PS2 Network Adaptor

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OK, I need a little help.
No, I need a lot of help.
I just went out and bought a ps2 network adaptor today, and I can't even plug it in!.
I have a 150kbps broadband connection from Tiscali (I am in the UK), with a Sagem modem. The modem has no ethernet port. The USB and phone line ports are full just from the minimum things I need to connect.
I'm just wondereing, is it even possible for me to go online with my ps2. As I said, I have just bought a network adaptor, and i can't take it back because i had to open the box just to read the instructions.
This is probably going to end up costing me an absolute bomb, isn't it. By the way, it is an ADSL connection, and Tiscali is NOT a PS2 recommended ISP, but it said on the PS2 UK site that fundamentally any broadband connection should work

Thanks in advance,
Deimos.
 
Your ADSL modem does not have an ethernet port? This poses a problem. Do you connect your PC via USB to the ADSL modem? (how's that for a bunch of acronyms?)

My first recomendation would be to get a better modem (: In addtion to that get a Linksys Cable / DSL router with multiple ports.

Since that ends up costing a bit, you might be able to get a cheap Linksys ethernet card for your computer and use "Internet Connection Sharing" ... that is if you're using a semi-modern version of Windows. I believe Mac OS X has a similar feature.
 
yes i use usb

sounds a good idea. am using win 98 se. hopefully this should work. have also sent an email to tiscali, making sure i wont get extra charges...
what is an ethernet card, how should i acquire it, how should i use it? i need a crossover cable or something right? does this come with the card?
 
You need three things: Ethernet cable (~5 GBP), an Ethernet (~13 GBP) card, a router (~27 GBP).

Take your phone cord, plug it into the router. Take two ethernet cables, plug them into the router. Take those same cables, connect one to your ethernet card in your computer and one into the PS2 Network Adapter.

ADSL through USB? What are these ISPs thinking?!
 
Viper Zero -- His DSL modem does not have ethernet. The modem connects to the computer through a USB cable.

All he needs is the ethernet card and a cross over cable. Both aquirable at any computer store.

However, I don't know the workings of Windows 98se for use with Internet Connection Sharing. You might be in for some trouble there.
 
should the card plug into a long, thin hole? something to do with 16bit?
If it does, then i can't believe this, the computer i have doesnt even have one of these...
Is it possible to connect this card through usb also (there is no chance in hell im buying a router. i think....
 
The ethernet card would plug into a spare PCI (more abbreviations :D) slot on the motherboard of your computer.

For reference, an acronym is an abbreviation which spells a word - ADSL isn't an acronym, but SCUBA is...
 
sorry to double post, but also, does it matter a lot that my connection is only, 150kbps, it definitely is ADSL, so it should work, right? ill get lag but ya know.....?
 
You open up the side of your computer and look at the motherboard. It'll be green or brown (probably - I've seen horrible red ones).

PCI slots are long, thin horizontal (on tower units) slots near the bottom of the motherboard. They'd require you to remove a small piece of metal out of the back of your computer (they are designed to be removed, so don't panic). You then slot the card in, and the holes for ethernet cables take the place of the blank bit of metal. You might have to screw the card in, but it might just need a sliding clip if your computer is newer (which will be inside the computer to start with - holding the blank piece of metal in).

What is your motherboard make/model?
 
you can guarantee that my pc will have one of these, and doing this won't break it? if it breaks ill sue lol.
motherboard is: (I don't know)

one thing that worries me - on system properties it says "No Pc Card sockets are installed." Does this mean that I have no sockets or no cards?

also, i found this image...(print sreened it)

does this mean that i wont need to buy an ethernet card????

NIC is short for Network Interface Card - Sony mention this alot on their website and in their books....
 

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I can't guarantee it, no - people do daft things. But as long as you don't touch any of the metal bits with your sticky little mits, you'll be fine - I've fitted four extra PCI cards on my own computer, and I'm not an IT genius.

What you need is not an ethernet card for the computer - which would enable you to plug an ethernet connection INTO it - but an ethernet crossover, which allows you to plug an ethernet connection OUT of it.
 
but, wth do i plug this ethernet crossover whobigthingywot into? my mouth? i really am confused...

btw, i have no idea what you mean about this bit of metal you take off?
 
