My home internet with Sky just went down for a bit (it does it fairly often), so I decided that it was as good a time as any to text out Xbox Live through my Desire HD.
Due to the NAT settings being strict, it took a while to play a game (I was playing the Crysis 2 demo) but after joining a game everything ran smoothly from then on.
This was through the default HTC Wireless Hotspot.
Are there any other tethering apps that can allow port forwarding so I can play Xbox Live with an Open NAT?
p.s. I'm on The One Plan from 3 so I don't have to worry about data.
If there are any closed ports, which I'd imagine there would be, they'd be closed at 3's end.
You could try ringing then up and asking for certain ports to be opened. I wouldn't hold your breath thought.
As another Sky customer I feel your pain, had to do this on my Hero to get my FM3 fix. My Hero would only last 30-40 mins before reaching 60°c and power off for a few hours.
i used to connect to xbox live using my desire and a laptop, i set up a wireless hotspot with my desire, connect to it with my laptop, then set up a bridge between my wireless and wired adaptors, in network and sharing centre, then just connect my xbox to my laptop using the ethernet cable
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Hello, I have been searching around for a day and a half now to no avail. I figure I will ask here as a last attempt before I go and buy another USB wifi adapter.
I am trying to use my HTC Dash with WM6.5 to tether an available wifi connection over to my Windows 7 PC. Basically trying to use the phone as a wifi adapter. The phone has no cell data service, but can connect to the home wifi network that is here. My Windows 7 PC has no Wifi adapter (I left it behind >.<).
Here is where I am at. The HTC Dash is connected to the Wifi network, and when I try to select a Network in the ICS program, it says there is none available. I have been able to get USB selected in ICS, and the phone connected to the computer. In Windows I see a Windows Mobile Remote Adapter in the Network Connections area when I sync the device in Windows Mobile Center. But no matter what I try, ICS sharing on the phone will not let me select the Wifi connection it has.
Through my searching I have found a lot of information on tethering 2G and 3G internet through USB, and using the phone as a Wifi Hotspot. But those where no help in this.
My friend on a G1 with Andriod can tether Wifi connections to a pc, and I am wondering if Windows Mobile can do the same thing. I can flash my ROM from to 6.0 or 6.1 WM if needed.
Thanks in advance to any advice given, hopefully someone can help me out
UPDATE: Still have no luck. I found a program called ICS Control v.21, but it only works on touchscreen WM phones, not WM standard. Which means a bunch of crashing.
This program would do exactally what I need it to do... just does not support my phone. Well the search continues... looking like I may just have to go buy an USB Wifi adapter soon.
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It does work. I'm currently answering this on my 2nd desktop Vista with my S620 via my home wifi network. Waiting for a 25' ethernet connector to hardware to wifi/modem Not quite sure how it is with a wifi adapter but 2 things I do know from experience. You shouldn't need an adapter.
1st: you can't be in Sync Center while trying to tether, at least in my case on a Vista desktop. It won't let you tether while the sync is running (or your already synced).
2nd: (this worked for me) open internet sharing on your Dash/S620, pc connection-usb and be ready to hit connect the 1st couple of seconds after pluging your usb connector into your phone, and give it 10-20 seconds to actually connect. If you wait to long to hit connect, the phone will start syncing with the computer. Won't let you tether.
RE-read post, missed thar "WinMo" remote part. My bad. Don't own Win 7. Don't know what that is.
Question: Is there an active wifi where you are ? From your post it sounds like "yes"
You do not need a wifi adapter. You do need a USB cord.
I tethered with edge for a bit, but then got to thinking. Try Wifi. It worked, but be quick.
Neither one is super fast but Wifi is definitely faster than Edge. Better than not being on the net at all. Occasionally it'll cut out, just unplug usb, get to connect screen, plug in and hit connect. Should be set.
As a side note: I also tried tethering with G1. Xferd pc driver to Vista from G1 but computer says it can't find the driver. Gave up after 2 hours.
G1 tethering works great on XP though.
