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PS3 online via a smartphone?

Is there anyway to connect a 360/wii/or PS3 online via a smartphone?
I read somewhere that you could use your phone as a wireless router or connect the phone to a pc with usb (active sync and internett share) and then a tp cable from the pc to the console to get internett. Can any one help me with this?
(I have a free dataplan and Turbo 3G)

Tnx for the reply's guys *rolleyes*
I found it to be quite simple. Connect your PDA/smartphone to your PC and start internett sharing. Once that working start a ICS on your pc (Internet Connection Sharing).
You do that by :
1.Open Network Connections by clicking the Start button Picture of the Start button, clicking Control Panel, clicking Network and Internet, clicking Network and Sharing Center, and then clicking Manage network connections.
2.Right-click the connection that you want to share, and then click Properties.Administrator permission required If you are prompted for an administrator password or confirmation, type the password or provide confirmation.
3.Click the Sharing tab, and then select the Allow other network users to connect through this computer’s Internet connection check box.
Note: The Sharing tab will not be available if you have only one network connection.
And then you Connect one end of your Ethernet cable to your PC's Ethernet port. Connect the other end to the Ethernet port on the back of your Xbox 360/PS3 console.
DONE
You can now play online.

Did you use a crossover ethernet cable ?

Reverse Tethering, G1 use the PC ADSL Connection

I am using now the G1 connected wifi to the PC Network Card (without a Wireless router)
It is simple if you have a network card that support AP Mode, I am using on the PC a PCI Card Kraun 300N that support AP mode.
After installing the driver and the utility, I have an icon in the tray Ralink Wireless Card, and with the right click I can choose AP Mode and setup the Adapter as Access Point with the security too.
Don't forget to share the connection:
Right-Click the connection you are currently using to access the internet. Click Properties. Go to the Advanced tab and check “Allow other network users to connect through this computer’s Internet connection”.
This is simple if you have an adapter that support AP Mode, but before the Kraun Card I was using an usb wifi adapter that there wasn't the AP Mode, and with the Ad Hoc connection that normally you use for PC to PC, there was no way to recognize the PC Wifi on the G1.
I hope someone find a way to use a reverse tethering with a simple ad hoc connection.

i'm trying to find out a way to connect to a computer with ad hoc and share the internet on my G1. i'll let you know what i find

IsmailBhai said:
i'm trying to find out a way to connect to a computer with ad hoc and share the internet on my G1. i'll let you know what i find
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OK, so the OP is saying that he's sharing his PC's internet connection via wifi with his G1.
You're talking about the opposite, correct? Using the data connection from the phone to get a PC on the internet?
There are a couple of apps that do this, but I think they require the phone to be rooted. There's a wifi tether program (for rooted phones) where the G1 becomes a 3G WAP and PCs can connect to the phone and through the phone access the internet. There's also an app or two to do it via the USB connection (I'm not sure if those require root or not)
Here's one app. I know I've seen it recommended, but I don't personally know anything about it.
http://www.junefabrics.com/android/index.php

nope, we are both talking about
PC has internet.
G1 has no inet
set up ad hoc on computer
connect G1 (figure out a way to connect to an adhoc network)
share PC's inet through windows ICS.

PC internet to G1 through USB
Okay, I know how to use an AD-HOC connection using the wireless, but how about using the USB connection to get internet to the G1 using the PC's internet connection...I have searched and have not found anything on this Unless I am blind does anyone know how this can be done?

Share ADSL as WiFi [which Android devices can connect to] (NO ROOT Needed)

