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XboxLive-gonna be great, we all want it, gonna all play each other blah blah blah. But I'm not 100% sure about all the technical mumbo jumbo, so I'd like to say, hold on a momnet.
I mentioned Broadband to my Dad a few weeks ago and told him the other night that Freeserve were doing a deal- £85 for all the equipment and FREE line registration worth £65. "good stuff" he said.
Now, this is where I'm getting worried. Looking through an old edition of Xgamer it had a broadband feature, and it came to USB modems, something which Freeserve broadband use. Xgamer only said "make sure the broadband modem you get has an ethernet port to be compatable with your Xbox." The picture beside this statement shows a green USB modem which i'm certain is the Freeserve one.
I go on to check btbroadband online, and it too uses ADSL with a usb modem. I check the broadband availablitity for my area and it says I might be able to get it. Hmmmm however NO MENTION OF AN ETHERNET PORT...
Please, someone who knows technical stuff inside out(Nomad, Tom ect) could you tell me if a USB modem can be made plug into an xbox, perhaps through buying an aditional connecter or something. Xbox Live doesn't nessicaraly require you to upgrade your line and get some dude into to know holes in your wall, does it? ADSL doesn't need that, right?
It would be a disaster if XboxLive could not be playable on through this.
I mentioned Broadband to my Dad a few weeks ago and told him the other night that Freeserve were doing a deal- £85 for all the equipment and FREE line registration worth £65. "good stuff" he said.
Now, this is where I'm getting worried. Looking through an old edition of Xgamer it had a broadband feature, and it came to USB modems, something which Freeserve broadband use. Xgamer only said "make sure the broadband modem you get has an ethernet port to be compatable with your Xbox." The picture beside this statement shows a green USB modem which i'm certain is the Freeserve one.
I go on to check btbroadband online, and it too uses ADSL with a usb modem. I check the broadband availablitity for my area and it says I might be able to get it. Hmmmm however NO MENTION OF AN ETHERNET PORT...
Please, someone who knows technical stuff inside out(Nomad, Tom ect) could you tell me if a USB modem can be made plug into an xbox, perhaps through buying an aditional connecter or something. Xbox Live doesn't nessicaraly require you to upgrade your line and get some dude into to know holes in your wall, does it? ADSL doesn't need that, right?
It would be a disaster if XboxLive could not be playable on through this.
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Why the Hell does mags like OXM not mention that then.
The just say "plaug ethernet cable into back of xbox and broadband connection" skipping all this stuff which as I have shown, is easy to get lost in. I'm sure I have a bit more knoledge on this subject an most people so a setup guide is Vital!
Router, hubs, crossover cables- is all this nessicary. Will people go buy an xboxlive starter pack in march only to find they need crossover cables at stuff, getting PCs involved too?
I'm sorry, my PC is stone age, 150 MHz, 16 meg or Ram, 28k modem. Pathetic. My dad has mentioned upgrading this 6 year old piece of crap so I'm sure all the USb and port stuff will all be ok.
The just say "plaug ethernet cable into back of xbox and broadband connection" skipping all this stuff which as I have shown, is easy to get lost in. I'm sure I have a bit more knoledge on this subject an most people so a setup guide is Vital!
Router, hubs, crossover cables- is all this nessicary. Will people go buy an xboxlive starter pack in march only to find they need crossover cables at stuff, getting PCs involved too?
I'm sorry, my PC is stone age, 150 MHz, 16 meg or Ram, 28k modem. Pathetic. My dad has mentioned upgrading this 6 year old piece of crap so I'm sure all the USb and port stuff will all be ok.
Hmm. What Adrian said was probably the easiest if you want to set it up easily.
Get hold of a standard network card, and some crossover cable. Stick the network card into your pc, plug the crossover cable from the Xbox to the PC, and plug the USB modem into your PC's USB slot.
It means you'll have to have your PC on when you want to use Xbox Live, but it's by far the easiest way to go live.
Get hold of a standard network card, and some crossover cable. Stick the network card into your pc, plug the crossover cable from the Xbox to the PC, and plug the USB modem into your PC's USB slot.
It means you'll have to have your PC on when you want to use Xbox Live, but it's by far the easiest way to go live.
*Brain Meltdown*
Sorry-lost.
Would I need to plug the "green froggy" thing into the Xbox?
Sorry-lost.
Would I need to plug the "green froggy" thing into the Xbox?
Yup, but I also get the feeling Mr. Average Bob Smith wouldn't have Broadband.
I'm sure they'll make it easy for people, even if it means including their own little 'Xbox Live Setup Pack' with all the stuff in it and a guide.
I'm sure they'll make it easy for people, even if it means including their own little 'Xbox Live Setup Pack' with all the stuff in it and a guide.
Anyone got a feeling that Mr averge Bob Smith would be completely overwhelmed by all this?
No, it has a network type card in it. No modem. You'll need to plug that in by the means that me and adrian have mentioned.
