21 aoû
2007

DSHobro 0.3 released!

I am glad to announce the release of DSHobro 0.3
This new version comes with the following changes:

Automatic network configuration. You no longer need to enter your IP address & port, it will detect them and connect automatically!
Flash animations, Java and ActiveX are now allowed. It means your PC will download and start/play them, but your DS will still only receive an image of the animation, not the animation itself. It's still useful for menus or sites that are made 100% in Flash. There's one downside though: in flash videos, the sound is outputted on the PC! I can't prevent it. But why would you want to watch videos anyway... since you could only get 1 frame every 5 or 10 seconds.
Basic text input is implemented. Basic, because all you can do is: 1) write text with the virtual keyboard; the text is visible on the DS screen until you decide to send it to the PC by touching the ENTER key. 2) erase the whole text in a text field, by sending the keyword :erase to the PC. See, this is basic, but it still works and you should be able to post messages in forums with this.
The "Wifi Transfer" icons now show up every time there is a WiFi communication between your PC and your DS. When the icon blinks, it means you have just sent or received a new data block.
"Fatal errors" are no longer fatal. You should be able to resume your connection when an error occurs. I was unfortunately unable to produce any of these error myself, so I had to simulate them (generate an error). I can't promise the connection will be resumed in any case.

Download DSHobro 0.3 here:
http://gbatemp.net/up/dshobro03.zip

As always, I strongly recommend that you DO NOT DOWNLOAD THIS FILE FROM ANOTHER SERVER. Ill-intentioned people could replace the .exe file inside this zip package by a virus/trojan/spyware...

Enjoy this new version!
Costello

Commentaires

Costello :

Yo! I am posting this comment using DSHobro. Text input is now supported, woohoo!

TalesYuan :

Hello~awesome App~the speed in this version is faster~

but i have a problem~such as~ip of my computer is 192.168.1.103,wireless ip is 192.168.0.1~in 0.2 version,i input 192.168.1.103,it works well~but in this version~it auto-configurates and can't connect to my AP(because it connect the IP 192.168.0.1)~i could only use the B mode(input the key)to run your App~

so could you add the mode that who can input the IP himself?

thank you :-)

Costello :

so you have 2 network interfaces and it's using the wrong one? I see.. I'll probably release a v3.1 that lets you input the IP address manually then. In a few days!

but why don't you use the B mode ? isn't it easier than having to enter your IP address?

Gilles site:

Mmmm pas facile à appréhender la saisie de texte ! Mais ça marche :)
Pour info, l'icone du systray pour "server.exe" indique "DSHobro 0.2" au lieu de 0.3 ;)
Suggestion : implémenté un envoi de la version depuis le .nds vers le systray, comme ça pas besoin de mettre à jour à chaque sortie ?
Bon courage pour la suite :)

TalesYuan :

Thnks for you good job :-)

i now use the B mode

i only wanna test A mode~

is there any differents?

TalesYuan :

Thnks for you good job :-)

i now use the B mode

i only wanna test A mode~

are there any differents?

Costello :

Hi, no there is no difference in the way DSHobro works if you are in A or B mode. It's just the way you connect.

Gilles: whoops. Ca va, pas trop gênant comme bug, dans le genre.

Marcel :

Hi, Can You add to server.exe swich between Firefox and Internet Explorer? Or how to do that DSHobro will use Firefox?

Boss :

I cant connect with this version. I tried A and B. I really like that you added the B. BUT it doesnt work. It worked with 0.2 but not 0.3. It always trys to connect a random ip that is not my PC. The B also doesnt work. It connects to an ip that is not mine ethir. Will you implement putting in the ip in bot A and B options

Stephen :

Hey,
Is this working with the nintendo usb connector? Have you tried it??

Costello :

"Boss": to use the B mode you need to forward the port you selected in DShobro, in your router/modem/firewall configuration.

Stephen: I don't have a USB connector but I think it doesn't work, no

Danny :

Just wanted say great job on this app. It is wicked fast compared to the opera browser and it shows images in a much higher quality. Comic strips in opera were of such low quality that they couldn't even be read. I think that the one feature that would make this much more usable is a bookmarks section, and maybe also a dedicated button for the :erase function.

007flavien :

Hi,

Can you create a MAC software for DSHOBRO please.

Thanks,
Flavien.

Boss :

Ok thanks Costello. But can you make manuel imput ip address from Option A like 0.2

Boss :

Sorry for the double post but i need som ehelp. I suck at porting. i found where to port my router BUT. i need to choose a setting, UDP or TCP which one do i choose. They are other options to choose so can you just tell me what to choose

TalesYuan :

maybe someone want mode A, too.

