IrShell v1.6 Wifi NetHost Setup Tutorial (Windows)

[SG57]

Well... Since there is going to be a mass flood of questions, thought id answer one right now...

Just follow this exactly and your set!

1. Download IrShell v1.6 from AhMan's website http://www.ahman.co.nr/
2. Download the Network Host File System Server for Windows...
3. Extract and Install IrShell onto your v1.0/v1.5 PSP
4. Extract the Network Host File System Server file to anywhere on your pc that you want to view, my suggestions is the root, this allows complete access.
5. Launch IrShell
6. Press R+Start and start the Configurator
7. Scroll down to NetHost IP Address option.
8. Click 'X'
9. Now, leave it there for a second while you obtain your IP Address on the local machine.
10. To do this, start the Command Prompt.
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    Way 1: Start->Run->'cmd'
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    Way 2: Start->All programs->Accessories->Command Prompt
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    Way 3: Go into any text editing software, and type in:
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    "command.com" without the quotes and save it as a .bat
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    file.
11. Now, you may need Admin privleges so, react appropriatley
12. Type in the command prompt: "ipconfig" without the quotes
13. Where it says: IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.PORT#here.PORT#he re
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    Remember that number or just keep it open
14. Go to your configurator on your PSP again
15. You should be editing the defualt Ip address provided
16. Replace it with what you get on that line in the command prompt... in my case, i had recieved: IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.101
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    So id replace the default IP address in teh configurator with 192.168.1.101
17. Now press Start
18. Now go down 1 option and youll see the XMB Network Config Entry for Nethost: with a defualt of 1...
19. Set this to whatever number'd connection your using... Meaning if the connection you want to use is ,in the XMB, 3rd on the list, set this number to 3.
20. Press start.
21. Enable or Disable the Redirection of APP view to host for ms0:/ mounting (for launching folder specific homebrew)
22. Press 'O' to save settings
23. Now go to where you had extracted the Network Host File System Server file, and run the nethostfs.exe file
24. Now, a command prompt should pop up and stay up.. this is opening a port on your computer for the PSP to access, so fire wall'd or not, allow it.
25. Now, just go to your IrShell and if set correctly, press: L+Analog-DOWN and it should initialize your connection and in that command prompt, print some multi-threading issues and what not...
26. NOW! If running homebrew via PC, press: L+Analog-RIGHT This redirects AKA mounts your nethost0:/ drive as ms0:/
27. If you are wanting to stream music and such, just go to the filebrowser, click the '..' AKA cd out of the current directory. Keep doing this until you reach the root of your memory stick... If you click it again, your into the drive selection menu. Here you can view files (if connected) on your HDD via nethost0:/, USb if connected and intialized via usbhost0:/ and UMD via disc0:/... then the reuglar ms0:/ for memory stick

Since I know most will be using this new IrShell to stream EVERY WAKING THING THEY HAVE.... I hope you enjoy and ask questions as to how to set this up since I have via this method.

Now, any time you NEED to Wifi - ically connect, just go to the drive selection in the file browser and click 'nethost0:/' and it will auto matically connect.

NOTE

Wifi = wireless = data transfer NO 2.0 USB speed...
I viewed a 356 kb BMP and it took 4 seconds to blit to the screen... So when launching homebrew, please allow sometime to blit...

Also, I suggest going into the configurator and disabling preview of the Saved Data icon and Home Brew preview since it has to transfer the preview data of the image, so it takes like 2 seconds to go from one to another...

Best Regards!
~SG57

[M7thCC]

Great guide, I'll have to try this out in a few minutes .

[SG57]

Its awesome.... Ive been streaming my songs for quite some time now...

Im thinking of making a plugin for IrShell for playlists, but itd just load a PRX that if 'blah' is pressed, load that filename into a playlist, then when 'blah' is pressed, then play it... But i dont have access to IrShell's internal mech's so... I cant do much tehre

[M7thCC]

Lol, not too many on this early... that would be a really nice add-on though. It would be sweet to work with you on something sometime, you really are a uber 1337 psp h4xx0r .