Ohhh wait I COMPLETLY forgot the xbox has a broadband modem inside it!
So to connect all I need to do is plug the xbox straight into the phone line socket, is that right?
So to connect all I need to do is plug the xbox straight into the phone line socket, is that right?
> Please, someone who knows technical stuff inside out(Nomad, Tom ect)
> could you tell me if a USB modem can be made plug into an xbox,
> perhaps through buying an aditional connecter or something. Xbox Live
> doesn't nessicaraly require you to upgrade your line and get some dude
> into to know holes in your wall, does it? ADSL doesn't need that,
> right?
>
> It would be a disaster if XboxLive could not be playable on through
> this.
ADSL doesnt need any tech person to come in a drill holes in the wall. If you have an enabled BT exchange you can get ADSL. Just order it and BT will enable your line, no need for any BT bloke to come over.
A USB modem wont fit into the XBox as I said in my previous post. You WILL be able to play XBox Live through ADSL, as if not Microsoft has shot themselves straight in the head before they have even started. As you rightly said there should be a connector release, as its only converting one type of connector to another.
Don't forget that alot of the American XBox live players will also be using DSL(there version of ADSL) so it is supported.
> could you tell me if a USB modem can be made plug into an xbox,
> perhaps through buying an aditional connecter or something. Xbox Live
> doesn't nessicaraly require you to upgrade your line and get some dude
> into to know holes in your wall, does it? ADSL doesn't need that,
> right?
>
> It would be a disaster if XboxLive could not be playable on through
> this.
ADSL doesnt need any tech person to come in a drill holes in the wall. If you have an enabled BT exchange you can get ADSL. Just order it and BT will enable your line, no need for any BT bloke to come over.
A USB modem wont fit into the XBox as I said in my previous post. You WILL be able to play XBox Live through ADSL, as if not Microsoft has shot themselves straight in the head before they have even started. As you rightly said there should be a connector release, as its only converting one type of connector to another.
Don't forget that alot of the American XBox live players will also be using DSL(there version of ADSL) so it is supported.
I don't really think the USB modem can be made to plug into the Xbox, unless you start making things very complicated.
I use 'The Frog' (the bluish green stingray type modem that most companies include). But I also have a server box (basically another full PC which runs linux), which I plug the modem into, and plug the PC into the network. This means my whole network is now network enabled, so I just stick a cable into the Xbox, which does the job.
However, you can get cheaper ways of doing this - we just had a spare PC so decided to do it that way. You'll probably need a 'router', however I don't know too much about them. I think they have the modem built in, so if you get one of these you could probably afford *not* to buy the frog.
This website should have some more info:
http://www.adslguide.org.uk/
I use 'The Frog' (the bluish green stingray type modem that most companies include). But I also have a server box (basically another full PC which runs linux), which I plug the modem into, and plug the PC into the network. This means my whole network is now network enabled, so I just stick a cable into the Xbox, which does the job.
However, you can get cheaper ways of doing this - we just had a spare PC so decided to do it that way. You'll probably need a 'router', however I don't know too much about them. I think they have the modem built in, so if you get one of these you could probably afford *not* to buy the frog.
This website should have some more info:
http://www.adslguide.org.uk/
Well you can get which ever one you want, as an ADSL cable(RJ-11) will never fit into a Eternet socket(RJ-45). Microsoft or someone will either have a little converter to convert the sockets so you can plug it in to the back of the Xbox, or you will need to use a PC or router.
A PC will require you to have a Network card installed so that you can run a Ethernet cable from there into the Xbox. This means that you could have either a USB modem or a PCI(internal) modem.
Or alternatively use a router which will probably cost abit more than any modem and be harder to set up. But a router is a sort of mini computer, it has the ADSL socket in the back and usually 4 Ethernet ports on the back aswell. Routers are usually used to share the ADSL to a few computers. So you could have your PC hooked up to the router via a Network card, and your XBox connected as well. The router will be the supplier of the ADSL, so you would'nt need your PC on to use the XBox online. But with the USB modem or internal modem, it would require you to have your PC turned on.
I would'nt worry about it though, as I am sure that there will be a converter to change the ADSL socket to fit in to the Ethernet port. Just go for either the USB modem or the internal modem.
A PC will require you to have a Network card installed so that you can run a Ethernet cable from there into the Xbox. This means that you could have either a USB modem or a PCI(internal) modem.
Or alternatively use a router which will probably cost abit more than any modem and be harder to set up. But a router is a sort of mini computer, it has the ADSL socket in the back and usually 4 Ethernet ports on the back aswell. Routers are usually used to share the ADSL to a few computers. So you could have your PC hooked up to the router via a Network card, and your XBox connected as well. The router will be the supplier of the ADSL, so you would'nt need your PC on to use the XBox online. But with the USB modem or internal modem, it would require you to have your PC turned on.
I would'nt worry about it though, as I am sure that there will be a converter to change the ADSL socket to fit in to the Ethernet port. Just go for either the USB modem or the internal modem.
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