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3 broadband for gaming!! help!!grrrr!!

  • 23-06-2008 6:57pm
    #1
    joeygl
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 36 ✭


    :mad:Hi!

    i am a recent customer of 3 mobile broadband and am trying to connect my slimline ps2 to the net for online gaming. is there anyway i can use my laptop as a hub to foward my traffic coming from my mobile broadband, to my ps2 via my lan port with a crossover cable to my ps2????

    This has been a nightmare to research so any help would be beneficial!!
    Thanks fellow gamers!!


    joe


Comments

  • #2
    zAbbo
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,987 ✭✭✭✭zAbbo


    3G Mobile broadband just isn't designed for this usage, or tbh any usage beyond light mobile use.

    I think it can be done, but you can also drive a car with your feet...


  • #3
    MrVestek
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,258 ✭✭✭MrVestek


    In short? You'll be hard pushed to get any networking device that connects via USB to work on a PC half of the time, let alone a PS2 (unless it's running a linux distrobution).

    In short? No.


  • #4
    joeygl
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 36 ✭joeygl


    Thanks for rubbing that in man... 14mb/s.;)


  • #5
    batman2000
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 833 ✭✭✭batman2000


    Please read the sticky on the the Broadband forum
    (http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2055115306)

    Well joeygl, best of luck to ya trying to game on a 3G wireless network. They say speeds of UPTO 2Mb or 3Mb, but it is highly unlikey you will get anywhere near this. Due to contrainsts on the network, other users the system get bogged down. It's really only intended for basic email, surfing...No torrents or gaming !


  • #6
    PogMoThoin
    Closed Accounts Posts: 13,874 ✭✭✭✭PogMoThoin


    Give up, its just not possible


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  • #7
    drunkmonkey
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 28,694 ✭✭✭✭drunkmonkey


    I don't know how it works the ps2 (time to trade up to a xbox 360 me thinks)

    I've seen the 3 modem working with the xbox 360, PS3 and Nintendo WII

    Here's how to set it up with the 360 the ps2 should be similar enough I guess....

    http://www.xbox.com/en-US/support/connecttolive/xbox360/connectionmethods/windowsics-usb.htm


    Don't mind the nahh sayers!!! Where there's a will there's a way:D

    If you cause my game to lag I will boot you Noobie!!!


  • #8
    Hank Scorpio
    Closed Accounts Posts: 11,631 ✭✭✭✭Hank Scorpio


    300 ms ping times on mobile broadband its just impossible to game online
    hell i even whine about 40 ms ping times in unreal tournament ;)


  • #9
    TheElf
    Closed Accounts Posts: 148 ✭✭TheElf


    About a year ago I had my 360 running off 3's 3G Broadband, basically the same setup as the link drunkmonkey posted. So it works, but was hopeless!, I would get the "Connection Interrupted" message every 10 seconds or so!

    But it worked fine on my o2 3.5G connection.


  • #10
    MrVestek
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,258 ✭✭✭MrVestek


    I got the impression that he wanted to connect the modem directly, not have to share via ICS and a crossover cable or over wifi.

    Doing this is quite useless anyways as it just ads overhead.
    joeygl wrote:
    Thanks for rubbing that in man... 14mb/s.

    Erm... I wasn't rubbing anything in, that speed test is in my sig :P If you think that's bad I better not post the speed results from the dedicated fibre line in work :P


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