Using iPhone as hotspot for online gamkng

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Anybody done this? I'm stuck in a hotel and can't get the wifi to let me on PSN. Plus I tried watching Netflix on the wifi and it buffered every 5 mins so I'm sure I would be lag city
 
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It depends on what you're wanting to play. I've used my 4G LTE in hotels before and it works, but probably not very well for competitive first person shooters. Ping may be too high. Worth a shot though if you have the data.

And if you want to sign in via hotel WiFi, just go to your system's internet browser and it should pull up the hotel's website. It will ask for the password you were probably given on your room card or whatever they put it on. I've done that before too and it has always worked.
 
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G0 BIG 0RANGE said:
It depends on what you're wanting to play. I've used my 4G LTE in hotels before and it works, but probably not very well for competitive first person shooters. Ping may be too high. Worth a shot though if you have the data.

And if you want to sign in via hotel WiFi, just go to your system's internet browser and it should pull up the hotel's website. It will ask for the password you were probably given on your room card or whatever they put it on. I've done that before too and it has always worked.
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I can get on the wifi but the problem is ports on their router not allowing me to sign into PSN. So basically I get an IP address and signal but not allowed on PSN
 
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bigdaddy said:
I can get on the wifi but the problem is ports on their router not allowing me to sign into PSN. So basically I get an IP address and signal but not allowed on PSN
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Did you try the internet browser thing? Because I've always been able to sign onto hotel WiFi, but like you said, they block access to Xbox Live and PSN. Only when I get on the PS4 browser and visited the hotel website, that I'm usually rerouted to, can I get a full sign-in.

If that doesn't work, LTE should. You may experience NAT issues or high latency in the Crucible though (I assume you're playing Destiny?)
 
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G0 BIG 0RANGE said:
Did you try the internet browser thing? Because I've always been able to sign onto hotel WiFi, but like you said, they block access to Xbox Live and PSN. Only when I get on the PS4 browser and visited the hotel website, that I'm usually rerouted to, can I get a full sign-in.

If that doesn't work, LTE should. You may experience NAT issues or high latency in the Crucible though (I assume you're playing Destiny?)
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I tired this and it works for gaming but Netflix and stuff won't. Thanks man. Rosen also suggested this but my dumb brain couldn't quite grasp what to do. Still NAT 3 but I was able to play crucible w no lag at all. Better than just sitting in the dark while the wife and kid sleep. And I do own other games, just nobody plays them!
 
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I am not able to have wifi due to where I live but I use my iPhone hotspot with LTE and it works fine. The NAT type will be strict so you can only talk to people with open NATs
 
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