Hope this helps. Good Luck. Really cool when it works.
Are you using a wifi tether or just usb?
If wifi, what program/version are you using and where did you get it? I got the ICS usb tether working, but my version of wmwifirouter.cab won't even install on the dash. cheers
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Are you using a wifi tether or just usb?
If wifi, what program/version are you using and where did you get it? I got the ICS usb tether working, but my version of wmwifirouter.cab won't even install on the dash. cheers
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I'll have to break out the Dash again and let you know. It's been sitting for weeks since I repaired LCD screen and flashed my TMO Wing. Can't seem to stop playing with it.
Give me a little time and I'll get back to you.
You do have a wifi modem, correct ? I was using usb.
Right, just to be clear, my goal is to set up my Dash to receive it's edge data and transmit that out as a wifi signal that my laptop will pick up and connect to the internet. No USB connection. I'm getting an ipad eventually and this is all to avoid that stupid 3g garbage they're hawking.
I tried a program called wmwifirouter.cab but was unsuccessful. An ad-hoc wifi network was created by my phone and my laptop was connected to it but couldn't connect to the internet. And my phone kept crashing.
Any ideas? Thanks
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Right, just to be clear, my goal is to set up my Dash to receive it's edge data and transmit that out as a wifi signal that my laptop will pick up and connect to the internet. No USB connection. I'm getting an ipad eventually and this is all to avoid that stupid 3g garbage they're hawking.
I tried a program called wmwifirouter.cab but was unsuccessful. An ad-hoc wifi network was created by my phone and my laptop was connected to it but couldn't connect to the internet. And my phone kept crashing.
Any ideas? Thanks
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Well, in your case, I won't be any help. What I did was run a 2nd computer off of my Dash with a Wifi Modem.
XP in another room with a wifi modem attached on Comcast, Dash on wifi and usb to Vista computer, since I didn't have a 25ft ethernet cable at the time.
Was running Vista-Dash-wifi modem-XP to comcast so I could run 2nd computer without being hard wired.
I'm familiar with wifirouter cab. It let's you use your phone like a hotspot, correct ?
In all my searches for various things for the phones, I thought I saw a different application that did the same thing. Possibly might even have it. I'll check and upload for ya if I find it. Have hundreds of cabs/zips to search. Let you know.
Possibly google it and you might find it yourself. There's a program called: WalkingHotSpot online for $24.99 if you don't mind spending. Dash isn't listed as a supported windows device but looking at the other phones listed my guess would be it should work. Try their DEMO version, see if it works.
Good Luck.......
2AM and I was just wondering......When you received your phone, you also got a usb cable with it, right ?
Why don't you just usb Dash to laptop and use "internet sharing" ????
My plan is to set this up for an iPad, which doesn't allow internet access over a USB cable, so USB tethering is out, has to be wifi.
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My plan is to set this up for an iPad, which doesn't allow internet access over a USB cable, so USB tethering is out, has to be wifi.
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Do you have a home computer ? If so, get yourself a Wifi Modem and set up a home network. $40-60. Although Comcast sold me mine for $20 and I get to keep it. I can get all 5 phones on the internet at the same time, not that I need to. It'll also be so much faster then running thru Edge. Besides the fact video's don't play for crap tethered running through Edge. Just a suggestion.
My opinion stands concerning Apple. Get ready to cough up more fees for internet (ATT). They're doing away with unlimited data. Did you see their prices ?
You'll never catch me with ATT.
I just put WMWifiRouter on my TMO Wing 6.5. let you know how it worked. Setup went fine, so far.
did you try downloading the actual .cab from WMWIFIROUTER.COM it's only a trial for 21 days, the "Free" versions don't work on the dash i've tried many of them.
once you install and get it set up be sure to write down the Access ID and Password it gives you so you can connect to the WiFi signal beaming from your phone from your PC. It works for me to tether a WiFi connection from my Dash to PC though I prefer the more stable Internet Sharing USB to PC and I have an Unlimited Data Plan.