Right. Got a picture:

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This is the motherboard of my crappy old 233 P2, now sitting idle. The things labelled "G" - four thin white slots - are the PCI slots, where an expansion card would go. The image is 90 degrees off - the left of the image is actually the bottom when it's attached inside the tower case.

Who makes your computer, what's the CPU and how much RAM do you/can you have. I can attempt to identify the MoBo then...
 
Why don't you just get someone with a bit fo techie skill in? It'll cost abit, but it will save you alot of hassle.....and someone to put the blame on.
 
exige: i dont have the money lol

famine: computer is GenuineIntel? (I'm reading this off the System on control panel)

96 MB of RAM
i dont know the cpu - sorry.

i cant, meanwhile even find this little piece of metal you are talking about...
 
Originally posted by deimos
famine: computer is GenuineIntel? (I'm reading this off the System on control panel)
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No - read it off the actual unit itself. It'll have a manufacturer's name stuck somewhere on the box - unless it came built to spec (which, with 96Mb RAM, I doubt). It won't be in the operating system.

When you start the computer up, there'll be a long list of bits of gibberish - usually a manufacturer's name, a processor type/speed, a quick RAM check and possibly the name of the motherboard.

Failing that, crack open the case and READ the name of the motherboard off the board itself.


The bits of metal are at the BACK of the computer. They simply cover holes which aren't needed until you put an expansion card in.

Take some photos of the back of your case and motherboard and I or someone will stick huge great arrows pointing to what you need.
 
It looks like he already has a network card. So I don't think he needs to get one. Take a photo of the back of yer pc and I or someone else will show ja!

Edit: It seems all the ADSL companys skimp on the modems here, giving you a cheap USB only one. That's why I plumped for a cable connection, well that and my phone line was already on the same company.

We have a BT ADSL line at work and they supply the crappiest modems evor.
 
He said that all his phone and USB ports are full, so I don't think there's an ethernet-out on there.
 
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Ethernet (RJ45) is slightly larger than a phone port (RJ11?).

Phone/Modem.
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I think his Network card is built onto his motherboard maybe.
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So it may just be above the usb ports, or near that area.
 
deimos - you can also get a USB ethernet adaptor for your computer. The problem is, the more USB stuff you have going at the same time, the slower it'll all get. Depending on the CPU speed of your computer, which I suspect isn't very quick, you may have difficulty making it work well enough to enjoy.

Your setup would be ...

Phone cord > DSL Modem > USB Cable > Computer > USB ethernet adaptor > ethernet cable > PS2

That's very linear :odd:. I'm more used to using a networking hub (or switch) that all networked devices connect to. But this way is common also and would work, assuming your equipment was fast enough.

Race Idiot 👍 👍 Excellent idea with the pictures.
 
i cant take a photo guys im sorry - no scanner, and no digital camera.

I do have an extremeley low quality web cam...

btw usb ethernet adaptors dont work, i read up on it, and it says that they are a no-no, i don't know why

btw(ii) i only have 2 usb ports, so it wont slow it down too much
 
I've thought about this, you might be better off getting a better make ADSL modem. You can get one that has ethernet ports (with onboard router) so then you can just plug both PC and PS2 in at the same time.]

Edit: did you not find the internal NIC? or any NIC at all?
 
Originally posted by Race Idiot
I've thought about this, you might be better off getting a better make ADSL modem. You can get one that has ethernet ports (with onboard router) so then you can just plug both PC and PS2 in at the same time.]

Edit: did you not find the internal NIC? or any NIC at all?
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Where abouts did you find a modem / router / hub combo? I'd really like to see this beast of a device.
 
Originally posted by Race Idiot
Pies!

My wireless router is a simmilar model to that, but I have a cable connection with a supplied modem so it's not that one.
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[speechless]:odd:[/speechless]

I never thought any manufacturer would be smart enough to put it all into one box.
 
I'm pretty sure they have been around for a year or so. I remember one of my colleauges buying one about a year or so ago. Although it didn't have a web interface and he had to telnet into it to change the settings.
 
ok, i think i found my nic socket - theres a little piece of metal with 3 computers linked together on a straight line next to it - does that sound right to you?

If so, now what do I do, mainly how do I get the little ******* off? (No dirty jokes please)
 
So you have an ethernet port on the computer? It should look like the same kind of connector as the one on the Playstation2's ethernet adaptor - the bigger connector.

Now you need a cross-over cable. It needs to go from the computer to the PS2.
 

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