yes, you can use a crossover cable (aka RJ-45 or ethernet)
or get a USB wireless adapter, like my wireless Linksys router
came with. They run about $30-$40
a crossover cable that is 50 feet long is about $13
so let me get this stright I can just hook up the cable modem to the router useing a regular cable, then from the router use a crossover cable into my PS2, Then use a 2end crossover cable from router into PC.
you wouldn't need crossover cable to go from router to the ps2 or pc. it'd be
cable modem --regular RJ45-- WAN port on router
port1 of router --regular RJ45-- ps2
port2 of router --regular RJ45-- PC
The wireless device you'd need to connect the ps2 wirelessly is called a wireless gaming adapter and is pretty expensive (last I checked around $100)
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"So even tho it is wireless I can also use a cable instead?"
Most if not all wireless routers have at least 4 wired ports.
WEStar, sorry to drag you back here But I just had to thank you,
Thats How I thought it was I got confused when the other guy said about a crossover.
Thanks again you told me just What I wanted to here.
this is how you hook it all up, but the router manual will tell you step by step how to do this. Just substitute the xbox for PS2, they hook up the exact same way
so in basics to describe the hook up.
1. cable in to cable modem
2. ethernet cable from cable modem to internet port on router
3. then you hook a crossover cable from the router to the PC's
ethernet port, and one to the PS2's port using one of the available ports on the router. Setting up all the IP settings on the PS2 is another thing, you will have to learn this to make a connection. Just plugging in cables alone will not do it. So i would start searching for guides that tell you how. I know how to do this for the Xbox, but am not sure if the PS2 is exactly the same, but it should be.
I have read that you should use a strait through ethernet cable to hook the PS2 to the router. I am not 100% sure that is true but
I used a crossover cable and it worked fine for me.
steimy, you don't have to have a crossover cable with routers. You can just use a regular ethernet cable (which is usually cheaper then crossover cable I've found).