:-)

waiting for 0.31

and

i hope it will get higher speed~

awesome work~

Boss :

hey i am at Mcdonalds and i am posting from my ds using Dshobro. :)

Odin :

Bonjour,
Je suis un bleu et j'ai jamais réussi à faire tourner cette application. Je suis sur réseau cablé et j'ai mis en place un réseau wifi avec un routeur de Netgear (désolé pour la pub :-)). J'ai bien exécuté Server.exe et mis les paramètres par défaut. Avec le mode A, l'appli me dit "Connection Wifi failed".
J'ai loupé quelque chose ?

Skwate :

wé Odin ^^ faut une conexion wifi, don san-fil, pas cablé, dsl pour toi :s

Wargreymon :

Nice work. Loved this new 0.3 version.

Just wanted to report a little bug i ran into.

If you press shift so you get capital letters and then press it again to get small, if you write something it change back into capital letters like you had pressed capslock. Nothing serious but I thought you might want to know ^^

lu-_-K :

Bravo !!! great 0.3 !

Hendrik :

Hi, DS Hobro is really great...
I have a few questions: how to input both username and password like in email site. I am not sure how to do it.
Is radio button clickable in this version?
Thanks, keep it up :)

How come 100 pop-ups shows up whenever i run dshobro.3? and the only way to exit them is to exit the server:-[ does this give out viruses? Also putting comments on this site is really HARD! you have to reload the page many times to finally write a comment... the worst part about this version is that it gives way more errors then it gave on version 2 and you cant erase what you write o.O Well.. The good thing is that you can finally write comments now YAY!!!! ;D

Luis :

u can setup some dshorbo webservers in a few windows dedicated-server

so we dont need to use our pc :P

any1 wanna share his dedicated server? :-P

TalesYuan :

i got the same bug as Wargreymon's

Boss :

Luis i dont get what you mean. How do i run a server with out using my PC. Also i want to share a server. my email is ndswii3@gmail.com. so you can email me the info. But i want you to give more details on running the server without using a Pc

post if you emailed me

duchamp :

I think you are doing one of the best applications for NDS. The last version is awesome. One thing that I would change for next version is the size of the keyboard, I think it's too small and sometimes it's difficult to type, please consider this and thanks for all your work

I want to share a server

costello is it possible to make dshobro work faster on a computer too? rather than just a laptop?

Ryan :

Can you please make it so dshobro goes to the little icon in the bottom right i don't like having it visible on my taskbar...

MexiCo site:

Hmm, Java didnt work for me, but the reconnect thing did! NICE update! thanks :D

rozzan143 :

hi costello, the DSHobro has new features like flash and java. but when im going to www.playahead.se it doesnt work the screen is only white :S

costello :

rozzan: just press START to refresh the screen.

Firefox :

Can You make server.exe which be using Firefox, not IE?

raputa :

i use this homebrew, fact to some problem.

initialising wifi...

wifi connetion successful.

auto configuration.

...(wait wait wait....maybe system down)

how to setting manual?

Anonymous :

Any chance of a public server soon? So nobody has to put a server on their computer?

Ruby :

A priori je dois avoir le meme problème que Raputa...

La connexion en wifi semble se faire correctement mais je reste bloqué sur autoconfiguration aussi bien en mode A que B.

La version 0.2 fonctionnait sans soucis jusque là donc je ne pense pas que ce soit un problème de port ou de conf du wifi.
Pour info j'utilise la version supercard.

Merci d'avance pour ton aide. J'ai vraiment hate d'essayer cette nouvelle version qui a l'air super prometteuse.

WHY DOES IT TAKE 10SECONDS TO LOAD A GOOGLE SITE!?! -.-

DannusMax :

Dude ... how could you say that you can watch flash videoes. That you can do on V .2 so it was nothing new ... so why you say it ??? Dont tell me i figured out more things about your own web browser than you.

you talkin to me?

JD :

Hi there! Great work! One question: is the traffic between the win server prog and the ds client encrypted in any way? You see - what keeps me from surfing via my DS is knowing that everyone can read my network traffic as WEP can be cracked so easily. Keep up the good work! ciao JD

howto :

how to use 'b' mode?

is this type ok?

111.222.0.3:666

mode a and b,i can't connect.

(initialsim...

wifi connecting succe...

auto configuration...

...is over.

help me,plz.

server :

Is there a public server out there yet? cant wait =]

Kenny :

Public server as in one that everyone can connect to instead of their own computer? That would be cool.

server :

yes it would be ;]

Seph :

Same problem:

initialising wi fi
wifi connection succesful
Auto - configuration............

..........................

.......................
in A mode and B mode
Please Costello Help us ' cause your work it's damn good!!

Seph :

Just resolved!!!

you must have ip automatic in your wi fi configuration, both in nds and pc

Steve :

Hello, with a original wi fi usb nintendo dshobro

does not work, in fact you cannot save the configuration of wfc on slot the 1. Solutions?

