If you are directly connecting the cable modem, dsl modem, or two-way satellite modem, into the Network Adaptor, you should understand and know how to answer the following questions:
1. Is the cable you are using the same as the one that was previously between your PC and your cable modem? It should be a regular straight-through ethernet cable.. if you are converting to direct from a router setup, and your cable modem was previously connected to an NON UPLINK port of a hub or router, it was a CROSS OVER cable, so don't use it!
2. Is your provider using DHCP (on the PC this is indicated by a checkbox 'automatically obtain IP address') or is a DSL provider, and you are using PPPoE with a password, or you have a STATIC ip address?
3. Does your provider LOCK the ethernet hardware address of your PC to its equipment? does it allow only ONE active DHCP address (normal for home cable connections)?
4. If your setup is a static IP, do you have your DNS server IP address and default gateway handy?
In the case where your provider is DHCP or PPPoE based, the network adaptor may be able to automatically configure itself if you follow the simple prompts on the screen. If it fails to do so then you may have discovered that your provider locks ethernet hardware addresses, or, you have not released your IP from your PC before attempting to get one from the PS2.
There are three remedies to failure of automatic configuration .. one is to RELEASE your IP on the PC first, before removing the cable and plugging it into the PS2. Use WINIPCFG utility to do this (start->run->winipcfg .. then press RELEASE).
The next is to power cycle the modem. Depending on the provider, this will sometimes forget the ethernet device that was associated with the modem (your PC), and will accept a new one (associated with the PS2 network adaptor).
The other remedy, if this fails, is to call your provider and ask them whether or not a new "computer" can be plugged into the network adaptor without notifying them.. since providers freak out unless the customer says the device is a windows or mac machine, pretend that it is a windows laptop!
If the provider tells you the new laptop should work right "out of the box", and can be changed from PC to laptop and back without issue, then you should not have any issues getting the network adaptor working.
If however the provider says the modem is locked to the PC you had when it was installed, ask them what the unlock procedure is. If they ask you the new hardware address, you will have to tell them you do not know it and do not know how to obtain it. Good luck.
Assuming that a power cycle has not helped the PS2 "see" the internet at the end of the network setup process, then you should look carefully at whether the cable you have used is correct, whether the modem has regained sync after being power cycled, and whether the lights on the modem may indicate no "link" to the ps2 or some other problem.
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