playing on my game consoles online elsewhere?

donnajunkie

i am wondering if i took my xbox 360 or ps3 to a friends house would i be able to play online via their internet connection?

RobTang

Generally yes

BUT there are some cases of some routers not supporting multiple xbox live connections. ps3 may have a similar problem as well.
but most routers seem to work fine.

Marty_J

Yes. 010101010

donnajunkie

i dont play wirelessly so i would be connecting to the modem with an ethernet cable. the thing that made me unsure was that i thought the console saved connection details like isp address's and of course my friends will have different isp address's. i also thought there could be a security feature to stop thieves from playing online with consoles they have pinched.

Marty_J

Nope. If you were to move house or change ISPs, you would still be able to play online.

gaming_guy

as long as the ps3 (and i'm guessing the same for the 360) are connected to a router and both are set to receive IP addresses via DHCP then there shouldnt be a problem as the router holds the connection details for the ISP

donnajunkie

gaming_guy wrote: »

as long as the ps3 (and i'm guessing the same for the 360) are connected to a router and both are set to receive IP addresses via DHCP then there shouldnt be a problem as the router holds the connection details for the ISP

does that mean connecting directly to the modem would not work?

gaming_guy

donnajunkie wrote: »

does that mean connecting directly to the modem would not work?

not without setting the consoles up again for the new connection.

donnajunkie

gaming_guy wrote: »

not without setting the consoles up again for the new connection.

the question is would the console detect that it is connected to a different internet connection and give me on screen messages to follow or would i need to go equipped with the instruction booklet, not that they are any help.