You might have easily connected your Xbox 360 to internet using your wireless router via Ethernet cable but what if you are having a broadband dongle? Then how do you connect your Xbox 360 and broadband dongle.Of course you can’t plug your dongle directly into the USB port of Xbox.Let’s find it out.
Mobile internet access through broadband dongle can deliver speeds of up to 7.2Mbps.You can choose them from most popular providers shown like 3 Mobile, Vodafone,T-Mobile and Orange. Although the final transfer speeds may be decent, the downfall to using a 3G connection for gaming is your ‘ping’. To get a lag-free experience on online games, you must need a ping of under 100ms, and on a 3G connection, the least ping you'd get is 300-400ms.But its better than nothing.
I will show you a step by step tutorial for connecting Xbox 360 to a broadband dongle.
1)First of all ,connect your desktop computer or laptop to internet with USB dongle.
2)Connect your computer and Xbox with the Ethernet cable.
3)Take Control Panel> Network and Sharing Center > Manage Network Connections
4)Enable sharing on your internet connection.Also tick the checkbox for 'Allow other network users to connect through this computer's connection' and select 'Local Area Connection' for the 'Home networking connection' menu.
5)Test your Xbox live connection and check whether it succeeds to connect to internet.(If not make both connections to public instead of private)
6)If it fails again,then restart your PC first and then turn on your Xbox.(in case of dns failures)
Mobile broadband internet providers use slightly different settings for these services than are used in normal ADSL or cable connections. The important difference is the Network Address Translation.This NAT is important as the Xbox live uses different ports than the standard ones used for internet.
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can it work witha orange dongle icon 225
Man that sucks, if you need a laptop or pc, what is the point? Just use a regular modem and share that connection.
Plus the prices for mobile boradband are extortionate! £15 for 1gb of data a month! I pay £20 for unlimited with regualar broadband and thats a 20mb connection!
Plus providers like vodaphone will skin you alive if you go over your limit, anything upto 25 pence a mb once you go over the limit, download a few demos without realising your over your limit and kiss the better part of £300 goodbye!
Yeah it is pretty shit but still in some parts you can't get the usual adsl broadband and have to resort to usb internet
thanks for that. I'm not lucky enough to be able to afford the crippling "landline" charges, so I pay £15 a month for 15gb. Had no idea how to do it, it seems to be working fine though.
do i need a dongle to use xbox live on the xbox elite
i tryed these steps it just failed at network on the scan is there any other way because ive bought my live allready
Im gonna try right now ..... i'll let u guys know how i get on.
i have windows 7 is there any way of connecting the mobile broadband to my xbox 360 using that?
i can't find network and sharing center on my control panel. is there anything else it could be on?
I have tried this and it worked until the internet part. when i try to click connect on my thing it can not because i have my ethernet cord is plugged in. i have a sprint mobile broadband.
i got a 3 dongle and i try to get my xbox 360 to work on it but it dont work do any of you no how to do it
can anyone tell me how to do this using windows 7 :)
the lates dongales do 7.2gbs with 95 ms but that is still vere lagy
Hey guys I have a '3' dongle and I have 12gb a year I was just wondering if I was on xbox live, how much gb or mb would I use in a hour period? Thanks :)
it depends what you play on the dongle, if its something like call of duty it could be around 100mb an hour.
i have a vodafone dongle but i dont use it much for gaming now. to much money wasted on it, and slow most of the day.
xbox live usage per hour varies on the game and how long you on for. generally call of cuty around 30mb per hour and 20 upload so around 50 mb but hosting games uses alot more. something in the region of 100mb or more but that depends on the number of players. an average months gaming uses around 10gb of data.
On The Live Connection It Doesnt Pass NetWork, I Only Have Limited Connectivity On My Pc . . . What Do I Do ?
go to network and sharing go to adapter settings right click on your dongle click properties and then sharing then allow sharing
i got a ZTE 15gb dongle well a 3g and i coneect a ethenet cable into the laptop and the xbox 360 eltie or what ever and pressed connect on my dogle and it work iwhent on xbox live but my mum is woried about this because she thinks it takes a lot a GB's for the 3G dongle is this true
well i know that playin halo reach 1 game =1-3mb difer between game modes like big team also cod blk ops was basicly the same for £20 a month i get 15gb of dater ive never gone over 10 gb and im on almost 24/7 some dongle cant download update for games mainly the new ones i think its because evryone now has them and the old dongle servers are basicly emty hoped i helped.also my new laptop dosnt have the "mannage network connections" only "manage wireless connections" i think its because windows 7 starter,old lappy was same make and modle just had xp and worked fine
Works a treat using a uk 3 network dongle, thanks very much !
ty but its shit and to much lagg rather buy poket wifi
Yay My t-mobile broadband works!!! Thanks to this comment "go to network and sharing go to adapter settings right click on your dongle click properties and then sharing then allow sharing" ;)
must i have 3 Mobile, Vodafone, T-Mobile or Orange
do you put your dongle in your 360 after you put the ethrnet cable in your laptop and 360
where do i find 'manage network connections'?
see if there is a satellite internet service provider in your area if you cant get DSL or cable...
Hi what the best dongle and network package to receive xbox live for cod???
Just took me an hour to connect but manged to do it, i'm using a 3 Dongle so intrested to see how Halo will play