Xbox – What are the original Xbox hardware revisions

For the original Xbox you need a remote control. This comes with a dongle that fits into one of the controller ports.

For the Xbox 360 you use one of the controllers. The thumbsticks control movement between the options and you use "A" to select.

Satellite connections are not recommended for gaming due to their terrible upload speeds (often a full second of consistent delay) even when there aren't any clouds in the sky. You'd be better off using your connection to try to score some desirable DLCs or small arcade games to take advantage of the higher download rates, although not if it takes a minute to load a webpage. In that case, your issues are probably coming down to everybody on your rig trying to use the same connection at the same time (assuming you are not in stormy weather). Try to find non-standard times, since your service provider may be throttling your connection during peak hours due to volume or as part of the contract. In addition, some satellite providers throttle your connection if your usage goes too high for the month. Don't waste your packets by connecting to the internet during storms at it will count against your usage.

If your issue is related to some network settings on the rig itself, that's something that you'd have to take up with your network administrator.