How to use Mobile Broadband Dongles On Ethernet Supported STB's Without a Router

[DeviousG]

Hey Guys

Not sure if this has been posted as im new to DK but if it has then admin please remove.

Im going to show you how to use a mobile broadband dongle on your ethernet Supported STB, (This also works for PS3 & Xbox 360)

Things You need
(1) Pc/Laptop
(2) Ethernet Cable (cat 5 or 6 )
(3) Ethernet Supported STB

Here I'm going to show you how to share your 3g internet connection with your satellite without having to buy a 3g wireless Wire-less router with the use of your pc/laptop and an Ethernet cable! Its very easy to do but a lot of people don't have a clue and go ahead and pay for the router !!!

(1) Connect your broadband dongle to your pc/laptop via usb port and click connect so you have a active connection to the internet

(2) Use the ethernet cable and connect it from your pc/laptop to your STB

(3) Now go to control panel and click " view network status and tasks" then click "view status" and then "properties"......

(4) Now you need to click the "sharing tab in the top right hand corner

(5) Now tick the box that says "allow other network users to connect through this computers internet connection" if prompted for a password enter it or contact your computers administer. After putting in the password click "ok"


Note: if a text box appears telling you that you can only share the connection when "you" are logged in just click ok.


(6) Now disconnect from the internet and reconnect, and you should be good to go with a active internet connection to your STB


Hope this helps Guys

[TheCoder]

Useful info BUT a 3G connection should really be the last resort for CS. The very structure of cellular based technology makes it fundamentally unsuitable for CS or any other application where timely and consistant data transport is needed. You may be lucky but your just as likely to be dissappointed !

btw, if your using 3G in an attempt to 'mask' your cs activities then be aware that most of the mobile operators terminate internet data into VM or BT fibre nodes. That means your data is just as likely to go through DPI as any other VM/BT customer. In such a case you would actually be better off using the VM/BT lines through a VPN system - it would almost certainly be both more reliable and less detectable.

[andy91]

Shame this method aint more stable cos i would jump at the chance.Fed up for paying broadband and phone.
The only time my house phone get used is to receive sales calls yet you only get discounted broadband by having a phone line,its a con.

Andy.

[DeviousG]

Hey,

i know its not the most suitable way but if your internet goes down due to a fault or if you own a caravan or live in a remote area, whatever the situation there is always a solution, ive use this method myself for my ps3 & TM800 when i moved home until i had my home broadband installed and it worked fine.

Also in respect of masking CS through 3g, using pay as you go is a safer option

[piptaps]

3G is stable as a client. i tried it for 2 days and there is no interruption at all.

There are many countries around the world which use 3G internet as their main, where broadband is still a pipe dream, where people still use dial up internet.

This method will be the best for them

[cactikid]

hmm how many use vista,still on xp and on newer pc windows 7 nice idea as i have and use a dongle,lost the dial up .

[TheCoder]

....i know its not the most suitable way but if your internet goes down due to a fault or if you own a caravan or live in a remote area, whatever the situation there is always a solution, ive use this method myself for my ps3 & TM800 when i moved home until i had my home broadband installed and it worked fine.

, I did mention that it was ok as a 'last resort' solution if nothing else was available. The main problem with cell based solutions is that its just too damn unpredictable. One minute you can have reasonable ping times of 200-300mS and the next your running with pings of 3-4 seconds !

Bear in mind that a normal VM/ADSL ping time is 50-150mS and tends to be reasonably stable, not being dependant on whether your neighbour is making a phonecall or not !

Suprised you get gaming to run adequately tbh, ping times are normally king for gamers but if your out in a remote area then your maybe lucky there's few other people using the cell. Last time I tried (using '3') multiplayer games were all but unusable from my location.

Also in respect of masking CS through 3g, using pay as you go is a safer option

Yes, I agree it would be safer to use payg than linked to an account but its probably also pretty expensive to go that route. Its possibly still not as safe (or convenient) as a vpn through VM/ADSL though as you can get 3G triangulation data relatively easily (its amazing how much 'cell' data must be kept by providers under UK law).

[DeviousG]

hmm how many use vista,still on xp and on newer pc windows 7 nice idea as i have and use a dongle,lost the dial up .

It may well be possible on xp, but i know for sure that network sharing has been removed in windows 7

[TheCoder]

It may well be possible on xp, but i know for sure that network sharing has been removed in windows 7

nah, Start>Control panel>Network & Internet. Then look under network & sharing centre. You need to tweak advanced sharing settings.

Everything is still there, M$ have just moved it around a bit and renamed it.

[andy91]

nah, Start>Control panel>Network & Internet. Then look under network & sharing centre. You need to tweak advanced sharing settings.

Everything is still there, M$ have just moved it around a bit and renamed it.

Great thing about this site you learn stuff all the time.

Andy.

[DeviousG]

nah, Start>Control panel>Network & Internet. Then look under network & sharing centre. You need to tweak advanced sharing settings.

Everything is still there, M$ have just moved it around a bit and renamed it.

well spotted mate

[mtv1]

all very interesting but why tie up a pc/laptop when a router can be placed on a windowsill where the mobile signal is stronger routers can be got cheap www.solwise.com here ,daithi55 is using one for a dreambox no problems and he is in a no bb area , and mobile signal is weak , nice thread keep the idea's coming

[TEDSON]

I dont see why only vista. all this is is internet connection sharing, it certainly works on xp and definately on win 7.

[chavslav]

i think the original poster is right, that works in vista, but not windows 7,last year i had xbox running, with vista shared conn, and dmbox going through router,not both at same time i might add, as i had dongle while waiting for sky to be put in..
but windows 7, and the vodafone dongle, just don't seem compatible, i've set up internet share, in network center, but in dreambox control centre its asking for pc ip adress, yet vodafone isn't assigned a static ip, its dynamic, so thats we're the problem lies, i also believe that its possible to connect to dmbox without the need for a 3g router, what would the dongle be classed as in DCC, as theres only a facility for a router and a hub, or would it not be required, and you just connect direct,i'd be interested to hear from anyone whose managed to connect a dmbox with a wireless dongle and an ethernet lead, how many ip adresses in this set up, and how many can be dynamic, the vodafone ip changes several times a day, any help much appreciated, thanks..

[TEDSON]

It dosent matter what the dongle IP is, your PC will deal with that, you give the dreambox the IP of your PC ethernet card you are plugged into.