Install Requirements

sudo apt-get install firestarter dhcp3-server

Configuring NICs
Make sure that your internal network card is assigned a static IP address in a range that you will use for you internal network.
To do this, go to System -> Administration -> Networking. Once there, go into the properties for the network card you will use for your internal/routed network (it will quite likely be disabled) and set it up as you deem necessary.
As a basic example, set the IP address to 192.168.0.1, and the subnet mask to 255.255.255.0. Leave the gateway empty.

Small Fix
To fix the problem where Firestarter cannot locate the DHCP daemon init script: From within a terminal type and run the following command (creating a symbolic link to fix the mis-reference; this is a simple alternative to editing Firestarter’s init script).

sudo ln -sf /etc/init.d/dhcp3-server /etc/init.d/dhcpd

This fixes the problem where Firestarter will sometimes say something along the lines of “An unknown error occured” when DHCP is enabled within its configuration. Sometimes the firewall will start anyway, but DHCP will remain off.

Configuring DHCP
Configure the interfaces on which DHCP will be listening Edit your /etc/default/dhcp3-server file (using a text editor running as root, or by logging in and running “sudo vi /etc/default/dhcp3-server”). The only variable in there by default is “INTERFACES”, which will have a null value. Set it to your internal network interface. For example:

# Defaults for dhcp initscript
# sourced by /etc/init.d/dhcp
# installed at /etc/default/dhcp3-server by the maintainer scripts
#
# This is a POSIX shell fragment
#
# On what interfaces should the DHCP server (dhcpd) serve DHCP requests?
# Separate multiple interfaces with spaces, e.g. "eth0 eth1".
INTERFACES="eth0"

Write the file and exit.

Run Firestarter
If this is your first time running Firestarter, the wizard should appear. If not, simply click Firewall -> Wizard from within Firestarter.
Select your external (Internet-connected) device when it asks, and make sure to specify whether or not the address is obtained via DHCP. Click the “Forward” button, check the “Enable Internet connection sharing” box, select your internal network card, and check the box for “Enable DHCP for local network”. Drop down the “DHCP server details” and enter the range of IPs you would like for it to dynamically assign.
Make sure they are in the same range as the static IP you set for your internal network card, also, for the DNS server field, you MUST supply an address – “” will *NOT* work. Simply look at your /etc/resolv.conf file if you need inspiration.
Click “Forward”, check the “Start firewall now” box, and click “Save”.

Conclusion
It took me a while to pinpoint the causes of various small problems I was having getting it to play nicely with DHCP, but I finally got it down and figured I’d share my experiences. Please let me know if you have any suggestions (I know I clumped everything together for that last step, but c’mon, it’s a wizard… It’s pretty freaking simple).

A Heroin Original

Ok Obviously we are going to need a couple of things so get the following stuff downloaded.

• COD4 install files
• COD4 patches
• COD4 serial
• COD4 cracks

Where oh where can you get these files. Bittorent obviously. Use your favorite torrent tracker to get the COD4 iso. Once you  have it mount it using your favorite mounting software. In my case it would be something like this torrent then mounting it with DaemonTools. Then just install that iso like there is no tomorrow. If it asks for a serial explore the contents of the CD which might contain a .nfo file. Open the .nfo with notepad and it will display some information including a serial (most of the time anyway)

Ok so now you need to patch it..  well you dont have too.., but why use something old? So download the patches. I prefer using gamershell.com but there are plenty of sites where u can get the patches. I needed patch 1.6 and 1.7

When those are done downloading and you patched COD4 you should have COD4 installed and the current version. Try to play the game. I dare u. Wont work eh? something about a bitch ass CD or whatever it begs for? Well you are going to need crack my dear sir. Not the smokable kind but the .exe kind. Obviously let me link u.. I would go to http://gamecopyworld.com and go to the COD4 directory. Download the Private Windows Server no wait patch for your COD4 version. In my case i downloaded Call of Duty 4 v1.7 PRIVATE WINDOWS SERVER & NO-WAIT PATCH #1.

