Topic: How To Block Xbox Live On Your Router (Read 364 times)

schnide · « **Reply #15 on:** March 27, 2005, 06:08:00 PM »

Hang on.. if we're all looking for a way to make sure we don't connect to Live when our modchips are on, why can't EvoX just be setup to hide the directory on the HD with all the gamertag information?

Surely if that was hidden to the Xbox, it couldn't connect to Live at all.. or am I just being dumb?

schnide · « **Reply #16 on:** April 07, 2005, 12:46:00 PM »

Uh.. anyone?

schnide · « **Reply #17 on:** May 08, 2005, 02:29:00 PM »

Still waiting..

lordvader129 · « **Reply #18 on:** May 08, 2005, 04:18:00 PM »

the gamertag isnt in a directory, its in the HDs partition table

and evox cant do anything liek that, i dont think anything can except maybe that softmod with the virtual C (all it could do is hide your online dashbaord and have a virtual C with an older dash, of course any Live game can update that)

but seriously, why cant you just use a Live blocking bios like the rest of us?

schnide · « **Reply #19 on:** May 09, 2005, 12:55:00 PM »

QUOTE(lordvader129 @ May 8 2005, 10:24 PM)

the gamertag isnt in a directory, its in the HDs partition table

and evox cant do anything liek that, i dont think anything can except maybe that softmod with the virtual C (all it could do is hide your online dashbaord and have a virtual C with an older dash, of course any Live game can update that)

but seriously, why cant you just use a Live blocking bios like the rest of us?

Does one exist, and is guaranteed to work?

I asked around a while ago but was told it couldn't be done! I have an Aladdin Advance chip, I don't know if that makes any difference..

Lord Magnus · « **Reply #20 on:** May 09, 2005, 01:11:00 PM »

QUOTE(schnide @ May 9 2005, 06:25 PM)

Does one exist, and is guaranteed to work?

I asked around a while ago but was told it couldn't be done! I have an Aladdin Advance chip, I don't know if that makes any difference..

There is a lot of Live blocking bios (LBB) around mate... X2's, X3's, IND's, m8 metoo, etc, etc... just check around the ussual places, and read the readme's or howto's in the zips for full info.

Just to start you off, let me link you to my favorite and the one I use: IND-Bios

Enjoy your research mate.

schnide · « **Reply #21 on:** May 09, 2005, 05:33:00 PM »

QUOTE(Lord Magnus @ May 9 2005, 06:41 PM)

Just to start you off, let me link you to my favorite and the one I use: IND-Bios

Enjoy your research mate.

From the IND-BiOS readme:

"All games should be patched with smo's patch to disable Xblive.
All MS dash .xbe's should be patched to block the network completely,
stopping dash updates which the first patch does not.
Please note that this last patch effects all .xbe's with the same titleID as the
MS dash. So if you are working on an MS dash mod (thc, blackstormx, etc), please
change your titleID if you are including any networking capabilities, such as FTP.
Thanks to smo for this patch info."

So Magnus, seeing as you use this one yourself, does this mean that I need to patch the games as well as using the BIOS? Because most of the games I use aren't backups, I have an Aladdin Advance chip on a 1.4 Xbox running eVoX - isn't there a BIOS I can install and block Live, simple as that?

Hope you're willing to help, thanks..

lordvader129 · « **Reply #22 on:** May 09, 2005, 05:02:00 PM »

the live block int eh biso is like a seatbelt, the xbe patching is like the airbag, its just a secondary precaution

schnide · « **Reply #23 on:** May 11, 2005, 03:07:00 PM »

I installed having had help from this page:

http://forums.xbox-scene.com/lofiversion/i...hp/t319980.html

..and now it seems to work great! Obviously I'm still not going to try and connect to Live with the modchip on but I trust it'll protect me if I ever do that by accident.

Thanks all..

omg0t · « **Reply #24 on:** December 24, 2005, 12:20:00 AM »

could i possibly block tcp 3074 but not block udp 3074 and still have xbox live completely blocked?

Micnal Striel · « **Reply #25 on:** September 04, 2008, 05:40:00 PM »

Hmmm that does not seem to work for me, maybe im doing something wrong. Im using a dd-wrt right now. (like where do you ut the port numbers?)

ILLusions0fGrander · « **Reply #26 on:** September 04, 2008, 11:53:00 PM »

Applications & Gaming tab should have a dropbox for the protocol where you can choose TCP, UDP, or both.

Martinchris23 · « **Reply #27 on:** September 09, 2008, 04:28:00 AM »

Wow - a 3 year old thread gets revived!

IMHO is there any need for this now? You can pick up pre-owned Xboxes so cheaply these days isn't it just better to leave one unmodded for just Xbox Live games and the other for stuff like XBMC etc?

TheMuffinMan · « **Reply #28 on:** September 15, 2008, 08:11:00 AM »

The Latest DDWRT has Xbox Live listed on it's on in QoS, you could block it completely from there

It's just a drop down. (Entirely block it)

Alternatively you could block Xbox Live and filter it solely to the Xbox's MAC - also DD WRT.

Martinchris23,

Around me at least they're holding their value right around $100. But you are correct about just buying a spare if you're that concerned, I picked up a busted one (bad hard drive) for cheap and fixed it for Xbox Live use.

SkH · « **Reply #29 on:** November 10, 2009, 12:33:00 PM »

QUOTE(thepro8 @ Nov 4 2003, 10:55 PM)

shanafan...why would doing this be better than just unplugging the ethernet cord when you have the chip on?

And play using System Link safely?

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