In this day of highspeed fiber-optic data networks, there are still people who have no viable way to access the internet, other than using the accursed Dial-up service. I am one of them. My parent's house is too far out for companies like Embarq to consider providing DSL to the residents of my road.
As if that wasn't bad enough, I also own a Xbox 360. 80% of the awesomeness that makes up this console comes from online function, and with the lack of higher-speed internet, you won't get to enjoy that 80 percent.
....well, maybe 60% of the fun. I can help you get to 20% of it though. By making your PC share it's dialup connection with your Xbox 360 (or pretty much anything else with a Ethernet jack), you can access Live.
EDIT 04/22/2008: I just got done talking to a friend on the headset, it was perfect aside from some skipping. Sweet!
EDIT 04/23/2008:
It seems I've made the news sites as well.
http://gizmodo.com/381808/experience-the-joys-of-constant-lag-with-xbox-live-on-dial+up
http://www.dcemu.co.uk/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=106515
http://kotaku.com/381902/xbox-live-on-dial+up-is-no-fun-for-anybody
But G4 had to be an ass about it:
http://www.g4tv.com/thefeed/blog/post/684747/Run_Xbox_360_on_DialUp.html
So this is my comment to them, as posted on the article's page:
Hey all, I'm Dr.Professor from Instructables.
If you had gotten your facts straight and read the last step of the tutorial, "Whatcha Can and Can't Do", you would have read that this isn't meant for multiplayer. It's for the guys and girls who want that DivX update most among other ones, who want to put their gamerscore online or who want to chat with people on their friends list.
Libel hurts. If this got on TV along with the "stupid and useless" part, then I believe you owe my parents and me 6 months of satellite internet, along with the 300 dollar setup cost.
I did this for people with no easy/cheap alternative, and you guys managed to turn it into a PS3 vs. 360 argument splattered with a few hateful comments. If you don't think I'm the author, check the front page of the tutorial. I've edited this letter into the front as a disclaimer for any new visitors.
Sincerely a tad pissed,
-Jake "Biggs" Turner
As if that wasn't bad enough, I also own a Xbox 360. 80% of the awesomeness that makes up this console comes from online function, and with the lack of higher-speed internet, you won't get to enjoy that 80 percent.
....well, maybe 60% of the fun. I can help you get to 20% of it though. By making your PC share it's dialup connection with your Xbox 360 (or pretty much anything else with a Ethernet jack), you can access Live.
EDIT 04/22/2008: I just got done talking to a friend on the headset, it was perfect aside from some skipping. Sweet!
EDIT 04/23/2008:
It seems I've made the news sites as well.
http://gizmodo.com/381808/experience-the-joys-of-constant-lag-with-xbox-live-on-dial+up
http://www.dcemu.co.uk/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=106515
http://kotaku.com/381902/xbox-live-on-dial+up-is-no-fun-for-anybody
But G4 had to be an ass about it:
http://www.g4tv.com/thefeed/blog/post/684747/Run_Xbox_360_on_DialUp.html
So this is my comment to them, as posted on the article's page:
Hey all, I'm Dr.Professor from Instructables.
If you had gotten your facts straight and read the last step of the tutorial, "Whatcha Can and Can't Do", you would have read that this isn't meant for multiplayer. It's for the guys and girls who want that DivX update most among other ones, who want to put their gamerscore online or who want to chat with people on their friends list.
Libel hurts. If this got on TV along with the "stupid and useless" part, then I believe you owe my parents and me 6 months of satellite internet, along with the 300 dollar setup cost.
I did this for people with no easy/cheap alternative, and you guys managed to turn it into a PS3 vs. 360 argument splattered with a few hateful comments. If you don't think I'm the author, check the front page of the tutorial. I've edited this letter into the front as a disclaimer for any new visitors.
Sincerely a tad pissed,
-Jake "Biggs" Turner
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To pull this off, you'll need:
A PC with a working dialup connection, running Windows XP (Should work on Vista as well)
An Ethernet Cable, long enough to reach your Xbox (For the uninitiated, these have plugs that look like bigger phone cord plugs)
And an Xbox 360.
A PC with a working dialup connection, running Windows XP (Should work on Vista as well)
An Ethernet Cable, long enough to reach your Xbox (For the uninitiated, these have plugs that look like bigger phone cord plugs)
And an Xbox 360.
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I have Dial-Up and I use AOL 9.5 (I also have AOL Dialer.)
Another thing is, on the list of internet connections I can select there is two others idk about. Please help me out? I want to redeem some codes I have!
All in all though nice job 5/5
Whenever I click the "Allow other network users to connect through this PC" box and click OK a message pops up reading, "Sine your service is currently active, the changes wont apply until you dial back up" then I dial up and dial back on and the changes to the Sharing aren't check!
The same thing happened with the LAN IP Addresses, I type them in and I click OK and the box closes and I go back to it and the changes aren't made! Someone help!
Then Whenever I go to join Xbox Live on my Xbox 360 is has a loading screen for a second or two, but then it says cannot find connection so I click on the button that says TEST CONNECTION and the screen goes blank and it goes to this one screen with two options. Test Wired Connection and Test Wireless Connection and both say I dont have the right equipment.
I know its possible to do this for Vista from AOL Dial Up, so someone be a saint and message me or something telling me how I can fix these massive problems!
well at least mine dont
i think
dial up sucks!
does anyone agree?
First off i can't get my netzero dail up internet to work with my xbox by route it threw my pc to the xbox which pc those to the phonecord.
how u get it vista?
i bought oblivian GTOY and theirs HUGE glitch that u cant install
the knights of the nine or shivering isles w/o being hooked up to live
and now that i can i can finally install it =D ( hasnt tested or set it up yet )
dont worry im working on a prototype for the mega dialup beast
THEN WE WILL RULE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
-Lord of randomness