Does anyone know or have tried wireless networking to play online with the PS2?


Reason i ask this is because i dont want to run the wire from downstair to upstairs......

I have my Xbox Live, PS2, ReplayTV, and Audiotron (mp3 player) all set up wireless. You need an Access point on the side of the network connection, and you need a Wireless bridge on the PS2 side. If you have multiple hardware like I do, you need a switch from there to go out to the various appliances. Otherwise, you just go from the bridge to the PS2.

ok listen..... i am not to familiar with this stuff....... can you point me to what is what in Bestbuy.com?

i actually want to go this weekend to best buy to buy the stuff but am not to familiar with the lingo.

Lets see, I don't usually buy networking equipment from best buy, but I'll see what I can find (don't mean to come off as superior, I just get cisco stuff free from work, so no need to buy stuff at Best Buy!)...

For the record, I'm not a fan of Linksys items (I've had nothing but trouble with them in the past, though now that Cisco owns them, who knows what will happen), but here ya go:

Linksys Access Point (the part that connects to your current network and sends data out).

http://www.bestbuy.com/detail.asp?e=...=540&scat=1572


If you need one with a switch built in, here ya go (For Example, you'd use this so you can hook up your broadband to this, then from here it would send data wireless, plus you have 4 ports to plug in local computers and printers):

http://www.bestbuy.com/detail.asp?e=...=540&scat=1572


Here's the bridge (the part that RECEIVES the data the access point sends out):

http://www.bestbuy.com/detail.asp?e=...=540&scat=1572



If want to hook up multiple appliances to the wireless like I have (like if you have an Xbox and want to hook up the XBox Live!), you would need a switch as well. Here's a simple 5 port switch:

http://www.bestbuy.com/detail.asp?e=...=540&scat=1575

Hope that helps!

I have the bridge for my X Box right now and was thinking about adding a switch for the PS2 and a computer. Have you run into any problms at all?

Like I said, I have a 4 port switch off my bridge running my Xbox Live, Ps2, ReplayTV, and Audiotron (mp3 player). I have no problems what so ever.

I thought you just needed a wirelees router router and a few wireless hubs, or can you not do it like this?

You can do it with a wireless router, but if you are already using a router, you need an access point.

A wireless hub is just a bridge with a switch/hub built in.