[AhMan]

SG57, very nice guide! I don't realize it's so complicated until you've listed all the procedures here. Anyway, it should be helpful.

BTW, if you wanna to make PRX plugins for iR Shell, you can post the questions in my forum or PM me here. Any plugins for iR Shell are more than welcome.

[SG57]

oh sweet, didn't think you'd except even more PRXs to be loaded, but ok... Ill look into the structure of PRXs on July 8th - July 29 th since ill be away for a while and have time to look and understand them...

Oh and just so you all know, the data transfer from Wifi to PSP is kinda slow... A 356 kb BMP 480x272 image took 4-5 seconds to load and blit... Oh and when Re-mapping/mounting of nethost0:/ to ms0:/ occurs, if you have on the root of your HDD/drive, PSP/GAME/ games here... itll actually load those as usual (duh) but since the eboot icons ARE loaded, it takes 2 seconds to scroll from 1 to another, so I hope there is away to disable the preview of eboots... Im sure there is but still...

[M7thCC]

There's a way under the configurator to do that, should work just fine. And if your using the shell to launch homebrew you can delete all of the % folders and save some space, opened up about 15mb on mine from that.

[SG57]

Ya I just saw that... Oh and i dont have anything on my PSP now, so its pointless lol.

[nebu]

i did everything, like in the instructions, but every time i start the wifi on the psp i got

"error: can´t connect to network host"

please help... ://

[acme64]

already have a problem, i got it working for a few seconds, the wifi nethost part. but all i saw was a folder on my c:\ drive i think it was one of the user files. Anyway, i moved the nethost.exe from my f:\ drive to my C:\ drive, and thats when **** screwed up. Now i don't see any folders whatsoever. no matter what drive the nethost exe is in. the connection works, but all i see is the ".." i erased everything and started from scratch but still nothing. wtf happened?

p.s. the umd browser was a nice suprise, pmf player ftw!

[Tree-Tree]

Is this iR Shell only for 1.0 and 1.5?

[alext]

Same problem:

Put the media server file on the root of mine harddisk, changed the ip adress, but when i try to connect, i get the same error.

What can be the problem when these things are excactly done as the 'tutorial' says?

[acme64]

i got it, it can't be in a root directory or it shows up blank, if you put it in a subdir it will show the folders, but only the ones within that subdir. So basically, wherever the exe goes, that becomes the new root in irshell. Except for the actual root.

[aiiihd]

Originally Posted by acme64

i got it, it can't be in a root directory or it shows up blank, if you put it in a subdir it will show the folders, but only the ones within that subdir. So basically, wherever the exe goes, that becomes the new root in irshell. Except for the actual root.

^^^ Thats it!!!

Thank you.

You cannot put the File Server in the root of a drive. Put it inside a subdirectory and it works perfectly!!

AMAZINg work Ahman... thank you.

[Ghartman]

This might be a dumb question but do I have to initiate nethostfs on my PC harddrive everytime I want to stream stuff or should it do it automatically when I attempt the wi-fi synchronisation via IRShell?

[sinX]

Is it possible to conf for two ip addresses for access to two different pc on my net work or, do I have to change the ip every time I want access to a different ip?

[illegal machine]

ok


I can get it to connect, and I can see some of the files on my HD... I think I read somewhere about mapping nethost0 to MS0? how do you do that?? I want all my MP4s to show up in my XMB when I reboot it from iRshell..


or is that not how it works? can someone explain?

[sinX]

Originally Posted by SG57

[*]Extract the Network Host File System Server file to anywhere on your pc that you want to view, my suggestions is the root, this allows complete access.

How does this work for you and not for others? PLEASE ELABORATE ON THIS TOPIC!!!!

