Tethering Q to X-BOX 360 Elite?

[daisyd681]

So will the ethernet cables coming out of my walls work for this or do I have to get new ones? I am assuming that they go to a hub somewhere in the wall. I will try the downloads you gave me tomorrow.

[Accordman]

i mean honestly. thats a crapload of wok doing the whole lius thing. id just run some kind of broadband or see if the phone provider carries a card forthe pc the tether the pc itself though to the 360

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[daisyd681]

Accordman, In a perfect world where money isn't an issue that's what I would do. As it is I may have to wait 'till payday to get this all set up. I got rid of the landline and the internet and my old cellphone to afford this Q so I'm going to get the most out of it.

[Bobby Budnick]

i mean honestly. thats a crapload of wok doing the whole lius thing. id just run some kind of broadband or see if the phone provider carries a card forthe pc the tether the pc itself though to the 360

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What is the point of your post? Not only did you post twice in a row, you are misinformed on all counts. You fail. Get a basic networking education and take some remedial english classes.

As for everyone else, I tried to do this myself just for fun. I am on Xbox Live right now through my Q

Here are some basic requirements for doing this semi-easily:

PC:
Functional USB ports, preferably USB 2.0
At least 512 MB of ram
An ethernet card or built-in ethernet.

WM5 Device:
WM5 AKU2 or MOL2 or earlier

Misc:
Ethernet hub and 2 cables or 1 crossover cable
Mini USB to normal USB

The next step is set up the PC's OS. There are a few hurdles with doing this with Windows XP. First, bridging support is non-existent and the routing functionality AKA "Internet Connection Sharing" is buggy, featureless and slow. Second, it seems that in order to tether with Windows, you have to buy a third party utility. As you can see this is quickly getting expensive.

In comes GNU/Linux. It is free. Here is the link http://releases.ubuntu.com/7.10/ . I would recommend downloading and burning this ISO at 24x or slower on a CD-R as an ISO. You can do this in Windows with a program called Deepburner. Once the disc is finished you will have a bootable GNU/Linux live environment that will not make any permanent changes to the computer, yet is still usable for these purposes.

We are going to go step by step from here.

1. Put the Ubuntu or other GNU/Linux CD in your drive and start up or reboot.

2. Choose the first option at bootup, if you have trouble reset and try the second option for VGA mode.

3. Once you see the desktop, open the terminal at Applications > Accessories. > Terminal

4. Type this command to edit your modem information.
sudo nano /etc/wvdial.conf

5. Delete the contents of the file and paste the following here, deleting and filling in areas specific to your phone and provider. When you are finished, type CTRL-O and then hit enter to save. CTRL-X quits the editor.
[Dialer Defaults]
Stupid Mode = on
Modem = /dev/ttyACM0
Baud = 921600
Init = ATZ
Init2 = ATQ0 V1 E1 S0=0 &C1 &D2 +FCLASS=0
Phone = #777
Username = yournumberhere@alltel.net
Password = alltel
Init1 = ATZ
ISDN = 0
Modem Type = Analog Modem
Auto Reconnect = on
Carrier Check = no
[Dialer shh]
Init3 = ATM0
[Dialer pulse]
Dial Command = ATDP

6. Type this command to set the IP address of your ethernet adapter. ifconfig lists all adapters if you are unsure.
sudo ifconfig eth0 192.168.0.1

7. Type these three commands in succession to enable IPv4 forwarding. (routing)
sudo -s
echo 1 > /proc/sys/net/ipv4/ip_forward
exit

8. Connect the Xbox to the computer's ethernet port with a crossover cable or a hub and 2 standard ethernet cables.

9. Enable "Advanced Network Functionality" on the phone and reboot it to clear the memory.

10. Go to Start > Accessories > "Modem Link" on the phone and choose "Activate".

11. Connect the phone to the PC via the USB cable.

12. Establish the digital dialup link. CTRL-C terminates the connection. This terminal window should stay open during the entire connection. Do not close it! If all goes well after issuing the command, you will be connected to your cell provider and should be able to access the internet on your GNU/Linux router!
sudo wvdial

13. Configure iptables to allow traffic to travel to and from the PPP interface and be forwarded to the other interfaces.
sudo iptables -t nat -A POSTROUTING -o ppp0 -j MASQUERADE

14. Finally, configure the Xbox for your new network. The IP should be 192.168.0.2 or any other unused IP on the subnet. The gateway should be 192.168.0.1. The DNS server should be one of the DNS servers listed in wvdial's output.

15. The Xbox connectivity test should work, and you should now be on live! Chatting and downloading things should be no problem. I would like to hear how playable the various games are for you.

