Xlink kai tutorial

Xlink Kai FAQ's Tutorials, Mixture of helpfull stuff

I just recently started using Xlink Kai To be honest it confused the hell out of me to setup. After looking all over and finding bits and pecies of information on it i figured i would show a full guide to setting it up. THIS IS NOT MY WORK!!! Credit goes to the Xlink Site. Im just doing my part by copying and pasting.

* 1.1 What is XLink Kai? * XLink Kai is a program that you run on your PC or Macintosh that allows you to play system-link / LAN-enabled games for your XBox, Playstation 2, Gamecube and PSP.

The software is referred to as what is known as a 'tunnelling' application. There are various other single-console tunnelling applications available, but XLink remains the only one to support all 3 major consoles... * 1.2 So how does it work? * For those people that really want to know, here's a quick briefing.

Your console uses the connectivity between your PC or Mac as a "tunnel". Data is sent from the console, to the PC or Mac, sent over the Internet through XLink Kai to the receiving PC or Mac, and finally sent to the receiving console. This happens in both directions so many times per second that you just have to believe us.

So you then ask, how is my console detecting these games over the Internet? Well these games are using standard Ethernet networks to transmit data. As long as the connection is strong and stable, your console is tricked into thinking the consoles it is connecting to are right there within the same house or building, when in fact they could be sitting 2000 km's away in another continent...

1.7 What do I need to run XLink Kai?
So you're really interested in getting on-board and becoming a part of Global Network Gaming? Here's what you'll need then:

• A PC running Windows 98 / 98se / ME / 2000 / XP or Linux; or a Macintosh running OSX.
• Either an XBox, PlayStation2 and / or PSP
• An active broadband Internet connection (56kbps connections