Need help configuring GT4 for LAN play

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Hi All,

I need some advice from gamers playing GT4 LAN. I beleive I have the hardware and software required for LAN play, but cannot get my two machines to communicate within GT4. I have PS2's x 2, network adaptors x 2, GT4 Chinese/English x 2, DFP wheel x 2, TV's x 2 ect.. I have a network cable connecting both PS2's. FYI - I did not complete network disc installation because I do not have broadband.

Could someone please advise if my hardware is setup correctly and how do I configure LAN/Network options menus in GT4.

Thanks in advance.
Justin
 
Can anyone supply some key instructions for direct 2 player lan mode?

I am stuck and could not find this info by the search option.


JA
 
i dunno much about this but.. is the cable you are using a cross over cable? if not you might need a router to connect the two ps2's together.. i might be wrong though..
 
man. PD really needs to get his head clear. Practically nothing explained about the game in the manual (who here can explain EXACTLY what a and b spec points are? I mean like they would be comfortable explaining to PD himself? No-one, yeah. go figure) and then massive delays with NO online mode, and now a LAN mode that no-one quite knows how to use. I mean, it really should be plug and play. No routers, none of that stuff. Can anyone say "I miss my I-link?"
 
Fasternfaster, I'm almost certain two machines can be connected with one cable via network adaptors. Illustrations within the Japanese GT4 LAN manual show a direct line between machines for 2 player. I need to track someone down that can translate Japanese. Thanks for looking anyway.


S31 Ender, Sony has released a Japanese LAN manual on their Japanese website. I'm guessing Sony will have more time to include an English LAN manual with the PAL release. I agree, I am missing the I-Link setup at the moment. My fire wire hub and cables are now gathering dust.

With all the LAN via internet activity on this forum I would have thought my query would have been a no brainer for some people.


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Fasternfaster, I'm almost certain two machines can be connected with one cable via network adaptors. Illustrations within the Japanese GT4 LAN manual show a direct line between machines for 2 player. I need to track someone down that can translate Japanese. Thanks for looking anyway.

JA
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isnt' that one cable the "crossover cable" he was talking about? and I could be wrong but doesn't the network adapter CD put the ip and other info on the mem card? by that I mean, don't you need to install the CD to get the network adapter to work?
 
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Fasternfaster, I'm almost certain two machines can be connected with one cable via network adaptors. Illustrations within the Japanese GT4 LAN manual show a direct line between machines for 2 player. I need to track someone down that can translate Japanese. Thanks for looking anyway.


S31 Ender, Sony has released a Japanese LAN manual on their Japanese website. I'm guessing Sony will have more time to include an English LAN manual with the PAL release. I agree, I am missing the I-Link setup at the moment. My fire wire hub and cables are now gathering dust.

With all the LAN via internet activity on this forum I would have thought my query would have been a no brainer for some people.


JA
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in order to directly connect ANY 2 like devices you need a crossover cable (goes for ps2 network adapters, xbox'x computers, etc) a crossover cable is the same as a regular network cable except there are 2 wires crossoved over in the connector. (cant remember off the top of my head which ones...) u have a couple options...
1. find (find, buy, or borrow) a network hub, swithc, or router and use that.
2. buy a crossover cable. (can be found really cheap online... just look, i bought a 25footer for like 2 bucks)
3. make your own crossover cable (either find a kit to make one from scratch or modify a regular net cable using a guide easily found online)
 
1. First thing, cable

For crossover cable, get one for "Hub to Hub", "Switch to Switch" or "PC to PC" connection, when you get it in hand, check the colours of the cables at the connectors and the 2 connectors should have different colour sequences.

If they are the same then the cable is a straight cable (i.e. not crossed).

Usually the colour codes will be

1. white/orange
2. orange
3. white/green
4. blue
5. white/blue
6. green
7. white/brown
8. brown

The other end should be

1. white/green
2. green
3. white/orange
4. blue
5. white/blue
6. orange
7. white/brown
8. brown

i.e. pin 1/2 should now be connected to 3/6 and 3/6 to 1/2 on cross cables

2. IP addresses

Since you are connecting them directly, you will need to assign the IP addresses yourself, just pick any IP address for one PS2 and add 1 to the number after the 3rd dot will do, just arbitraty pick a netmask like 255.255.255.0

e.g. 192.168.1.100 and 192.168.1.101
 
maskrider - thanks for your invaluable instruction. 👍

I have been doing some LAN play with 2 other guys through a hub. I got a cross-over cable to try connecting 2 consoles directly (for when there is just two of us playing) but had not been successful in linking them until I saw your post. Thanks again. :)
 
I will second that. A BIG thanks to Maskrider for the instructions. I just successfully started a two player lan game. Selecting car favorites and tracks within the registry was straightforward. Though I couldn't quick tune before a race as I was hoping.

My friend and I experienced increased and jumping frame rates throughout most races. In some instances the screens just froze for a second or two. I only experienced 1 race where the frame rate was smooth (Fuji). I suspect it may be caused by my cat6 cross over cable or different screen refresh rates. My local electronic store only sells cat6 crossover cables. Maybe the increase transfer rate of the cat6 over a cat5 changes the game processing speed? I also have one screen working through my VGA monitor a 75hz.

Has anyone experienced changing screen refresh rates in local LAN? If so, what was your cure?


JA
 
Joe Racer and I found some serious dropout and a single freeze on Paris Opera once but the next time it was fluid. There have been other moments of slowdown on other courses as well, and again it was inconsistent. We were playing three players as he mentioned.

BTW, if you have a normal hub or switch I am told you need to connect the host PS2 to the first LAN connection and possibly the others from the last connection and back rather than the second connection if there are more ports than PS2s. We plan to test this next week but in the meantime we have been using a modem router so there has been no problem.
 
Lapdog, thanks for the advice. Let me know how it goes with the hub and switch. I would like to buy a solution within in the next week before I play LAN again. Are you using cat 5 or 6 cables?

Are you apart of the NZ group with the Ilink website. If so I have been in contact before regarding Oz ilink racing. It is a real shame the official GT4 online support was dropped. I was looking forward to a NZ and Oz racing league. Personally I am disappointed with Xlink so far because I am spending more money and time trying to enable it to perform as well as the ilink platform.
 

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