Thanks

jugernaut911 :

ok, so since i got me replacement DS, my wifi only works with games, not homebrew!!!!! WTF!!!! sounds good though Costello!

ur #1 fan!

Sly :

does dshobro support nintendo wifi usb connector?

server :

If there will be a version 4, what changes will you make?

Tha dogg222 :

Hey I know this is stupid to ask here but were is the code so i can use my hobro else were??? while still using my comp as the hub

Samto :

Il marchait mieu avant ( il marchait tout court xD )
[mode trouduc]
Wé moi aussi j'ai le même problème avec mon émulateur PS3 sur DS.
[/mode trouduc]
Sinon, DS Hobro c'est ( était ? xD ) la classe.

The most annoying thing about dshobro is to turn off all your virus protection or firewall when using this... This just kills it

Costello: when will you start on version 4?

Connor :

Hi! I must say i love dshobro 0.2 but i wanna upgrade and i got a probblem....you see when i get to google it just freezes and i cant do anything. The upper screen is just white and i cant use my stylus to move the zoom around and i cant switch screens >:( i patched it with m3 and r4 dldi patches (yes i know it is already dldi patched but it didnt work so i thought i would try it) and it still doesnt work! any suggestions?

server :

http://www.freewindowshosting.org/

maybe one of us could order a free windows server there?

NEON725 :

I know it says enter your passcode but i can't seem to type anything! I press the keyboard with the stylus and tried using D-pad but either way nothing comes up on the screen. What happened?

pedro :

same problem...

initialising wi fi
wifi connection succesful
Auto - configuration...

and nothing happens

pedro :

oh!

i just forget to start the server application lol

tomleboubou :

To Jugernaut911

I recently found this on Dragonminded's blog. That should solve your problem:

Sunday, June 03, 2007

DS Lite Reported Wireless Fix

A user by the name of Daltonlaffs is reporting that he found a problem and fix with certain versions of the DS Lite firmware. Apparently, theres two versions, both which show magenta in the PictoChat trick, and one of them blocks homebrew access to wifi somehow. In order to get online, set your router to channel 10 and then reconfigure with an official game.

webduelist :

anyone who want to know how to make this go faster on a desktop not just a laptop should know that it is not the laptop making it go faster its because its connected through the wireless if you use the wireless it by passes the router by creating a havok envroment (not sure if its called that bettween a ds and a computer) so the ds is really just connecting to the computer directly if you want it to go fast have a wireless adapter,

great work costello! VERY fast and its very useful ^_^

Ben :

Hey!!
where's the keyboard??
i cant write text, where's the keyboard??
reply me to punk4gd@hotmail.com
please!!

It would be awesome if there are bookmarks in the next release, makes browsing way easier

juggernaut911 :

To Tom

well... how do I switch router channels...?

Gurgen site:

Dear Mr. Costello,

Is there any way you could implament a "start when windows starts" checkbox in the server app. The reason I ask is that if it starts always then you can browse your ds whenever without worrying if it is running. (Because it will always be running as long as computer is on) Also if you could save your settings port, image quality, remote etc. so that you wont have to change anything. That will be a life saver because we wont have to touch anything anymore. Just make sure computer is on. Thanks

Gurgen :

You get what im saying like the program doesnt have anything to save the tweaked settings. It would be great if it could save my settings so I would not have to re tweak everything. Also the code for option B, can you make it so that we put our own code and it doesnt change. Also an auto start option would be nice.

KronoShifter :

Hi there,

DSHobro v 0.2 worked great for me but DSHobro v 0.3 is freezing when authenticating. My DS makes a strange sound and my screen brightness automatically goes up. Does this have to do because I'm using a Slot-1 (Supercard DS ONE) device to run the homebrew?

Add Manual IP input please...

steve :

Don't work with nintendo wifi connector and it is too difficult configure it with asus driver instead original. Can you make something? Please..

Thanks in advance

Steve

adas1023 :

i cant connect either, using A or B, im using a dongle at the moment.
anyways it comes up with this,
initialising wifi
auto config
connecting, it retries 3 times and says connection refused. i had no problems with version 0.2. i read about version 3.1, that would help me alot aswell, so if you could do that i would be eternally grateful, even though 0.2 is pretty much a masterpiece in itself

Chris :

How do I type text like in a search bar? I can only type it in the address bar.

Sil :

When dshobro start it says
Initialising WIFi ...
Wifi connection successful.
Auto-configuration.

And never ends auto configuration. Whats hapenning?

russia213 :

Everytime i start server.exe, (downloaded from here) norton tells me that is has to block the trojan, hence i can't connect.

Hints on any upcoming features?

StIcK :

i have DSHobro 0.3 and i always get the messeage "Initialising Wifi..." I have tried option A and option B (with the key of the server). I have used the random port and ports that i have opened in my router, but anyway, I have the "Initialising Wifi..." message and nothing happens. I can play wifi games.

krisje8 site:

I can't seem to get this to work. Tried the LAN option and the WAN option, tried different portts.. (Ports all forwarded in router)... But I get connection refused or Impossible to connect on my ds.