[Ghartman]

Originally Posted by Ghartman

This might be a dumb question but do I have to initiate nethostfs on my PC harddrive everytime I want to stream stuff or should it do it automatically when I attempt the wi-fi synchronisation via IRShell?

Bump!

[Harker]

Originally Posted by illegal machine

ok


I can get it to connect, and I can see some of the files on my HD... I think I read somewhere about mapping nethost0 to MS0? how do you do that?? I want all my MP4s to show up in my XMB when I reboot it from iRshell..


or is that not how it works? can someone explain?

I was also wondering about this...I would really like to know how to stream mp4's.

[tor]

I get error:can't connect to network host. Any way to fix this, the ip in ir shell is correct, and ive set the program to be allowed by my firewall

[mutejute]

Originally Posted by aiiihd

^^^ Thats it!!!

Thank you.

You cannot put the File Server in the root of a drive. Put it inside a subdirectory and it works perfectly!!

AMAZINg work Ahman... thank you.

i was having trouble even if i put the nethostfs in different drives (root directory). i tried putting it inside a subfolder and all the files i want (mp3s, homebrews (/psp/game), roms, etc...) and now its working PERFECTLY! Thanks for this tip!

SnesxTYL is working perfectly. Saving state is much faster through wifi (pc's harddisk) than saving on memory stick! I can now browse and play all my snes roms through wifi!

Thanks ahman for this wonderful program!

[black_glock]

when i try to stream music it skips every 2 or 3 seconds i thought clocking to 333 would work but it didnt

[ZzRicezZ]

Originally Posted by black_glock

when i try to stream music it skips every 2 or 3 seconds i thought clocking to 333 would work but it didnt

yea, i'm getting the same thing.. i guess it a bug that would get fix in the next release.

[ninja1200]

Hi!

This homebrew is great!
I can browse my PC files via Wi-Fi, and i can even launch DevHook and see all the isos that i have in my pc, in folder "ISO", but of course DevHook needs to reboot the PSP... then everything is gone I have to lauch IrShell again.

Another thing that is strange, is that i can't see DAX ZiSO. The aplication is there, as always, but IrShell can't see it.

Regarding the mp3 stream, it works, but hangs a lot because IrShell doesn't make any chache i suppose. Even with the PSP really next to the PC wi-fi adapter, it hangs the same.

[ZzRicezZ]

hmm when I tried to launch my HomeBrew of my PC, none of them work except for the snes9xTYL.. anyone know why?

[ninja1200]

Originally Posted by ZzRicezZ

hmm when I tried to launch my HomeBrew of my PC, none of them work except for the snes9xTYL.. anyone know why?

hmm.. did you copy all the files in the MS, to the folder where you have nethostfs.exe?

[black_glock]

Originally Posted by ZzRicezZ

hmm when I tried to launch my HomeBrew of my PC, none of them work except for the snes9xTYL.. anyone know why?

it seems like only older homebrew works like snes9xtyl 0.2, djsp, squarez(forgot all about that one)

[GzaDaGenius]

i got everything else to work. just wondering how u stream mp4's?

[SG57]

Originally Posted by sinX

How does this work for you and not for others? PLEASE ELABORATE ON THIS TOPIC!!!!

Well, it just does lol.. If you want, Ill take picture of my PSP and my PC root and it works...


Oh and make sure you have NO special characters in any filename on teh root orelse i here it wont work. But, once i get this dang PSP connection error fixed, my Wifi is broken :sad: Hopefully peoplea the Wifi Help Thread will help me fix it... if they do, ill make a new tutorial on Improving the speed of the Wifi Net Host launching of apps and streaming.

Originally Posted by black_glock

it seems like only older homebrew works like snes9xtyl 0.2, djsp, squarez(forgot all about that one)

Actually, I just played Callisto v0.2 using NetHost Wifi connection earlier this morning. It took about 10 minutes to load, but now it has been cut down quite a bit since ive used my new process to speed up the data transfering Ill make a tutorial on it soon to give the same to others cause im nice