WMWIFIROUTER also lets you tether a connection from your phone via bbluetooth.
I use WMWiFiRouter and its a life saver. It lets you pretty much tether any connection to any other.
Just yesterday I was at a meeting in a resturant with some clients and used it to hook my netbook to the internet and used bluetooth as the connection to the phone. Yes, Internet Sharing can do that, but it has alot more it can do too.
You can use Bluetooth, USB (it shows up as a USB modem), or even set it up as a WiFi Router.
Very cool program and it works perfectly on the Dash. I love it.
I never tried the trial version. A friend of mine showed it to me, so I just bought it. It's under $20. Well worth it if you run into that situation often.
I would like to tether my G2 to my Mac via USB. I do not want to use Wifi tether, PDANet or any other solution that requires extra software on the Mac end. Just plain old USB tether provided by Android. Last night I ran into this thread regarding USB tether on the Vibrant...
forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=736769
(Note, not hyperlinked since the moderators here would like to shoot first and ask questions later)
Using approximately the same steps I haven't been able to get this working with my G2, OSX attempts to poke the G2 but gets no response back. Has anyone else ventured into this and possibly gotten better results then me? Thanks.
macbooks dont support usb tethering. i have tried this many times and found this answer on a mac forum.
wireless teether doesnt need any extra software on the mac end. just enable wifi and select androidteether or something of that name. i use wireless teether all the time on my macbook.
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macbooks dont support usb tethering. i have tried this many times and found this answer on a mac forum.
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Actually, if you took a look at that link to another thread I posted it works fine under the Samsung Vibrant, so as it turns out they do. I'm trying to figure out if there's something special with how the Vibrant acts as a USB modem over the G2.
wireless teether doesnt need any extra software on the mac end. just enable wifi and select androidteether or something of that name. i use wireless teether all the time on my macbook.
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Wireless tether eats up battery. One could argue that I could simply plug my phone into my laptop to charge up the device. At times there isn't enough power being offered over USB to charge up the phone fast enough, additionally this drains the laptop battery down, on top of also running wifi on the laptop. This sucks when you're on a rather long train ride. twice a day.
Additionally the G2 shares some resource between the wifi and Bluetooth radio. Running tether over wireless and also attempting to listen to music through my Bluetooth headphones degrades the wireless link by more then half and the music cuts out every 10 - 20 seconds.
Beyond that I've found the need to restart the wireless tether session multiple times within an hour span. Kind of sucks.
All in all wireless tether is a great option to get a machine (or a group of machines) onto the net quick, but isn't that smart of a solution when you're commuting for an hour or two each day.
Hey guys,
I'm stuck in the middle of nowhere with no phone coverage, a satellite internet link, a laptop without WiFi (ethernet to sat modem), no WiFi routers, and my HTC Desire, and having just flashed my Desire with some sweet, sweet Modaco goodness, I wanted to start reinstalling everything
So, as the only way I could get any sort of link between my Desire and my laptop is via USB, I figured I'd give it a crack. Situation:
- Phone in USB tether mode
- Laptop tethered to phone via USB
- HTC USB tether interface bridged to local area connection on laptop
- Laptop setup as PPTP VPN server (standard WinXP "Incoming connection")
- VPN established from phone back to laptop
End state: I can browse the internet, on the phone, via the laptop, via the satellite
However, this only works through the browser. All other software on the phone is convinced it has no data connection (which by all reports, it doesn't. no GPRS, no 3G, no WiFi), and as such, things like Marketplace, Mail, basically all apps except for the browser don't work.
I'm not after a solution or anything, I'm going back to civilization tomorrow, I just thought you guys might wanna know. I know there have been a few threads of people attempting to achieve this.
-Edward
Just without having a detailed look into it.
You have to make sure you route absolutely everything throw your VPN connection.
At the moment it looks like you only route port 80 for HTTP.
Android market uses 5228 if my very quick google search is correct.
Never used VPN on Android but the problem you desribed is well known for "wrong" VPN settings.