Is DSHobro opensource? And in what language is it written? Maybe (I don't say I will or that I can) could make a linux server for dshobro?

español :

can you translate hobro to spanish??A lot of people need this feature.
thanks

205 :

Don't forget MAC user's, because they would like to congratulate you, but they still can't see you great homebrew.

help please =] :

I am trying out DSHobro 0.3, but i cant seem to get it to work. When i choose option A as my connection, it connects to my wifi, but it keeps on retrying and never works. When i try option B, i enter the message, it connects to my wifi, but than it tries to initialize the ip address and the port. I dont know if it is my port or ip address that is wrong. Please tell me how to set up the port, or how to make this work.

THANK YOU!!!

Bob :

I started the server on my laptop and it works well until it shows my IP adress. It keeps on saying "Connection Refused" after my IP address appears. Help?

Framework :

Does this work with voIP? Vonage

NEON725 :

How can you worry about text support but overlook the fact that it can't scroll left or right?

I also would like to note that it is a pain memorizing and typing the randomly generated codes. Changeable server name please!

Other than that, good work!

ACW :

Please add manual IP address input, as in version 0.2. DSHobro 0.2 works fine with the specified IP address, but DSHobro 0.3 just tries to connect to some random IP address and never works.

Paul :

How do i come to the options to port the pc help!!! pauledlund@hotmail.com

Thuga PT :

Does this works if you're using nintendo wifi connector?
I run the application on my M3 real i get "**Initializing WiFi..." and it does nothing more i've waited for 15 mins and it does nothing more.

I need HELP

Marvin :

Hi,

Can you create a MAC software for DSHOBRO please.

Thanks,
Marvin

MEGAFATBOY :

OMG I NEED HELP. I need a step by step guide on how to do this... I don't get it... Ports? WTF. It say Intianlising Wifi
Wifi connection sucessful
auto config...
contacting 192.168.3.103:666

THEN FAIL AND RETRIES 3 TIMES
Then says
Error
All connection attemps FAILED
Impossible to connect (WTF!!!)
Please use a different port...
Press a to reconnect....

WTF PLEASE HELPPPPPP!

cloudsg2 :

i downloaded the hobro 03 from this site and unzipped it and when i started the server.exe and clicked on start it says:

your connection is broken, or the zero-configuration server is down, please try again later.

can some1 tell me wats wrong

Paul :

Ya, dude, no guide i get stuck at auto-configuration, fix this plz!!

=[ :

Project died...?

phuzy :

@cloudsg2, I got the same error, except my comp freezes as well. I think the problem is a firewall blocking the program. And the general concensus is if someone could host a free server? It would be greatly appreciated! However, I must give praise to the author. Kudos on the hard work! Thank you for making a revolution in the homebrewing world.

Mat :

Hi, great project, large pages still take a huge amount of time to load and if you try to load a page with the imag quality on high the ds practically crashes, i also find that i cannot connect to my home network unless the connection signal is high. Other than that its working fine and i find it loads larger pages quicker than the operal browser.

Keep up the good work!

123 site:

initialising wifi...

soloster :

AAAh I can get it working fine if i use it on my home network on the a thing but i can't do it remotely... My ds connects to wifi but won't connect to the server. I have forwarded the port, disabled firewall and everything and now i dont know what to try... Am i doing something wrong?????!??!?!? HEEELP!

YEah great other wise

!!!!!!

Is there any way a public server could be made? This way we wouldn't all have to use our computers...

Nicoho :

Bon ça marche pas du tout, avec une R4 impossible de configurer le wifi en ip fixe, si quelqu'un à une idée je suis preneur, j'aimerais bien savoir ou en est le projet car l'idée de se servir de la ds comme terminal est vraiment intéressante. Faudrait juste pouvoir configurer le wifi correctement, pour le moment je reste bloqué à "connexion wifi failed" mon routeur ne voit aucune tentative de connexion DHCP, je ne peux pas indiquer d'adresse fixe, de plus en version 3 mode B on ne peut pas indiquer l'ip du poste server donc ce mode n'a plus aucun intéret (si je me connecte depuis mac do avec le serveur lancé sur mon poste comment le soft peut il trouver le serveur ?). Bref beaucoup de question j'espère autant de réponses !

Nicoho :

belarah site:

adria :

for when the next realease?

:D

Greg Of Canada :

HI, total dumbass question, I have tried and tried and I keep getting a fatal error messesge and I can't connect. What am I doing wrong?

dudeitor site:

could be added to the server:

-able to call the server as follows

example:

c\> server.exe -port -quality - Connections - password etc

thus could leave the server running on a server all day long