Well, I finally got a network adapter for my PS2 yesterday.
Finally got it hooked up after some running around with my ISP, SCEA, then back to my ISP again.
First off, I don't have a router. My PS2 and PC can't be any further apart in my apartment without one of them being outside. I'm unable/unwilling to run 150ft of network cable between my office and my living room. While a wireless router would fix the problem, I'm not willing to buy an access point for the PS2, which will become useless in just a couple months when I buy the PS3, which already has one.
So, I'm doing it the old-fashioned way. I'm taking my DSL modem downstairs and plugging the PS2 directly into it.
It works, but there's a catch. My ISP allows only one device (MAC address) to register an IP at the same time. Either the PS2 or the PC. But not both. They're unable to "add" the PS2's MAC address to the servers.. it just doesn't work that way. If the server records a specific MAC address, then it will ONLY allow that MAC to connect, until such time as the IP lease expires, or a "release" command is issued.
Going from PC to PS2 is easy. All I have to do is release the IP from my computer before I disconnect it. That way, the ISP server has no MAC listed, and it recognizes the PS2 instantly, and off I go.
The problem is, the PS2 doesn't seem to have any real network tools. It doesn't have the option to release the IP before disconnecting. So after I'm done playing PS2, I have to wait around two hours for the IP lease to expire before my PC will be allowed to re-connect.
Is there any sort of "top secret" advanced networking options buried away in the PS2 somewhere that will allow me to release the IP/MAC address from the server?
I think I've thought of a partial/temporary solution, but I'd like something less pain-in-the-assy. I might try borrowing a router from a friend of mine and simply hooking it up in-between the PS2/PC and the modem, so the server will only see the router's MAC address and not the actual NICs. In theory, that would allow me to hot-swap the thing all day and it would always work.
Any ideas?
And any good online games to try?
Preferably ones that don't cost too much... Beginning of the month, all the bills are due, and I'm trying to save up for a PS3.. hehe.
Finally got it hooked up after some running around with my ISP, SCEA, then back to my ISP again.
First off, I don't have a router. My PS2 and PC can't be any further apart in my apartment without one of them being outside. I'm unable/unwilling to run 150ft of network cable between my office and my living room. While a wireless router would fix the problem, I'm not willing to buy an access point for the PS2, which will become useless in just a couple months when I buy the PS3, which already has one.
So, I'm doing it the old-fashioned way. I'm taking my DSL modem downstairs and plugging the PS2 directly into it.
It works, but there's a catch. My ISP allows only one device (MAC address) to register an IP at the same time. Either the PS2 or the PC. But not both. They're unable to "add" the PS2's MAC address to the servers.. it just doesn't work that way. If the server records a specific MAC address, then it will ONLY allow that MAC to connect, until such time as the IP lease expires, or a "release" command is issued.
Going from PC to PS2 is easy. All I have to do is release the IP from my computer before I disconnect it. That way, the ISP server has no MAC listed, and it recognizes the PS2 instantly, and off I go.
The problem is, the PS2 doesn't seem to have any real network tools. It doesn't have the option to release the IP before disconnecting. So after I'm done playing PS2, I have to wait around two hours for the IP lease to expire before my PC will be allowed to re-connect.
Is there any sort of "top secret" advanced networking options buried away in the PS2 somewhere that will allow me to release the IP/MAC address from the server?
I think I've thought of a partial/temporary solution, but I'd like something less pain-in-the-assy. I might try borrowing a router from a friend of mine and simply hooking it up in-between the PS2/PC and the modem, so the server will only see the router's MAC address and not the actual NICs. In theory, that would allow me to hot-swap the thing all day and it would always work.
Any ideas?
And any good online games to try?
Preferably ones that don't cost too much... Beginning of the month, all the bills are due, and I'm trying to save up for a PS3.. hehe.
