Can you use usb connection broadband with the xbox360 ?

Splender1

Just wanted to know if it was possible to access xbox live with broadband through a usb pen ?

Ricky91t

Splender1 wrote: »

Just wanted to know if it was possible to access xbox live with broadband through a usb pen ?

You mean through your network?

Chances are you can't but you could use something like Tvesity to share the contents of the memory stick across your network..


EDIT: just noticed you mean a 3G device and not a usb pen drive?You'd need to connect it to your laptop and bridge the connection to your 350 by using a Lan cable connected to your laptop and the 360,Although 3G broadband isn't ideal for gaming.

Splender1

Cheers man, thanks for the reply.
The reason why im asking is because my internet connection during peak times is terrible , and im not sure if its the contention ratio or something else?
Im with Eircom , on a 3mb package

Ricky91t wrote: »

You mean through your network?

Chances are you can't but you could use something like Tvesity to share the contents of the memory stick across your network..


EDIT: just noticed you mean a 3G device and not a usb pen drive?You'd need to connect it to your laptop and bridge the connection to your 350 by using a Lan cable connected to your laptop and the 360,Although 3G broadband isn't ideal for gaming.

Ricky91t

Splender1 wrote: »

Cheers man, thanks for the reply.
The reason why im asking is because my internet connection during peak times is terrible , and im not sure if its the contention ratio or something else?
Im with Eircom , on a 3mb package

Yeah it's pretty much down to contention,But i'm sure mobile broadband would not be an alternative!If any thing the pings will be worse,If you go to speedtest.net and do a test on your eircom line when the speed gets slow and also do the same with your mobile broadband chances are your mobile broadband ping will be higher and DL and UL speed will be lower..

Unless your eircom line is having some bad issues..A ping of 60-70 to the limerick server for me usually ensures a good connection to PGR4 players in the UK,But you'd have to check out what your pings are at the moment and then compare them to contented times..

I think smart telecom offer uncontented packages through ASDL and they might be better for you,But i'm not 100% sure on that!

Splender1

When i do a speed test on speedtest.net from the Limerick server , i get high pings like 182 or 190 but when i test it with the galway server then its alot lower, like 50 or 60 ?
I live in Newport just outside Limerick so you'd assume the Limerick server would be the one to choose ?
Unfortunately , Smart Telecom dont provide their service to my area .:(

Ricky91t wrote: »

Yeah it's pretty much down to contention,But i'm sure mobile broadband would not be an alternative!If any thing the pings will be worse,If you go to speedtest.net and do a test on your line.

jor el

The pings on Speedtest aren't a good indication of your real ping, as they can vary depending on server load. Ping boards.ie from a command prompt, and see what that gives you.

As bad as your DSL might be, 3G will be worse. You'll be incredibly lucky to get less than 200ms at the best of times, and at peak times it could well go out as much as 1000ms. I know because I've been playing BF2 the last week and two of our group are on O2 3G and they keep getting kicked for erratic pings. It can be 180ms, but it bounces around wildly and unpredictably.