Haven't tried the emulator yet but that will also work. I had no idea it had come this far but I will be using the OG Xbox. We had XLINK back in the day which allowed us banned users to play LAN online.
Xbox Live: https://insignia.live/
Xbox Emulator: https://xemu.app/
Xbox Live: https://insignia.live/
Xbox Emulator: https://xemu.app/