Imagine you have an ADSL connection and a laptop and would like to share your ADSL internet connection as a WiFi connection WITHOUT any wireless routers, ONLY using your laptop's wireless modem.
I tested "Connectify" to do this but unfortunately it shares the ADSL as an Ad Hoc and Android does not scan Ad Hoc connections , However you can root your phone and install some packages to Enable Ad Hoc support in your Android Phone.
If you would like to do that then take a look at this topic:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=754961
Tutorial is based on; lewiverdatama.com/tutorial/solved-setup-shared-wifi-connection/comment-page-1#comment-454
As I was unsuccessful in the process of rooting my phone I decided to find another way. So after some research I found a software called "Virtual Router" which was not working for me again , It could not share my internet at all , it was giving me an error , After a lot of research for hours and hours I tried all the solutions and none of em were working. Finally I found the golden way (Thanks to : lewiverdatama.com/tutorial/solved-setup-shared-wifi-connection/comment-page-1#comment-454) that could let me to share my ADSL using "Connectify" which is a great application (I was using it to share my internet as Ad Hoc and use it on my iPod Touch, Apple's iOS lets you to connect to Ad-Hoc connections)
Now I am going to show you how to share your ADSL connection as WiFi (ACCESS POINT) ====>
FIRST BE SURE THAT YOUR WIRELESS CARD IS TURNED ON
I HAVE TESTED THIS METHOD ON WINDOWS 7
1. Go to "Start" and start "Run" , Type : cmd and press enter
2. Now type : netsh wlan show drivers
3. Look for "Hosted Network Supported" (you may have to scroll up a little to find it)
4. If it is "NO" , then we are going to fix it. If it "Yes" and you cannot share your internet as Access Point in Connectify then I would still recommend you not to give up and do the further steps.
5. Close the cmd window.
6. Now go to "Device Manager" by right clicking on your "Computer" and choosing "Properties"
7. Look for "Network Adapters"
8. Expand it (Double Click on it or just click on the little triangle beside it)
9. Look for the model of your Wireless card (Mine was : Intel(R) Centrino(R) Wireless N-100)
10. Google the model and look for the latest driver available and download it , or "MAYBE" you can get the latest driver by just right clicking on your Wireless Card model in device manager and selecting "Update Driver Software".
If your Wireless card is Intel then you can go to this link and simply get yourself the latest update easily by one click (Java required)
www.intel.com/p/en_US/support/detect
11. After you have updated your Wireless card to the latest version available, then you might restart your Computer (well I didn't as it was not needed at all), So you can restart it or not. It is totally optional.
12. Now as we did in step 1 and 2 and 3 you should open a cmd window and type "netsh wlan show drivers" and now look for "Hosted Network Supported". It should be written "Yes" in front of it now.
13. Get yourself the latest "Connectify Pro" application. At the moment of writing this post the latest version is 3.6.0.24540.
14. Install it. Run it and input the required details and be sure to choose "Sharing Mode: Wi-Fi Access Point"
15. Fire up your Android device
16. Enjoy the internet universe on your Droid!

lewiverdatama.com
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The best alternative solution for all devices, all android, adhoc connections

We know android won't connect to Ad Hoc networks, I tried to flash and root often, replaced many versions of the file wpa_suppicant with no results.
Here is an easier alternative to the android - pc connections [adhoc] and share internet, without doing anything on the device, only with a PC application, for all androids and devices...
We will turn our PC into a router, well, do it this way.
This is easy with a little application that I share.
1. Download and extract the files
2. Install the application
3. Restart the system
4. Register the product with the serial (included)
5. Setting fields:
Hotspot Name: choose any name
Password: choose any password
Internet to share: Your interface with internet to share
Share Over: Your wifi interface to connect with your android
Sharing Mode: Select the "wi-fi Access Point"
6. Start Hotspot
7. Activate the wifi on your android and connect to your acces point
Enjoy.

What's the name of sware?
Hi jota!
What's the name of your suggested software? Is it connectify? Connectify can create Access Point mode HotSpot for Windows 7 and above. It's so far the best AP hotspot app for Windows though some other apps like Virtual Router, Virtual Wifi Router,etc are available.

HEXcube said:
Hi jota!
What's the name of your suggested software? Is it connectify? Connectify can create Access Point mode HotSpot for Windows 7 and above. It's so far the best AP hotspot app for Windows though some other apps like Virtual Router, Virtual Wifi Router,etc are available.
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Yes, it is connectify with enabled wi-fi acces point.

Do you know if and how I can host an adhoc network from my phone to other devicss (so i dont have to share my router )
Greets
Sent from my Xperia X10 using xda app-developers app

afaik you can make any windows 7/8 (and maybe vista) pc into a wifi hot point with just a few console commands without any external app or program...
Code:
A detailed step-by-step to setup tethering in Windows 7 without any 3rd party software:
From admin command prompt type:
netsh wlan set hostednetwork mode=allow ssid=mywifinetwork key=mysecretkey
Enable new virtual Wi-Fi adapter (it might be disabled upon creation)
From admin command prompt type:
netsh wlan start hostednetwork
From current internet conection adapter share (ICS) to the virtual adapter
Connect from wireless client to virtual SSID. Wi-Fi client gets an auto IP and you're good to go.
After host computer restart you only need to repeat steps 3 & 5 to be up and running.

Adhoc or Access Point?
Thanks for the command prompt method NixZero. But, is the created network Adhoc or Access Point mode hotspot? If it's AP, Android can directly connect to it.
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@keenofhiphop
Android 2.2 or above have a built in Portable Hotspot feature to create Access Point mode Hotspot easily. Go to Settings->Wifi->Tethering and Portable Hotspot and turn on Portable Hotspot. This is a proper hotspot and acts like a real router. You can share your phone's internet connection over wifi and even play games. There's no need to create an Adhoc network when Access Point mode is readily available.

