another ps2link memory card question

rock122 · Post by **rock122** » Wed Jun 23, 2004 7:10 pm

Ok i have spent the last 4 hours on this, I am familiar with the independence exploit but can figure out how to install ps2link, the one time i got something going was some iso i downloaded from Mr. Brown's or something and while booting ps2link said something like "ps2 lid not something" but i need step by step instructions like how to compile the cd, how to set up the ipconfig file, and the whole thing, i have checked other threads and they have tid bits but not the whole thing.

Post by **blackdroid** » Wed Jun 23, 2004 8:05 pm

why not just put the ps2link on the mc since you are familiar with ps2ind ?

bionicman · Post by **bionicman** » Wed Jun 23, 2004 8:32 pm

Yep, the easiest is to put ps2link on memory card, have it boot automatically through independance exploit or boot something else that then allows you to start ps2link.

Of course there is the initial difficulty of putting stuff onto yout memory card.

Post by **ooPo** » Wed Jun 23, 2004 10:18 pm

Just put the data or something into the place and wait for it to say 'Ready or something' not found.

Post by **Drakonite** » Wed Jun 23, 2004 11:02 pm

blackdroid wrote:why not just put the ps2link on the mc since you are familiar with ps2ind ?

Um... unless I'm mistaken the last official release of ps2link is crap to setup with ps2ind. It tries to use dms3 bootmode when it's on the MC unless it's in mc0:/PS2LINK/, which can be a hassle to setup for a lot of people. CVS works good I think though.

For what it matters, as soon as I unlazy myself enough to rehookup my ps2dev setup and put the small bit of effort into it, I'll post some npo and xpo files of ps2link w/ps2-ind ready to use (other than changing IP info).

... on that note, anyone want to write a real quick app for changing the IP settings on the PS2?

Post by **mrbrown** » Thu Jun 24, 2004 1:25 am

Drakonite wrote:
blackdroid wrote:why not just put the ps2link on the mc since you are familiar with ps2ind ?
Um... unless I'm mistaken the last official release of ps2link is crap to setup with ps2ind. It tries to use dms3 bootmode when it's on the MC unless it's in mc0:/PS2LINK/, which can be a hassle to setup for a lot of people. CVS works good I think though.

I'm not sure where you got that from. The last official release of ps2link works fine as BOOT.ELF. IIRC, adresd re-released it just to fix that issue.

Post by **Drakonite** » Thu Jun 24, 2004 1:43 am

mrbrown wrote:
Drakonite wrote:
blackdroid wrote:why not just put the ps2link on the mc since you are familiar with ps2ind ?
Um... unless I'm mistaken the last official release of ps2link is crap to setup with ps2ind. It tries to use dms3 bootmode when it's on the MC unless it's in mc0:/PS2LINK/, which can be a hassle to setup for a lot of people. CVS works good I think though.
I'm not sure where you got that from. The last official release of ps2link works fine as BOOT.ELF. IIRC, adresd re-released it just to fix that issue.

The only release I can remember adresd making to fix it was a hack that hardcoded it to always read the IRX from same spot instead of checking anything. I didn't think that got up as the main release...

But then again, I've been using cvs stuff I built myself for so long it's hard to keep track ;) I guess I'm probably wrong then. I just remember being told they wouldn't do a release to fix that problem (and a couple other ones) until something else was working, which still wasn't working last time I grabbed cvs IIRC.

rock122 · Post by **rock122** » Thu Jun 24, 2004 5:37 am

its not just putting it on the memory card it's how to set it up, for example configuring the ipconfig.dat..... and which files need to be put on the card.
Oh also for setting up through my ethernet adapter my question is do i hook up the ps2 to computer directly or through a router.

rock122 · Post by **rock122** » Thu Jun 24, 2004 5:59 am

Ok now i got it installed and set up the ipconfig.dat (though i don't know how to get my ps2 ip), now when ps2link loads i get this error "Could not load module mc8:/Badata-system/IOMANX.IPX: -201" i have the IOMAN.IRX but don't see any IPX version of it.

InLink also gives the error when starting "Componenet "mswinsck.ocs" or one of its dependencies not correctly registered: a file is missing or invalid"

Post by **blackdroid** » Thu Jun 24, 2004 7:03 am

dunno where you dl ps2link but here goes www.thethirdcreation.net/tools/ps2link-v1.23.zip

as for inlink I dunno, read the readme carefully, you need x version first, cause latest version is just a patch to a base install.

rock122 · Post by **rock122** » Thu Jun 24, 2004 7:21 am

how do i get my ps2 ip?

Post by **blackdroid** » Thu Jun 24, 2004 9:28 am

its printed on the screen. ( and ultimately its what you put in ipconfig.dat )

rock122 · Post by **rock122** » Thu Jun 24, 2004 8:12 pm

like where do i have to go to get it to display the ip?

Post by **blackdroid** » Thu Jun 24, 2004 9:33 pm

if ps2link boots properly on your ps2, the IP will be displayed on the TV, TFT, projector or whatever you use for displaying the video signal from your ps2.

ole · Post by **ole** » Sun Jun 27, 2004 8:14 pm

If I understand your question well, you don't know how to setup the ip address of the ps2 network adapter. If this is your question then modify the ipconfig.dat file and store it on the memory card - here are the ip setting of the network adapter. So basicly You must know (decide or create) the ip number because only You know your LAN settings. Finally you can test wether your connection works by pinging to the ps2 ip from your computer (ps2link must be running).
As for my ps2link instalation I just copied all content of the ps2link to the BXDATA-SYSTEM directory, made new copy of the BOOT.ELF (copy of the ps2link.elf) and that was it. No magic procedure.

J.F. · Post by **J.F.** » Mon Jun 28, 2004 5:15 am

Remember that IP addresses of the form 192.168.n.m are reserved for people to use as internal network addresses. YOU get decide what machine gets which address with the exception of 192.168.n.0, which stands for the network itself, and 192.168.n.255, which stands for everybody on that network.

So you can decide that you wish for your PC to be 192.168.0.1 and that the PS2 will be 192.168.0.2. They don't HAVE to be that - you can make them anything given the above two restrictions. For example, you could just as well make them 192.168.47.171 and 192.168.47.99.

The IP addresses that come in the data file supplied uses the addresses 192.168.0.1 and 192.168.0.10 for the PC and PS2 respectively. They are fine and you can leave them. Just remember that if you add another computer to the network (I have a Mac on mine) to make it different from those two addresses. My Mac is 192.168.0.100.