xbox online using 3g mobile broadband stick

[johnnyedge]

Hi, can anyone suggest a way I can get my xbox 360 online using a 3g mobile broadband stick ? I have tried plugging direct into the usb port but it keeps saying there is no network connection.
Thanks.

[Cakeboy]

The only way you can get a 360 online is via the Microsoft Wireless dongle which needs a wireless router, or via an Ethernet cable into either a router or into a computer and soem fiddling with network settings.

The 3 mobile dongle will not work

[dm1982]

yep i had the same problem im afraid with my orange 3gb dongle and ps3, doesnt work im afraid or if it does it will take a better brain than mine!!

[WolfzheaD]

I've just done this for my xbox 360 using a 3 mobile broadband dongle. However, cakeboy is right in a way that you can't connect the dongle directly to your xbox, you need a gateway of some sort in between.

For me i used my laptop - simply created an ad-hoc network on the xbox, connected my laptop to that network and turned on internet sharing (on the laptop ofc). After that i had to manually input the details for the xbox - subnet mask (255.255.0.0), default gateway (laptop lan IP - normally 192.168.0.1 by default for "main" computer) and finally create a lan IP for the xbox - i used 192.168.0.102 and everything worked fine from there.

Admittedly the latency isn't great with the mobile broadband but i am having some troubles with it involving a game for my laptop - hopefully soon be resolved. My point is that i don't really know how it will work out for you and latency as there are too many factors specific to yourself - ISP, modem model, signal strength, etc.

This was done using a vista OS on the laptop but for XP just create a wireless network and enter the details into your xbox all the same. Granted this is done wireless but in essence its the same for a wired connection.

hope this helps and good luck