[daisyd681]

You are my hero.
I am assuming that all that will mwke sense once I dig in to the program? I actually have to get some work done the next few days. I've had my nose stuck in this thing since I got it on the 12th. Thanks a million.
Meira

[Accordman]

What is the point of your post? Not only did you post twice in a row, you are misinformed on all counts. You fail. Get a basic networking education and take some remedial english classes.

As for everyone else, I tried to do this myself just for fun. I am on Xbox Live right now through my Q

Here are some basic requirements for doing this semi-easily:

PC:
Functional USB ports, preferably USB 2.0
At least 512 MB of ram
An ethernet card or built-in ethernet.

WM5 Device:
WM5 AKU2 or MOL2 or earlier

Misc:
Ethernet hub and 2 cables or 1 crossover cable
Mini USB to normal USB

The next step is set up the PC's OS. There are a few hurdles with doing this with Windows XP. First, bridging support is non-existent and the routing functionality AKA "Internet Connection Sharing" is buggy, featureless and slow. Second, it seems that in order to tether with Windows, you have to buy a third party utility. As you can see this is quickly getting expensive.

In comes GNU/Linux. It is free. Here is the link http://releases.ubuntu.com/7.10/ . I would recommend downloading and burning this ISO at 24x or slower on a CD-R as an ISO. You can do this in Windows with a program called Deepburner. Once the disc is finished you will have a bootable GNU/Linux live environment that will not make any permanent changes to the computer, yet is still usable for these purposes.

We are going to go step by step from here.

1. Put the Ubuntu or other GNU/Linux CD in your drive and start up or reboot.

2. Choose the first option at bootup, if you have trouble reset and try the second option for VGA mode.

3. Once you see the desktop, open the terminal at Applications > Accessories. > Terminal

4. Type this command to edit your modem information.
sudo nano /etc/wvdial.conf

5. Delete the contents of the file and paste the following here, deleting and filling in areas specific to your phone and provider. When you are finished, type CTRL-O and then hit enter to save. CTRL-X quits the editor.
[Dialer Defaults]
Stupid Mode = on
Modem = /dev/ttyACM0
Baud = 921600
Init = ATZ
Init2 = ATQ0 V1 E1 S0=0 &C1 &D2 +FCLASS=0
Phone = #777
Username = yournumberhere@alltel.net
Password = alltel
Init1 = ATZ
ISDN = 0
Modem Type = Analog Modem
Auto Reconnect = on
Carrier Check = no
[Dialer shh]
Init3 = ATM0
[Dialer pulse]
Dial Command = ATDP

6. Type this command to set the IP address of your ethernet adapter. ifconfig lists all adapters if you are unsure.
sudo ifconfig eth0 192.168.0.1

7. Type these three commands in succession to enable IPv4 forwarding. (routing)
sudo -s
echo 1 > /proc/sys/net/ipv4/ip_forward
exit

8. Connect the Xbox to the computer's ethernet port with a crossover cable or a hub and 2 standard ethernet cables.

9. Enable "Advanced Network Functionality" on the phone and reboot it to clear the memory.

10. Go to Start > Accessories > "Modem Link" on the phone and choose "Activate".

11. Connect the phone to the PC via the USB cable.

12. Establish the digital dialup link. CTRL-C terminates the connection. This terminal window should stay open during the entire connection. Do not close it! If all goes well after issuing the command, you will be connected to your cell provider and should be able to access the internet on your GNU/Linux router!
sudo wvdial

13. Configure iptables to allow traffic to travel to and from the PPP interface and be forwarded to the other interfaces.
sudo iptables -t nat -A POSTROUTING -o ppp0 -j MASQUERADE

14. Finally, configure the Xbox for your new network. The IP should be 192.168.0.2 or any other unused IP on the subnet. The gateway should be 192.168.0.1. The DNS server should be one of the DNS servers listed in wvdial's output.

15. The Xbox connectivity test should work, and you should now be on live! Chatting and downloading things should be no problem. I would like to hear how playable the various games are for you.

the point of my post was to offer an alternative. no reason to be an asshat about it. i was on my q so i missed some keys big deal

[daisyd681]

If you had read the posts in the thread you would have seen why it wasn't an alternative.

[Bobby Budnick]

the point of my post was to offer an alternative. no reason to be an asshat about it. i was on my q so i missed some keys big deal

Actually I did not want a mentally retarded person spewing off wrong information. Stay out of this thread, troll, or I will be forced to report you to a mod. Once again you have broken forum etiquette and quoted a gigantic post. Just crawl into your shell and die.

[Accordman]

go ahead and report i did nothing wrong to you, now your acting like a child about it, as i stated before i posted from my Q, so the proper spelling and syntax wasnt there . so what. so report away

[Suture]

Wouldn't the latency suck for gaming online over the Sprint wireless network?