Linking two consoles....

Pharcyde

Not too sure if this has been covered already; I can't get the search function to work.

Basically I am looking to directly link two PS2's together; as opposed to creating a LAN, with a view to using two TV's for two player gaming.

I have heard that the best way to do this is using a "crossover cable" directly in to the network adapter. I haven't been able to get any more info though.

Has anyone sucessfully managed this?

Any help would be great.

Pharcyde

Has nobody ever tried this?

bigpoppa

Havent tried it (and I am not being smart) but google can surely answer this?

eg

http://boardsus.playstation.com/playstation/NetworkAdaptorFAQ

GrumPy

i used a firewire cable to hook up two consoles and play timesplitters.

Pharcyde

Cheers Grumpy, was that a direct connect? Was there any issue with assigning IP addresses?

ondafly

i have a firewire hub and 6 firewire cables. it was the original setup for connecting the PS2s together. worked on Gran Tourismo 3.

steviec

You can't just link two of them together directly?

I currently have mine linked into my computer network for online play which is fine(no setting up at all really, just plugged in and used defaults) but I assumed you could just plug two PS2s that had network adaptors together with ethernet cable and that was that. I was thinking about trying that for GT4 sometime.

GrumPy

link two directly is not a problem, get a single firewire cable.

Pharcyde

Nice one lads!

Now I don't suppose anyone knows where you can still get those network adapters?

Those extremely succsesfully selling network adapters?