Using PS3 with Sprint Mobile Broadband USB Modem

Lee_Marsh · April 7th, 2007, 12:49 PM

Hi, sorry if this is in the wrong forum, please move it if it is.

Ok, heres the deal. I have this :
http://www.sprint.com/business/produ...PcsPhones.html
Its like a wireless internet card that connects through the USB port. And my question is, is there any way I can set this up as an access point to use it with my PS3? See I live out in the middle of nowhere and this is the closest thing I can get to high-speed internet, and it works pretty well, otherwise all I have is dial up =/

I dont think theres anyway I can set this up to use it, but I could be wrong. Ive seen people hook up the PS3 and use it with dial up, so maybe theres some hope :P. does anyone else have this, or has anyone else tried using this? Thanks in advance.

vass0922 · April 7th, 2007, 01:37 PM

Only thing I can think of is if you setup your laptop as a gateway with Internet sharing or something like that.. not sure how reliable it would be though.. wireless internet play.. sounds pretty slow!

Windows Internet Sharing

Lee_Marsh · April 7th, 2007, 01:54 PM

Yeah, it probably wont be THAT reliable and ill probably lag a little bit, but its still better than dial up. Also, I use this with my desktop PC, not a laptop. it works great on my desktop PC. Just wondering what I need to setup in order to detect it on my PS3 or hook up my PS3 to my PC.

FalcomPSX · April 7th, 2007, 02:55 PM

you only need a free network port on the pc, connect that to a switch, then plug in a wireless access point that the ps3 is configured to connect to, and on the pc, enable internet connection sharing for the sprint wireless network connection and you should be good to go. I'd be skeptical about the performance as well, but theres no reason it wouldn't work. It would almost definately violate your sprint terms of service though...if they somehow found out.

Pascal Murphy · May 2nd, 2009, 07:29 PM

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Originally Posted by Lee_Marsh

Hi, sorry if this is in the wrong forum, please move it if it is.

Ok, heres the deal. I have this :
Sprint Mobile Broadband USB Modem by Novatel ™ Wireless Ovation U720
Its like a wireless internet card that connects through the USB port. And my question is, is there any way I can set this up as an access point to use it with my PS3? See I live out in the middle of nowhere and this is the closest thing I can get to high-speed internet, and it works pretty well, otherwise all I have is dial up =/

I dont think theres anyway I can set this up to use it, but I could be wrong. Ive seen people hook up the PS3 and use it with dial up, so maybe theres some hope :P. does anyone else have this, or has anyone else tried using this? Thanks in advance.

i hav been searching forages to find thhis out can u like connect the usb into the playstation and use it from there..?

qrs321 · July 5th, 2009, 05:02 PM

hahaha, just make sure your not paying by the megabyte =)

vass0922 · July 5th, 2009, 05:16 PM

I'd be curious if he ever got this working.

qrs321 · July 5th, 2009, 05:36 PM

yeah i know, its actually an interesting idea...

Lee_Marsh · July 5th, 2009, 05:56 PM

Yes, I actually did get this working. It's been forever since I've done it, since this topic was made in 2007......

I remember setting up a shared connection between my computer and my PS3, and connected the PS3 to my comp with an Ethernet cable. It was pretty simple actually, and surprising worked quite well. I didn't notice any lag either, which REALLY surprised me.

Since then I bought a PC card from sprint and a router for it and use that now. It's easier to network since the PS3 will detect the PC card wirelessly.

qrs321 · July 5th, 2009, 06:44 PM

wow, I'm impressed. All I can say is you either put a lot of work into this or got very lucky