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XLink Kai7 Gears Up For Xbox/PS2/GC Tunneling

Posted by simoniker on from the soon-my-pretties dept.

koniosis writes "XboxLink has just launched their new site for XLink Kai7 - this nifty little soon-to-be-available tool lets you play LAN-enabled games over the internet with some funky packet sniffing. You can play PS2/Xbox and Gamecube games online, connecting through your PC, and it's completely free - there's even 'integrated Speex.org codec based group chatting'! The XLink Kai download client itself 'will debut... on Saturday 22nd May, at midnight BST', according to the site, but you can register as part of the community now." We've previously covered the WarpPipe tunneling software for GameCube, but this multi-platform solution looks even more enticing.

13 comments

  1. Xbox Gateway, anyone? by Rick+the+Red · · Score: 1

    How does this compare to the Xbox Gateway?

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    1. Re:Xbox Gateway, anyone? by toiletsalmon · · Score: 1

      a) This one supports consoles other than the XBox

      b) Maybe this one will actually be maintained/updated. That XBox Gateway was last updated 3 years ago.

    2. Re:Xbox Gateway, anyone? by Rick+the+Red · · Score: 1
      a) I was just pointing out an alternative. A free as in beer alternative.

      b) Is there some problem with the Xbox Gateway? Perhaps it hasn't been updated in 3 years because it still works. I haven't had any problem with it.

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  2. oh boy by eamonman · · Score: 2, Insightful

    M$ will sure love this. Especially since mostly all the games (all but 3) that Xlink supports are Xbox titles.
    Great idea though. I sure think it's a rip off to have to pay 50 a year to hear teen punks saying "Hey, get the fsck off my server!"

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  3. subjects suck by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    If the GUI's better than the current POS Xbox Connect one, this will definitely be a keeper. XBC is alright, but you need to pay for full functionality. And being able to run this on my linux box while doing video capture with my windows box will be a treat.

  4. Good for Xbox Modders by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    For anyone that's hacked their xbox this will enable them to play their favorite games online. A little scary when you think about it. Maybe the Kali community will even be a little friendlier than the current Xbox Live one .

    Yet one more reason for me to drop money for an Xbox. Oh, $100-price-drop, where are you?

  5. So, how long before MS . . . by base3 · · Score: 1

    . . . pulls a Blizzard on this project, a la bnetd?

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  6. I'll bite... by doublebackslash · · Score: 1

    If you have a linux box, and some of your friends also have boxen this is easy with a simple
    pppd noauth passive pty "ssh -C $THEIRBOXEN -o Batchmode=yes pppd notty notty noauth" ipparam vpn $LOCALLANADRESS:$REMOTELANADDRESS
    Then config routing on all boxes.
    Been doning it for months now. With the -C option to ssh the whole things gets compressed. Works well, but I did wish that I could port it to windows for my other friends w/o boxen. Ah well...

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    md5sum /boot/vmlinuz
    d41d8cd98f00b204e9800998ecf8427e /boot/vmlinuz
  7. On windows try using Cygwin... by Phil+John · · Score: 1

    ...should have all of the tools (including sshd) that you should require.

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    1. Re:On windows try using Cygwin... by doublebackslash · · Score: 1

      "Thank you kind sir. When I rule the world I shall make sure that your death is quick and painless."
      No really, though, thats a good idea...

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      md5sum /boot/vmlinuz
      d41d8cd98f00b204e9800998ecf8427e /boot/vmlinuz
  8. Kali anyone? by Enforcer42 · · Score: 2, Interesting

    This really brings to mind the old software package Kali, which would do the same for IPX and local lan PC games. This was great for games like Doom and Duke Nukem