Hope that helped a bit.
I have a GNex running 4.1, stock. We've recently (finally) bought an HD LED TV, however not one with internet connectivity. I shall add that my brother has an XBox 360 (should prove useful).
I want to be able to stream content from my phone onto the TV. Ideally I would like the phone with me and not connected physically to the TV (hence not keen on the MHL adapter). I'm hoping for something more elegant making use of the XBox. How can I do this?
Also we do not have a router at home (currently it's me and my bro at home and we both use USB dongles for out net on our laptops, each with a data cap). Can I set up some sort of ad-hoc network at home? Will this use up my internet data?
An elaborate answer / links to an elaborate answer would really be appreciated.
Thanks,
Rohit
iMediaShare will do the job, there is also a free version.
Thanks,
But if I set up an adhoc network from my laptop (which I'm assuming will work for my purpose), and I stream from phone to XBox, will I be using the internet? I.E. Am I streaming through the internet or is a sort of local connection created?
Thanks,
Rohit
Hello! after posting about tethering to my PS3 and getting no replies I kept messing around and figured out a great and reliable way. I'll be explaining how to do so for anyone who's curious.
Things you'll Need:
-Android Phone
-Computer or Laptop (this guide is only for PC because i don't know Macs)
-1 ethernet cord
-A Router
-PDAnet, or any USB Tethering app. PDAnet is what i used for this
Setting up Process.
-First, enable USB Debugging on your phone.
-Download PDAnet here
-Follow all of the install instructions, it will ask you to install it on your phone, click yes and it will doit for you.
-Once it is completely installed on your phone and PC, it'll ask to run. before you click yes, disable your current incoming connection, then click yes.
-Click "turn on PDAnet" on your phone and windows will automatically connect to your phones 3g/4g. your laptop/desktop is now tethered.
-Open network and sharing center (windows 7). Click Change Adapter Settings, right click on PDANetbroadband connection. Goto Properties.
-Click on the "Sharing" Tab.
-Click the check box that says "allow other network users to connect through this computers internet connection"
in the drop down menu click Local Area Connection.
You're now ready to hook up your router.
-Take an ethernet cord (preferably the one that came with it) and hook one end up into your desktop/laptop.
-Hook the other end into the internet port of the router. (it's generally the port that a regular modem would hook into if you were setting up a router)
-Turn on your router and youre good to go
your router is now making wifi from your laptop that's getting it's internet source from your phone.
Nice little guide m8. How is the gaming experience using 3g? I have never attempted to try this and would expect it would be frustrating to play online on a 3g connection.
Actually I played fine on 1mbps back (had to block everyone off though so it won't lag) when I had that type of Internet, but I use 20mbps now gaming has never been the same.
Since its about ps3 add me psn: N33DL3S9325
works fine for me. ive played league of legends and skyped at the same time with no issues.
and battlefield 3 with no issues so far
and will do man, i'm jehc92
I routinely get at least 20MB/sec down and 10MB/sec on Verizon 4G with my GNex. In fact, it's even better than the AT&T high-speed internet I spend a small fortune on every month.
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I routinely get at least 20MB/sec down and 10MB/sec on Verizon 4G with my GNex. In fact, it's even better than the AT&T high-speed internet I spend a small fortune on every month.
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why not get down for some Verizon internet? Let them rape you all da way! Why share some of that love with AT&T? I also enjoy blazing fast 4G... But alas it is capped at around 4 Gigs... what a rip off..
just to add if anyone wants to try this, it may take a few minutes to start working for some reason. i was telling my friend how to do this, (cause hes getting raped by at&t internet and has unlimited data) and his 3ds/ps3 wouldn't connect for about 10minutes then it started working.
Jehc For those having issues trying to update their xbox360 via tether . I was getting errors while trying to update due to the low MTU the work around is to download the updates to a pc then transfer via usb . Follow the instruction in the link http://support.microsoft.com/kb/933498 .
I have windows 8 and in my sharing tab I don't have am option for Local Area Connection