GT4 via Xlink

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02-25-2005, 11:06 AM
tailchaser

GT4 via Xlink

Quick summary of what we're after here... Xlink (http://www.teamxlink.co.uk) lets you create a virtual LAN using the Internet so that PS2 games that don't support online play can be played online. The easiest setup uses a home network - preferably wired - where your PC serves as a tunneling device between your PS2 and the Internet. If you have a router and multiple PC's already, you'll just need to install the software, connect your PS2 and get gaming!

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Does your PS2 have the Ethernet port? Do you have a PC located appropriately to connect to your PS2?

If you're interested, say so and indicate your ISP here. I understand this works better for people on the same ISP...

Tailchaser: Comcast
02-25-2005, 11:11 AM
sammm

Yes. No. Yes. Comcast.
02-25-2005, 11:15 AM
Treibenschnell

Yes.

No.

Yes.

Dial-up... Juno... :cry:
02-25-2005, 11:17 AM
POS Racing

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Originally Posted by Treibenschnell

Dial-up... Juno... :cry:

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02-25-2005, 11:18 AM
sammm

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Originally Posted by Treibenschnell

Dial-up... Juno... :cry:

leap into the 90's Sparky! :P
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02-25-2005, 11:20 AM
tailchaser

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Originally Posted by sammm

Yes. No. Yes. Comcast.

Ummm... PS2, not PC. Sorry. I can't type this early in the morning.
02-25-2005, 11:21 AM
sammm

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Originally Posted by tailchaser

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Originally Posted by sammm

Yes. No. Yes. Comcast.

Ummm... PS2, not PC. Sorry. I can't type this early in the morning.

I give up, does it? (It's your 'old' broken one)
02-25-2005, 11:23 AM
tailchaser

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Originally Posted by sammm

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Originally Posted by tailchaser

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Originally Posted by sammm

Yes. No. Yes. Comcast.

Ummm... PS2, not PC. Sorry. I can't type this early in the morning.

I give up, does it? (It's your 'old' broken one)

Nope, but you can grab a used one for $20 at Gamestop.
02-25-2005, 11:24 AM
Dave04

I have SWB DSL and a router...

Just what I need... for someone to kick my butt at GT4 remotely... :o
02-25-2005, 11:26 AM
Treibenschnell

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Originally Posted by sammm

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Originally Posted by Treibenschnell

Dial-up... Juno... :cry:

leap into the 90's Sparky! :P
http://ccpc.mdryan.net/images/caveman_computer.gif

I know, I know... :oops:

Are you kidding? My connection is so slow I just read that Kennedy was shot downtown!!

No, kidding... it's pretty quick for dial-up. :?
02-25-2005, 11:32 AM
tailchaser

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Originally Posted by Dave04

I have SWB DSL and a router...

Just what I need... for someone to kick my butt at GT4 remotely... :o

But have you the all important ethernet port on your PS2?
02-25-2005, 11:39 AM
Dave04

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Originally Posted by tailchaser

But have you the all important ethernet port on your PS2?

No... but to quote you:

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Originally Posted by tailchaser

Nope, but you can grab a used one for $20 at Gamestop.

There's one on the way home... ;)
02-25-2005, 11:47 AM
tailchaser

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Originally Posted by Dave04

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Originally Posted by tailchaser

But have you the all important ethernet port on your PS2?

No... but to quote you:

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Originally Posted by tailchaser

Nope, but you can grab a used one for $20 at Gamestop.

There's one on the way home... ;)

That and you've got a Netgear FA120 that should work...
02-25-2005, 12:34 PM
sammm

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Originally Posted by tailchaser

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Originally Posted by sammm

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Originally Posted by tailchaser

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Originally Posted by sammm

Yes. No. Yes. Comcast.

Ummm... PS2, not PC. Sorry. I can't type this early in the morning.

I give up, does it? (It's your 'old' broken one)

Nope, but you can grab a used one for $20 at Gamestop.

Pardon my stupidity, but grab what for $20? An add-on ethernet port?
02-25-2005, 12:46 PM
Kestrel

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Originally Posted by sammm

Pardon my stupidity, but grab what...

Given your new avatar, I wouldn't use the words "grab what" in any of your posts... :lol:
02-25-2005, 12:51 PM
sammm

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Originally Posted by Kestrel

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Originally Posted by sammm

Pardon my stupidity, but grab what...

Given your new avatar, I wouldn't use the words "grab what" in any of your posts... :lol:

That I know about and need no help! These new fangly compoooder things corn-fuse me! :drunken:
02-25-2005, 12:55 PM
redmenace

Good find, TC -- They even support OS X!

I've got everything but the e-net port on the PS2. ISP is Comcast (cable).

Comcast sells both cable and DSL -- I wonder if that "same ISP" thing still holds across connectivity types?

Actually I don't have GT4 yet. (But then, you didn't ask that.)
02-25-2005, 12:55 PM
tailchaser

Yup... add-on ethernet port... I think there are a number of USB to ethernet adapters that can be had for the $10-25 range as well.
02-25-2005, 01:06 PM
Dave04

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Originally Posted by tailchaser

That and you've got a Netgear FA120 that should work...

Yeah... but thats for the Tivo... guess I need to find a cheap switch to put by the TV now...
02-25-2005, 01:16 PM
tailchaser

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Originally Posted by Dave04

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Originally Posted by tailchaser

That and you've got a Netgear FA120 that should work...

Yeah... but thats for the Tivo... guess I need to find a cheap switch to put by the TV now...

Unless you've updated the USB drivers on the Tivo, you should be able to hotplug/unplug to test it with the PS2... Just a suggestion...
02-28-2005, 03:05 PM
sammm

If I get the add-on ethernet for the PS2, do I have to subscribe to something to be able to play across the internet?
Anything special have to be done to support a broad-band connection thru a router?
02-28-2005, 03:15 PM
tailchaser

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Originally Posted by sammm

If I get the add-on ethernet for the PS2, do I have to subscribe to something to be able to play across the internet?
Anything special have to be done to support a broad-band connection thru a router?

No subscription required... You just have to run the Xlink software on a PC. Being connected through a router helps, actually, but you may need forward a UDP port to your PC. I'll test more thoroughly soon - with any luck, actually connecting to someone - and then I'll know more. Hopefully Dave04 will confirm that the Netgear FA120 USB Ethernet adapter works...
02-28-2005, 03:21 PM
sammm

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Originally Posted by tailchaser

You just have to run the Xlink software on a PC.

Is this the Xlink software you speak of?
LINKIE
02-28-2005, 03:27 PM
tailchaser

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Originally Posted by sammm

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Originally Posted by tailchaser

You just have to run the Xlink software on a PC.

Is this the Xlink software you speak of?
LINKIE

Yup. Did you find that link at the start of this thread?
03-02-2005, 08:19 PM
sammm

TC and I established our GT4 Xlink connection tonight! 8) Works great if you don't mind really laggggggggggggggy video. :? Back to the drawing board we go.
03-02-2005, 09:58 PM
Dave04

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Originally Posted by sammm

Works great if you don't mind really laggggggggggggggy video. :?

Do you think this is because you are bouncing packets through a server in the UK?
03-02-2005, 10:00 PM
sammm

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Originally Posted by Dave04

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Originally Posted by sammm

Works great if you don't mind really laggggggggggggggy video. :?

Do you think this is because you are bouncing packets through a server in the UK?

The first time we tried it, I was connected in Utah somewhere. The second time I was in Australia. Both connections sucked to say the least!
03-02-2005, 10:08 PM
tailchaser

The "server in Australia" isn't really relevant. Those servers are only helpers. The games are played peer to peer.

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