Hi,
The only thing you need is a stick-modem dock, that I think you can find for about $50. Good luck!
Shahrokh

You have to buy a mobile broadband router similar to this one:

http://www.evdoinfo.com/content/view/2455/64/

the older ones use a PCMCIA slot, and there are newer ones that use USB or both USB and PCMCIA. Make sure you get one that supports USB.

Another alternative is to use your computer as a router. You can hook up an ethernet cable from your xbox to your computer, and bridge the connection between your USB modem and your LAN network connection.

Hey there.

I dunno if you've got it to work yet. I had the same problem, and have the same usb modem. I managed to get mine to work without a router, and just an ethernet cable. It's quite simple, and here's how:

1- If you're on XP, navigate to your "Connect To" panel where you can see your usb modem connection, e.g "Vodafone Mobile Connect". And if you're on vista, go to network and Sharing.

2- If on XP, right-click on your internet connection and select properties. On properties, click on 'Advanced' and tick the box that says 'Allow other users to Connect through this computers internet connection'

3- You will get a little message that comes up that says that you must redial your internet connection.

4- No head over to your PS3. Make sure you've got the ethernet plugged in properly, and scroll to the 'Network settings' tab, under 'Settings'. Select "Internet Connection Settings", and click X. From here it will ask for either an easy or Custom connection. Select the easy setting, and from there it should detect your IP Address, and Clarify an internet connection from your pc to your ps3. Save these settings, and you are ready to go.

Hope this helped. If not, leave your query, and I will be glad to help more.

Goodluck

Hi guys. i use a laptop with vista, a usb 3g dongle to connect my ps3 to the internet i see some ppl are having problems with dns erros, i had that problem to after some searching on the internet i came across opendns and used there dns numbers instead of my dongle searching for them. here we go step by step guid how to do it..

1) of course you need a ps3, laptop, ethernet cabel and a dongle..
2) open the properties of the 3g connecton, go to sharing, then click allow other network users to connect through this computers connection..
3) go to networking along the top, double click internet protocol version 4 (TCP/IPv4)
4) then click use the following dns server adresses - 208.67.222.222 and 208.67.220.220 then apply.
5 connect to the internet, then connect the ethernet cabel

heres the addy for the dns server adresses www.opendns.com incase you lose them. and no it doent brake your computer, ruin software or crash anything lol. it works just fine aslong as the signal from your dongle is good.. like i said it works fine for me i top up £15 to get 3 gigs and that lasts me about a month, but i also download alot of things from my laptop using that credit.. so enjoy

YESSSSSSSSSS changing those DNS numbers on both the internet connection and PS3 worked!!! After all this time, thank you so much everyone! Bloody hell, they dont make it easy! :D

By Waza
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Hey there.

I dunno if you've got it to work yet. I had the same problem, and have the same usb modem. I managed to get mine to work without a router, and just an ethernet cable. It's quite simple, and here's how:

1- If you're on XP, navigate to your "Connect To" panel where you can see your usb modem connection, e.g "Vodafone Mobile Connect". And if you're on vista, go to network and Sharing.

2- If on XP, right-click on your internet connection and select properties. On properties, click on 'Advanced' and tick the box that says 'Allow other users to Connect through this computers internet connection'

3- You will get a little message that comes up that says that you must redial your internet connection.

4- No head over to your PS3. Make sure you've got the ethernet plugged in properly, and scroll to the 'Network settings' tab, under 'Settings'. Select "Internet Connection Settings", and click X. From here it will ask for either an easy or Custom connection. Select the easy setting, and from there it should detect your IP Address, and Clarify an internet connection from your pc to your ps3. Save these settings, and you are ready to go.

Hope this helped. If not, leave your query, and I will be glad to help more.

Goodluck
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I fallowed all this step but after that I got the following error "IP Address timed out", but I manage to fix it and I'm going to detail what I did.

I have a Sierra Wireless card Compass 597 and I'm using Window XP ( I need to try this with Ubuntu)

1) Go to --> Start
--> Control Panel
--> Network Connections

2) Now select the mobile broadband connection (mine was called Mobile)
--> Right-Click on it
--> Properties
--> Advanced

3) At the bottom theres the "Network Set Up Wizard" --> Click it

4) Press --> Next
--> Next
--> Click in the box that says "Ignore disconnected network hardware" and press Next
--> select the first option "This computer connects directly to the Internet. The other computers
on my network connect to the internet through this computer"

5) Choose the mobile connection e.g

Mobile Sierra Wireless Compass 597 EVDO Modem #3
--> Click Next

6) Now choose the private connection.
- In order to connect the PS3 to the computer you need a 'Lan connection'
mine was " Local Area Connection (Lan)"
--> Click Next.

7) Give the Computer a description or name
--> Click Next

8) Name the Network
--> Click Next

9) File and Printer sharing (its up to you if you want to share it or not)
--> Click Next

10) Then Click Next and the change will be done.

11) Go again to step 2 and Under "Network connection sharing" check the box that saids:
"Allow other networks users to connect through this computer internet connection".
Then in the Home Network Connection bar choose the Lan connection that you created in the Wizard.
In my case "Local Area Connection"


I left my IP and DNS in auto acquire for the Lan and the Shared Mobile connection. I hope this help to the people that got the timed out error (just like myself). If this work and you able to update the PS3 try to restart the PS3 because after I updated it the error happen again but after I turned of my laptop and PS3 everything was ok again.

I got mine working. I'm updating my PS3 right now via my laptop's connection as I type this (2.80).

Here's how I hooked my PS3 to the net. It might have been said before but whatever. I have a USB modem which I use to connect to '3 prepaid', a laptop with Vista, a PS3, and an ethernet cable.

Laptop:

I went into 'Network and Sharing', and then into 'Manage Network Connections'. Right click on the 3 icon (or whatever ISP you're with), and click 'Properties'. Go into 'Sharing' then tick 'Allow other users to share this computer's internet connection'. In the box below this ('Home Networking Connection), choose 'Local Area Connection'. Press 'OK'. It will advise you of some stuff, but just press 'OK'. As long as you haven't diabled any relevant services (networking/sharing), your computer won't 'voice' any objections.

Now for the PS3:

Make sure you've connected the ethernet cable from your computer's ethernet interface to your PS3's ethernet interface. Go into 'Settings', then 'Network Settings'. Now choose 'Internet Connection Settings'. It will then say 'If you perform Internet connection settings, the system will be disconnected. Press 'YES'. Select 'EASY'. It will check for 'Network Configuration'. For 'IP Address Setting', choose 'Automatic. For 'DHCP', choose 'Do Not Set'. For 'DNS', choose 'Automatic'. For 'MTU', choose 'Automatic'. For 'Proxy Server', choose 'Do Not Use'. For 'UPnP' choose 'Enable'. The list of everything you've chosen will then be shown. Press 'X' on your controller. Press 'X' again to test the connection. Your PS3 will test the connection. You should be successful in obtaining an IP address, and with establishing an internet connection. It may tell you to update your PS3's software. Do this through 'System Update'. Make sure you set 'Media Server Connection' to 'Disable' otherwise you may get an error about 60% or so into the download.

Hope this helps.