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"XBOX/PS2 BROADBAND QUESTION"

Your phoneline connector socket is actually a standard network socket (RJ45) just you will find on the back of most PC's. Broadband devices (modems, set-top boxes etc) typically connect to your computer via a USB connection, and only sometimes do they connect via network cable. If you've not bought ADSL yet but are thinking of it, and don't want to have to route your Xbox Live through a PC, make sure you get an ADSL modem (or a package that contains such a modem) that allows you to plug network devices into it. Such a device would probably be an ADSL router, which will be more expensive than a standard modem, and will probably require some kind of setting up via a PC which you may not be able to do. Do you have a PC at home?

phi11ip wrote:
> Turbonutter wrote:
> Nice to see Miserableman reading the whole post, even the very first
> sentence.
>
> lol
>
> He goes on about all the technical stuff, finished by:
>
> "Do you have a PC at home?"
>
> Ahhhhh, it made me laugh!



I'm going to get extremely picky over what you two say from hereon in!

phi11ip wrote:
> Anyway, there's no point in buying it if you haven't got a PC. For the
> amount of time that you're gonna use it and the amount that it's gonna
> cost you, well, there are far better things to spend £25 a month
> on and the £100+ installation.
>
> Plus the Xbox doesn't have a modem in it, you'll have to get the modem
> from the people who provide you with the BB.

Same as the PS2. You only get a network adaptor with the PS2 which you have to buy for £24.99 for the offical Sony one from good old SR, while XBox has it built in.

I agree as well as if you havent got a PC then broadband is pointless. Also I dont think you would be able to get the XBox or PS2 online without a PC. Say you have ADSL then you would either have a USB modem which needs a PC, or a ADSL Router which is set up via a PC. Maybe a Cable modem or a Ethernet ADSL modem may work, as the XBox(not sure about PS2) has settings where you can type in settings to get the modem to connect to your account.

Turbonutter wrote:
> Nice to see Miserableman reading the whole post, even the very first
> sentence.

lol

He goes on about all the technical stuff, finished by:

"Do you have a PC at home?"

Ahhhhh, it made me laugh!

Nice to see Miserableman reading the whole post, even the very first sentence.

You have to buy broadband if you didn't know! You can't just plug it into your phone line like 56k!

Anyway, there's no point in buying it if you haven't got a PC. For the amount of time that you're gonna use it and the amount that it's gonna cost you, well, there are far better things to spend £25 a month on and the £100+ installation.

Plus the Xbox doesn't have a modem in it, you'll have to get the modem from the people who provide you with the BB.

Your phoneline connector socket is actually a standard network socket (RJ45) just you will find on the back of most PC's. Broadband devices (modems, set-top boxes etc) typically connect to your computer via a USB connection, and only sometimes do they connect via network cable. If you've not bought ADSL yet but are thinking of it, and don't want to have to route your Xbox Live through a PC, make sure you get an ADSL modem (or a package that contains such a modem) that allows you to plug network devices into it. Such a device would probably be an ADSL router, which will be more expensive than a standard modem, and will probably require some kind of setting up via a PC which you may not be able to do. Do you have a PC at home?