HEXcube said:
Thanks for the command prompt method NixZero. But, is the created network Adhoc or Access Point mode hotspot? If it's AP, Android can directly connect to it.
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access point mode - I've used it to connect my tablet
the only annoying thing is that you have to activate it by hand at every boot (you can make a .bat obviously) and there are a few limits on the network sharing, for eg. it sets the dhcp for 192.168.0.255 mask with the server pc as 192.168.0.1 and you cant change it even if you set a different lan ip.

HEXcube said:
@keenofhiphop
Android 2.2 or above have a built in Portable Hotspot feature to create Access Point mode Hotspot easily. Go to Settings->Wifi->Tethering and Portable Hotspot and turn on Portable Hotspot. This is a proper hotspot and acts like a real router. You can share your phone's internet connection over wifi and even play games. There's no need to create an Adhoc network when Access Point mode is readily available.
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Yeah I know but I dont wantbto share my 3g but my wifi. With builtin tethering it only works 3g to wlan.
Greets
Sent from my Xperia X10 using xda app-developers app

Configure as Repeater
keenofhiphop said:
Yeah I know but I dont wantbto share my 3g but my wifi. With builtin tethering it only works 3g to wlan.
Greets
Sent from my Xperia X10 using xda app-developers app
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You can create Wifi Access Point without sharing internet. Just turn off Mobile Data and then start Hotspot. It will create a Hotspot with no internet access.
Or did you mean you want to share your home wifi over phone's wifi? Usually, you can only have one wifi connection at a time since there is only 1 wifi transciever per device. But, it may be possible to configure the device as a repeater. This can be done on Windows 7 devices using Connectify by setting up a hotspot with the same name and password as the source wifi connection. I don't know if it can be done on Android too.
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@NixZero
Will this IP cause any conflict? As this is dhcp there should be nothing to worry about,right?
What about Static IP? Are there any commands to assign IP?

AndroidWifi for Windows 7
The blog Seeing and Believing has given a more detailed description and steps for the command line WiFi Access Point method that NixZero shared with us. An advantage of this method is that it can share non ethernet internet connections like USB dongle,bluetooth modem,etc. Connectify and other Virtual Routers are limited to sharing ethernet. Connectify Pro can do this, but it's not free. The same blog has also linked to a Windows Application AndroidWiFi which automates execution of these scripts.

How to get list of connected clients?
Hey NixZero, you missed one point - Connectify can show you the list of clients connected to Virtual AP. But, how do we do that in the Access Point created through command scripts?

[TUT] Wifi file browser without wifi Direct

Things are more simpler than it seems to be.
I am going to share how I did it, in very simple way.
Things you will need :
PC with any wifi working (NEED NOT WIFI-DIRECT AT ALL
Any android mobile with hot-spot working. (Rooted for root directory)
ES-File manager (Free)
Main reason to write this tutorial is for broadband users of PC, not having wifi-direct card, and no use of any wireless router or LAN or any fancy device.
I will tell you my short story, I am a usb-modem user with 2g/3g net with very limited data connection. Also cant buy wifi routers just to put my mobile n PC on "same network" criterion. USB was a pain and also very limited to just SD-card, and no root access via USB. So I took this mess and did my all to settle it as I need rather than fancy drivers and devices.
Enough of spoilers, lets start :
Mobile side settings :
Install ES-File manager. Goto windows->default->check remote manager​Back to Home-screen and swipe to remote manager page, It will say no connection detected (its ok)​Click on turn on wifi to enter in wifi settings and start hot-spot (or you can do it first)​It will show an ftp address like "ftp://197.0.0.1:3721/", NOTE IT DOWN​
Pc side settings
Search for the just created Wifi-Hotspot and connect to it​Now 2 ways to connect to mobile : 1. Open windows explorer, directly write the ftp address as it is and voila you see your mobiles directory there.
2. Open windows explorer->right click on my computer->Add a network location->Next->write the ftp address->(<give a name>)->finish​Boom, it will show as network mapped folder, click on it goes to your mobile.​
THINGS TO REMEMBER :
IF YOU NEED TO ACCESS THE ROOT FOLDER OF YOUR MOBILE, SET THE PATH IN REMOTE MANAGER'S SETTING OPTION (SET ROOT DIRECTORY)
Any problem you tell me.
Sorry for my English.