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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
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
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FM, was the 5 second delay for 150k users only when you used voice comm?
CLUBMAN wrote:
> will you need a pc for online gaming
Surprisingly no. But how many people are going to have a broadband service for their PS2 and not use a PC with it? Very few.
> will you need a pc for online gaming
Surprisingly no. But how many people are going to have a broadband service for their PS2 and not use a PC with it? Very few.
will you need a pc for online gaming
Yes, you will need approx £500 for starters.
*top of head number for PS2, network adapter, BroadBand connection charges for a year*
*top of head number for PS2, network adapter, BroadBand connection charges for a year*
I want to go online with my PS2 but have neither the internet nor a PS2. Is my dream still possible?
El Nå†ßu© wrote:
> what's this about dodgy chat on the 150k?
Heh...
"Your Internet connection can be cable or ADSL, but it must be broadband. A traditional dial-up connection using a 56k modem (known as 'narrowband') or ISDN just isn't powerful enough to cope with the gaming wonders you're going to be piping to your PS2. Your Internet Service Provider may advertise a broadband connection as a 512Kbps connection, or "ten times faster than dial-up", or just high speed. Be careful to avoid products that are labelled as 'midband' or 'ADSL lite' or similar. When in doubt, check with your ISP to ensure the connection provided will be 512Kbps or above, which is adequate for PS2 network gaming."
- Source: Sony's Network Gaming Guides.
I was round my brother-in-law's last Saturday, he's managed to get his NTL 150k connection hooked up to the beta trial adaptor. He's always moaning about getting shot in the first 5 seconds of a game, so I was showing him around the SOCOM maps, teaching him some of the 'hard to get to' places, which was fine as there was only one other player in the game doing the same thing. Then we went into an 8-a-side Medley room, and he got shot in the first 5 seconds of the game. Which isn't surprising really as normally at the start of a game you've got 10-15 seconds to get to a decent sniping position, but when you're on 150k the opposition are all over you before you've even moved.
He doesn't go on Central Station much either (you'll learn all about that when you get your adaptor) because he moans that the high content pages always take so long to load.
Midnight Club 2 works fine though.
> what's this about dodgy chat on the 150k?
Heh...
"Your Internet connection can be cable or ADSL, but it must be broadband. A traditional dial-up connection using a 56k modem (known as 'narrowband') or ISDN just isn't powerful enough to cope with the gaming wonders you're going to be piping to your PS2. Your Internet Service Provider may advertise a broadband connection as a 512Kbps connection, or "ten times faster than dial-up", or just high speed. Be careful to avoid products that are labelled as 'midband' or 'ADSL lite' or similar. When in doubt, check with your ISP to ensure the connection provided will be 512Kbps or above, which is adequate for PS2 network gaming."
- Source: Sony's Network Gaming Guides.
I was round my brother-in-law's last Saturday, he's managed to get his NTL 150k connection hooked up to the beta trial adaptor. He's always moaning about getting shot in the first 5 seconds of a game, so I was showing him around the SOCOM maps, teaching him some of the 'hard to get to' places, which was fine as there was only one other player in the game doing the same thing. Then we went into an 8-a-side Medley room, and he got shot in the first 5 seconds of the game. Which isn't surprising really as normally at the start of a game you've got 10-15 seconds to get to a decent sniping position, but when you're on 150k the opposition are all over you before you've even moved.
He doesn't go on Central Station much either (you'll learn all about that when you get your adaptor) because he moans that the high content pages always take so long to load.
Midnight Club 2 works fine though.
I found a simple way to do mine. PC in front room is networked to PC in bedroom and ICS is used. Next, buy a patch cable, connect this to the Network adapter for PS2, stick the other end near were the bedroom PC is network to the other PC, then when I want to go online with my PS2, take the network cable out of the bedroom pc and put it into the patch cable. Ta dah! Hope my 150k aint lousy though... what's this about dodgy chat on the 150k?
What's Earth?
Darwock wrote:
> Netgear. Oh....
>
> OK there are problems with some netgear routers. However all the
> problematic ones I know of have product codes that start with DM...
> (like DM602) so you might be OK. By the way any problems will come
> when you try to use voice communications in SOCOM. The port
> forwarding/DMZ doesn't work correctly so the stuff gets garbled or
> blocked completely.
>
> If you bought it recently I hope you have the receipt, just in case
Well i can get em free from work ya see ;), there worth about £80 i'm told. So not cheap.
Suppose I'll have to just try it when i buy my adapter and SOCOM this week.
Gonna keep my receipts though.
Cheers
> Netgear. Oh....
>
> OK there are problems with some netgear routers. However all the
> problematic ones I know of have product codes that start with DM...
> (like DM602) so you might be OK. By the way any problems will come
> when you try to use voice communications in SOCOM. The port
> forwarding/DMZ doesn't work correctly so the stuff gets garbled or
> blocked completely.
>
> If you bought it recently I hope you have the receipt, just in case
Well i can get em free from work ya see ;), there worth about £80 i'm told. So not cheap.
Suppose I'll have to just try it when i buy my adapter and SOCOM this week.
Gonna keep my receipts though.
Cheers
Netgear. Oh....
OK there are problems with some netgear routers. However all the problematic ones I know of have product codes that start with DM... (like DM602) so you might be OK. By the way any problems will come when you try to use voice communications in SOCOM. The port forwarding/DMZ doesn't work correctly so the stuff gets garbled or blocked completely.
If you bought it recently I hope you have the receipt, just in case
OK there are problems with some netgear routers. However all the problematic ones I know of have product codes that start with DM... (like DM602) so you might be OK. By the way any problems will come when you try to use voice communications in SOCOM. The port forwarding/DMZ doesn't work correctly so the stuff gets garbled or blocked completely.
If you bought it recently I hope you have the receipt, just in case
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