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I live in a small community mainly composed of backwood individuals and cannot find any local shops that have or carry PL-2301 Cables. I was wondering if i could use my DSL router which i currently have accessing via Ethernet port. Can i leave this intact and use the USB Connection on the Router to hook up to the PS2 and do my Bios transfermation with the Router.. Im not very keen on networking as per im more in the programming section of the food chain. Any assistance would be greatly appreciated.

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Vestrievan

What you want is to make a local network. This is my current setup:
The linux box accesses the internet directly and provides security for the system in the form of a nice firewall. An ethernet card connects to a hub which constitutes the local network. Anything on the local network can access each other and the internet through the linux box. PS2Link is designed around this kind of network. The PS2 is hardcoded to a local address of 192.168.0.10, and expects the linux box to be 192.168.0.1. In my case, the laptop is 192.168.0.50, and the iMac is 192.168.0.100.

The PS2 can access the net through the linux box (acting as the gateway) for games, and works with PS2Link for development directly. At the same time, I can access the net with my iMac and laptop. I can also use PS2Link with a different host addy - for example use 192.168.0.50 if I wish to use the laptop for development instead of the main linux box.

It's very flexible and not very expensive. You can get an ethernet hub with PCI ethernet cards cheap. I got a NetGear EN104 hub with two PCI ethernet cards for $25 here in the US. Using ethernet for access is also faster than the USB cable (which I also have).

Much thanks i will try this when i get home from work ..Appreciate the addresses

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Vestrievan

JF, I think what he's talking about is connecting the PS2 USB port to the router's USB port (with a standard USB cable), then connecting the router's Ethernet interface to a PC. Is this correct, Vestrievan?

In other words, he does not have the Network Adaptor for the PS2.

If this is the case, your guess is as good as mine as to whether it will work or not... I'm guessing that it won't work, but it's worth a try, especially if you have all the hardware already. It also depends on your router, if you can use both the Ethernet and USB connections at the same time -- most of the time it's an either/or.

IMHO, the US$50 for the PS2 network adaptor is money well spent.

Let us know how it works.

If that's what he means, it won't work. USB to a modem requires PPPoA which is not part of NapLink. There isn't a chance in heck that connecting the PS2 USB to a router will do anything at all. That's why I didn't bother to talk about it.

The network adapter is more like $40, and I got mine at WalMart for ~$36.
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Thanks for the information gang, and i believe you are correct so i might as well head to Wally world. 8) 1 Last question tho .. Could i just online order a PL-2301 Chipset Bus Connection cord for $26 instead of the $40 Network adapter, i dont need both correct?

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Vestrievan

If you can find one, the USB cable is all that is needed. It's not a fast or as flexible, but it does get the job done. :)

I used that for several months before getting a network adapter for my PS2.