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I wonder if there are any of us with X-Boxes that live in pretty close quarters. If so maybe we could organise LAN games of Halo. They are doing this sort of thing over in America, with forums on this type of subject.
Me and my friend are both getting launch X-Boxes, and have shared the cost of the link cable.
I also read somewhere in the Offical X-Box mag that they may try and organise LAN games.
Me and my friend are both getting launch X-Boxes, and have shared the cost of the link cable.
I also read somewhere in the Offical X-Box mag that they may try and organise LAN games.
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So let me get this straight - you need to connect your X-Box into a PC which has 512k broadband to play Halo online, on your X-Box?
Outlaw
Outlaw
http://www.gamespyarcade.com/ support/tunnel_xbox.shtml
remove space between / and support.
Sounds like modem support is not available. They recommend 128K upstream, so a dual ISDN connection minimum. And Halo may need 256K, so only the 512K broadband will do. If you dont have enough speed, you would suffer serious lag and being kicked off the game e.t.c.
So if you have broadband and an X-Box and Halo, go to the url and play Halo online.
remove space between / and support.
Sounds like modem support is not available. They recommend 128K upstream, so a dual ISDN connection minimum. And Halo may need 256K, so only the 512K broadband will do. If you dont have enough speed, you would suffer serious lag and being kicked off the game e.t.c.
So if you have broadband and an X-Box and Halo, go to the url and play Halo online.
Belldandy wrote:
> adrian wrote:
If you have broadband internet you can use Halo online
>
> right away.
Apart from you need a PC (obviously thats no problem) and one of
> those network hub things...am I right ?
Yes you need a PC with a network card. A hub and an X-Box and a link cable. I dont know if you would be able to use a 56k modem or ISDN, as there could be a connection rate limit. If you could use these then you would be at a disadvantage. So broadband may be the only way.
So you connect the broadband to the HUB, the X-Box to the HUB and the PC to the HUB. You then download the proper software from gamespy, and just login. Then you go on to a LAN game on Halo and the software on the PC, makes the X-box think its playing a LAN game. But in reality the data is going over the internet, and the players could be over the other side of the world.
I have a mate who has a HUB, ISDN and a network card. I will see if I can try it out at his house to see whether a 64K ISDN connection actually works.
> adrian wrote:
If you have broadband internet you can use Halo online
>
> right away.
Apart from you need a PC (obviously thats no problem) and one of
> those network hub things...am I right ?
Yes you need a PC with a network card. A hub and an X-Box and a link cable. I dont know if you would be able to use a 56k modem or ISDN, as there could be a connection rate limit. If you could use these then you would be at a disadvantage. So broadband may be the only way.
So you connect the broadband to the HUB, the X-Box to the HUB and the PC to the HUB. You then download the proper software from gamespy, and just login. Then you go on to a LAN game on Halo and the software on the PC, makes the X-box think its playing a LAN game. But in reality the data is going over the internet, and the players could be over the other side of the world.
I have a mate who has a HUB, ISDN and a network card. I will see if I can try it out at his house to see whether a 64K ISDN connection actually works.
adrian wrote:
If you have broadband internet you can use Halo online
> right away.
Apart from you need a PC (obviously thats no problem) and one of those network hub things...am I right ?
If you have broadband internet you can use Halo online
> right away.
Apart from you need a PC (obviously thats no problem) and one of those network hub things...am I right ?
Outlaw_UK wrote:
> That'll be really cool - come on 1st of April!!
Outlaw
Why 1st of April, you getting broadband?
> That'll be really cool - come on 1st of April!!
Outlaw
Why 1st of April, you getting broadband?
That'll be really cool - come on 1st of April!!
Outlaw
Outlaw
Outlaw_UK wrote:
> That's why online Halo sounds even more appealing.
Outlaw.
If you have broadband internet you can use Halo online right away.
> That's why online Halo sounds even more appealing.
Outlaw.
If you have broadband internet you can use Halo online right away.
That's why online Halo sounds even more appealing.
Outlaw.
Outlaw.
Outlaw_UK wrote:
> 16 player Halo would be amazing it's just down to someone or somepeople having
> the facilities to hold that many T.V's and all those X-Box's.
You can only link up 4 X-Boxes, and have 4 players on each machine.
Anyway I live in Worcestershire.
> 16 player Halo would be amazing it's just down to someone or somepeople having
> the facilities to hold that many T.V's and all those X-Box's.
You can only link up 4 X-Boxes, and have 4 players on each machine.
Anyway I live in Worcestershire.
16 player Halo would be amazing it's just down to someone or somepeople having the facilities to hold that many T.V's and all those X-Box's.
Outlaw.
And I live in good 'ol Hampshire.
Outlaw.
And I live in good 'ol Hampshire.
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