When its downloaded extract the iw3mp and place it in your COD4 folder. It will ask you if you want to overwrite the current file. Yah u do so press yah. Ok You could play online on other cracked servers at this point. You can even go ingame and do Create a Server and your friends can join (whether they have a legal game or not).

To create a dedicated server you need to add some parameters (shit) to a shortcut. So make a shortcut of the iw3mp.exe in your COD4 folder place it anywhere u want (desktop probably). Then right click it and select Properties. In the Shortcut Tab you will see a TARGET: field. you have to add the following AFTER the last ” thing.

+set dedicated 2 +set sv_punkbuster 0 +map_rotate

Mine looks like this when finished:

“C:\Program Files\Call of Duty 4 – Modern Warfare\iw3mp.exe” +set dedicated 2 +set sv_punkbuster 0 +exec server.cfg +map_rotate

Now when you run the shortcut it will create a dedicated server!

A Heroin Original

Ok Obviously we are going to need a couple of things so get the following stuff downloaded.

• COD5 install files
• COD5 patches
• COD5 serial
• COD5 cracks

Where oh where can you get these files. Bittorent anyone? Use your favorite torrent tracker to get the COD5 iso. Alternatively you could buy the game. Whatever floats your boat. I prefer to buy games when i play them more then once.

Ok so now you need to patch it..  well you don’t have too.., but why use something old? So download the patches. I prefer using gamershell.com but there are plenty of sites where u can get the patches. I needed patch 1.1
When those are done downloading and you patched COD5 you should have COD5 installed and the current version. You need to apply no cd cracks. You can get the NOCD crack for your COD5 version at GameCopyWorld Click that URL and download “Call of Duty: World at War v1.1 PRIVATE SERVER PATCH” or the 1.0 patch depending on your version. Download and open the .z7 file (which you can open with winrar] or any other unpacking software.

Extract the .exe from the file you downloaded and place it on your game directory eg. “C:\Program Files\Activision\Call of Duty – World at War”

To create a dedicated server you need to add some parameters (shit) to a shortcut. So make a shortcut of the CoDWaWmp.exe in your COD5 folder place it anywhere u want (desktop probably). Then right click it and select Properties. In the Shortcut Tab you will see a TARGET: field. you have to add the following AFTER the last ” thing.

Add this:
+set dedicated 2 +exec server.cfg +map_rotate

Mine looks like this when finished:

“C:\Program Files\Activision\Call of Duty – World at War\CoDWaWmp.exe” +set dedicated 2 +exec server.cfg +map_rotate

Now when you run the shortcut it will create a dedicated server!

Due to the fact that I use Ubuntu linux i can not make use of Windows Media Player 11 acting as a UPNP server. There are various ways to setup this type of server but i found that nearly all of them sucked in some aspect, most often they were just to complex for what i was trying to do. I tried the following UPNP servers:

• Ushare
• TVersity
• MediaTomb
• X360MeditServe
• GMediaServer

TVersity provides the best all around solution, including transcoding. Transcoding is more or less the holy grail xbox wise. However i did not get it to work so i just plain abandoned trying it. MediaTomb looks like a real profesional method for sharing media using UPNP but it was just way to complex for my taste.

Finally i found ushare which is a small and simple upnp server which does what i want, when i want! In Ubuntu it is very simple to install all you need to do is entering the following command

sudo apt-get install ushare

After which you you need to edit the configuration file. The main thing you would want to chance is the server name and the media-location. I have specified more then one location but I don’t see those files. Anyway enter the following command to edit the configuration file in Ubuntu (Gnome, for Kubuntu enter kedit instead of gedit)

sudo gedit /etc/ushare.conf

When you are done editing the configuration file to your harts content save it and prepare for awesomeness! When you want to stream to your XBOX360 you need to add a little parameter (option) when starting ushare. Enter the following command:

ushare -x

That is all you need to do to get it to work. Might sound like it is complex in comparison to a windows installer, but it requires just a little bit more input and though from the users which in return yield a better working program. If you don’t get the installer to work feel free to post here. Here is the installer guide i used.