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"How to Get your PS2 ONLINE!!!!"

OK, so you're probably thinking: "Why tell me? I've got broadband, I just buy a network adaptor kit for my PS2 and away I go...".

Trust me, it's NOT that simple, because everyone has a completely different setup, different Internet Service Providers (ISPs) who require different information from your PS2 Network Adaptor, different operating systems (Win98, WinME, Win2k, WinXP), different types of modem (is yours ADSL or Ethernet or both?), different types of connectors (USB or RJ45), different types of NIC that you may or may not need etc.

If you can configure firewalls and open router ports and initiate packet forwarding and configure ICS and know your crossover cable from your patch cable then you'll be OK. If you don't know what any of that last sentence meant, and you want to get online with your PS2, you MUST DO THE FOLLOWING:

Go to http://uk.playstation.com
Click on 'Network Gaming' on the left menu, then select 'Guides' in the dropdown menu.
Then read every one of them.
Then read all the pages that the Guides link to.
Even if you don't think you need to know anything about some of the sections, or even if you think you know it all anyway, READ THEM and take all that information in.

Because about 50% of people who want to connect their PS2 online can't do it. Simply because they couldn't be bothered to read those Guides. I'm just posting this here now because I'm fed up with answering 50 posts a day on the Sony forums asking things like "How the hell do I get this to work?" posted by people who didn't do their homework. It took me 6 hours solid and a few coffees to read those guides, not to mention the couple of weeks I spent trolling the Network Gaming section of the Sony Forums looking for advice on the best router, setup methods and so on. I now know so much about the subject I could probably pass myself off as a Network Consultant.

And come launch day for the PS2 Network Adaptor, I refuse to help if you get stuck, I'll just pop this post and laugh at you :P

thats who i want to get broadband with

Oh right well im phoning up NTL and im going ask them about it

Routers don't usually take USB connections anyway. Any PC connected to the router would need to have a network card installed (about £10-£15) so you could plug in an ethernet cable.

ok then so another question i need to plug in my sisters computer to the router so she can also have broadband but her computer does not have a USB port how does this complicate the situation? can she still have it? if so how

It doesn't have to be, wireless routers are just more expensive than regular routers. It's up to you.

anyone?

Question about the router i need to connect broadband to three computers,

1) is the router wireless? all the ones ive seen are if so how does it work

2) i can ask when someone answers question 1

Thanks

Have you got a web address for NTL? I've found a broadband that covers BT lines for £18.99 a month, its the £50 installation and the £50 modem i'm working towards!

Does NTL offer the cheapest broadband at 17.99 a month anyone? Or can I get it cheaper somewhere else?

120.72 Kbps
(15.09 KBps)

On a 150k ntl line.