quicker, though by how much is anyone's guess.

Parmesan · 9 Sep 2008 at 21:32

Memphis said:
Which would be almost useless for almost all Xbox Live games. Even if you felt it was playable from your side, I pity anyone who ended up playing with you.

Tested this the other day on xbox live, got a few friends online on COD4 Joined as a group onto a normal TeamDeathmatch, everyone said I was fine no lagging or anything...

easyrider · 9 Sep 2008 at 21:37

Sound promising.

I'm configuring it tomorrow night will report back with my findings.

easyrider · 10 Sep 2008 at 20:29

Phemo said:
If it's running Windows, ICS should do the trick. Would just need to connect an ethernet cable from the laptop to the 360 (straight through or crossover - 360 is auto sensing) then enable ICS in the mobile connection properties.

But yeah, I doubt it's even worth trying

So Im there now at his flat and I am connected to the internet.###I have plugged the xbx into the Ethernet on the lappy and I am getting limited or no connectivity on this connection....What am I doing wrong?

Its ok I'm being a noob.

Connected to xbox live!