Help connecting PS2 to internet with ICS

[amol]

So I was finally able to get my console and computer close to each other . . .

I have the network setup cd in the ps2 and have a crossover cable connected from the ps2 to the pc

i am using a wireless PCMCIA card to connect to the internet (through a dlink router)

whenever i try to enable ICS, it shows an error message saying.

"ICS cannot be enabled due to an IP address conflict on the network. ICS requires the host be configured to use 192.168.0.1

Please ensure that no other client on the network is configured to use 192.168.0.1"

can anyone tell me what to do?

edit: i connect a long ethernet cord from the router to the ps2 and it works

but the wire is kind of annoying . . .

 

[JackMDS]

You have a new Router (I remember some posts from yesterday)

So you have already a NAT.

Now you are trying to create a second NAT with ICS. ICS does not like it, it will never work correctly.

Get your self a Wireless Card for Game Box or use Wire.

:sun:

 

[amol]

how much would those COST?

how about an access point, then?

EDIT: would this work? http://games.dlink.com/products/?pid=333

EDIT2: WHOA, $90!!!

i need to do it through ICS, this is way too expensive

 

[Fardringle]

Why do you need to do it through ICS? Can't you just connect the PS2 directly to the router to give it access to the Internet? That would be a whole lot easier than buying new hardware or reconfiguring your existing network.

If not, the only way you'll be able to make this work is to change the IP configuration on your router so that it has a different address than 192.168.0.1 (192.168.1.1 would probably work) and hands out addresses in the 'new' IP range so that your computer can use 192.168.0.1 for it's own address on the PS2 side and give the PS2 an address from there.

 

[amol]

because the router is on the other end of the hall

thats where the cable jack is (the one that accepts the cable company signal)

 

[amol]

maybe i should emphasize . . .

the study room (place where the router is) is on the north side of the hall and my bedroom (where the PS2 is) is on the south side of the hall . . .

the router is on the FAR NORTH wall and my ps2 is on the FAR SOUTH wall

in between are 2 rooms are 2 other bedrooms and the stairs

running a CAT-5 cable would be very annoying for anyone trying to go upstairs or downstairs

 

[amol]

Originally posted by: Fardringle
If not, the only way you'll be able to make this work is to change the IP configuration on your router so that it has a different address than 192.168.0.1 (192.168.1.1 would probably work)

how would i do that?

(sorry, networking n00b)

 

[Fardringle]

Every router is a little bit different so it would be very hard to give you exact instructions without knowing what router you have. Go into the router setup page (http://192.168.1.1 on your PC) and in the DHCP configuration portion of the router setup, change the router's IP address from 192.168.1.1 to 192.168.0.1 and save the changes, then reboot your PC (to force it to get a new address from the router). After that is done you should be able to set up ICS on the PC properly.

 

[amol]

Originally posted by: Fardringle
Every router is a little bit different so it would be very hard to give you exact instructions without knowing what router you have. Go into the router setup page (http://192.168.1.1 on your PC) and in the DHCP configuration portion of the router setup, change the router's IP address from 192.168.1.1 to 192.168.0.1 and save the changes, then reboot your PC (to force it to get a new address from the router). After that is done you should be able to set up ICS on the PC properly.

thank you, i'll try that in the morning (too tired to do anything right now

 

[amol]

great, now the computer thats connected to the router can't access it . . . WTF!

 

[Fardringle]

Assuming that you didn't change any actual physical cable connections, that usually means that the PC is not getting a properly IP address from the router. I would suspect that you have a static IP address assigned to the wireless NIC in the 192.168.0.xxx range and when you changed the router to the 192.168.1.1 address, it is now technically no longer on the same IP network as the wireless NIC. If this is the case (it is very easy to check what your IP address is by opening a Command Prompt and typing IPCONFIG /ALL), then you will either need to set the wireless NIC to use DHCP so that it can get IP information from the router automatically, or change its static IP address to an address in the 192.168.1.xxx range and change the default gateway to match the new router IP address of 192.168.1.1.

 

[Philippine Mango]

Originally posted by: Fardringle
Every router is a little bit different so it would be very hard to give you exact instructions without knowing what router you have. Go into the router setup page (http://192.168.1.1 on your PC) and in the DHCP configuration portion of the router setup, change the router's IP address from 192.168.1.1 to 192.168.0.1 and save the changes, then reboot your PC (to force it to get a new address from the router). After that is done you should be able to set up ICS on the PC properly.

No, ICS has an IP requirement of 192.168.0.1, his router is probably SET at 192.168.0.1 (gateway anyways) so he would need to change it to 192.168.1.1 or 192.168.***.1 so that it doesn't conflict with ICS. Before I setup my coyote linux firewall I did the exact same thing you wanted to do. So I had it so my wifi card was on the internet then did internet connection sharing from the wifi connection and then had my lan card out to my hub (in your case the PS2). The router was set at 192.168.1.1 and I didn't have a trouble with this setup, though later when I got the coyote linux firewall, it defaulted at 192.168.0.1 and I couldn't change it so ICS didn't work anymore.

Goodluck!

 

[amol]

i'm RMA-ing the router for a new one, somehow, it just stopped working

D-Link tech support told me to do so . . .