Main > Main Forum
Advantage of cabinet with internet access?
Cynicaster:
It’s definitely handy to have internet connectivity on the cabinet. For example, I play in the high score club over at AtariAge, where a new game is played every week, and pictures of scores need to be posted. It’d be nice to just grab a screen shot and send it right from the cabinet, but ultimately I’ve found that internet connectivity on the machine is just more of a headache than it’s worth.
Somebody asked “why would you use an XP machine?” and my answer to that is “why wouldn’t I?” if it plays everything I want to play at full speed.
As a nice middle ground, I have a second wireless network in my house that is just a router not connected to the internet. I can use that to transfer files to and from my cabinet, while still keeping it isolated from the internet.
Still, since my main PC is just a few paces across my basement from my cabinet, I think the best solution would be to just use a USB stick to transfer stuff back and forth, but unfortunately I didn’t bother to include an easily accessible USB port on my cabinet.
DeLuSioNal29:
--- Quote from: Cynicaster on August 28, 2013, 10:49:14 am ---As a nice middle ground, I have a second wireless network in my house that is just a router not connected to the internet. I can use that to transfer files to and from my cabinet, while still keeping it isolated from the internet.
--- End quote ---
That's a great compromise. On my arcade machine I stream iTunes from my other computer. Doing the above will still allow the wifi network to be used, but just not with the internet. It also will still allow me to control my Arcade machine's Jukebox/iTunes through my iPhone on the same network. Brilliant.
Anyone know how to accomplish this with one router though? Do I go into the router settings and block the MAC address of the arcade machine from the internet? Or is this done on the arcade machine itself?
DeLuSioNaL29
Fursphere:
--- Quote from: DeLuSioNal29 on August 28, 2013, 11:48:12 am ---
--- Quote from: Cynicaster on August 28, 2013, 10:49:14 am ---As a nice middle ground, I have a second wireless network in my house that is just a router not connected to the internet. I can use that to transfer files to and from my cabinet, while still keeping it isolated from the internet.
--- End quote ---
That's a great compromise. On my arcade machine I stream iTunes from my other computer. Doing the above will still allow the wifi network to be used, but just not with the internet. It also will still allow me to control my Arcade machine's Jukebox/iTunes through my iPhone on the same network. Brilliant.
Anyone know how to accomplish this with one router though? Do I go into the router settings and block the MAC address of the arcade machine from the internet? Or is this done on the arcade machine itself?
DeLuSioNaL29
--- End quote ---
Like you said, either block that IP address from getting out on your router, or create a static route statement (cmd prompt - ROUTE command) to black hole every internet request. This is a little complicated... so be warned.
You could also remove the DNS servers from your NIC - it'll still be *able* to talk to the internet, but it won't be able to *find* anything.
CoryBee:
--- Quote from: DeLuSioNal29 on August 28, 2013, 11:48:12 am ---That's a great compromise. On my arcade machine I stream iTunes from my other computer. Doing the above will still allow the wifi network to be used, but just not with the internet. It also will still allow me to control my Arcade machine's Jukebox/iTunes through my iPhone on the same network. Brilliant.
Anyone know how to accomplish this with one router though? Do I go into the router settings and block the MAC address of the arcade machine from the internet? Or is this done on the arcade machine itself?
--- End quote ---
I just showed this :dunno
--- Quote from: CoryBee on August 27, 2013, 11:11:09 pm ---If you really wish to have easy access to your Arcade Machine via a wireless connection I suggest you do this.
Install your wireless card
Open up its adapter properties and change the default gateway to something like 10.10.10.10 or anything non existent. This will disable internet access but still allow you to connect to the local network.
Install TightVNC on this computer and the computer you will update it from
Do all updates and control through this control computer. You can transfer files you downloaded on your regular system through VNC and still maintain the integrity of your Arcade Machine.
--- End quote ---
Cynicaster:
--- Quote from: DeLuSioNal29 on August 28, 2013, 11:48:12 am ---
--- Quote from: Cynicaster on August 28, 2013, 10:49:14 am ---As a nice middle ground, I have a second wireless network in my house that is just a router not connected to the internet. I can use that to transfer files to and from my cabinet, while still keeping it isolated from the internet.
--- End quote ---
That's a great compromise. On my arcade machine I stream iTunes from my other computer. Doing the above will still allow the wifi network to be used, but just not with the internet. It also will still allow me to control my Arcade machine's Jukebox/iTunes through my iPhone on the same network. Brilliant.
--- End quote ---
That last point is one of my favorite aspects of the setup. I have a nice library of tunes on the HD of my MAME machine, and I really like to play music through the cabinet's speakers as I play (mixing with the game sounds), because it creates a very immersive experience. Doing what you said, I can use my iPad to control the music (via the Remote app) without having to switch windows or pull out the dreaded keyboard drawer.
Navigation
[0] Message Index
[*] Previous page
Go to full version