I saw this at ve3d.com who got it from the ign boards. Cool if it works for real.


First of course, you have to have broadband at home (dsl, cable, ethernet connect). Then you get a HUB. anyway, connect your xbox to the Hub, along with your computer, basically your computer and Xbox will be sharing your broadband connect now.

Now the xbox can play against any other xbox that it detects on the same subnet, i.e. I can play against anyone whose connected their xbox to my university ethernet connect.

Now, using a program that makes a VPN (virtual private network) like this one(http://download.cnet.com/downloads/0-10101-100-1475940.html?tag=st.dl.10001-1 03-1.lst-7-2.1475940)

and you use your computer to make a LAN with someone you know (you have to know their ip) and BAM! You have a what looks like a LAN to anything connected to your HUB, with anyone over the net.

Since there are tons of boards and irc channels devoted to Xbox, it shouldn't be hard to find ip addresses to make VPNs over the net.

Supposedly xbox developers have been doing this for a while to play with eachother over the net, and when you think about it there's not reason it shouldn't work, the Virtual network is indistinguishible from a real LAN, your computer can't tell the difference, and neither should the xbox.

Heh heh. Undocumented features rock.

Not that most console games are playable with high lag, but hey.

It's not really an undocumented feature if you're faking a LAN over the 'net with VPN software on a PC acting as a gateway. I mean, it's not like there's some hidden code that lets Halo find full IP addresses or anything.

I haven't yet seen one real report about whether or not this works. The theory is sound, though as you say, who knows how it's going to play with 'net lag and broadband bandwidth. It was optimized for 10 megabit networks with ping times of under 10ms, after all. I'd love to check it out, but I don't have the necessary equipment, and I'm not going to go buy stuff just to try it. =)

Hmmm...I'm only short the Xbox. Somebody mail me an Xbox (oh, and the game) and I'll try it out.

I'll return your Xbox! Honest! :-)