28-08-2004, 03:57 PM
Hi Sol,
I am using a Belkin RJ45 crossover cable (which supports base 10/100base-T) (GBP15 from PC World) coupled with a ADSL modem router (GBP60 from Maplins, manufacturer etec). The guy who sold me the router today in Maplins told me that it works without connection to a PC and that it should connect directly from the BT microfilter to the Gamecube. However, I have tried several of the options on the PSO set up page without any success. BT have told me that they cannot advise on Nintendo, only on their own products. However, they did give me a code to allow me to get on line via a 56K modem for free for 10 days but this runs out on Tuesday. My PC has a LAN port at the back but when I plugged the RJ45 into that yesterday and set up the network connections wizard my PC crashed and I could not get on line at all. When I disconnected the cable from the LAN port on my PC and reset the connection I was back to normal. PC World sold me a USP to Ethernet adapter but that did not help either and was GBP15 down the drain.
BT broadband claim that they have 3 million users in the UK so I guess that someone must have solved this problem already but I am really stuck.
With the cost of the broadband adapter for the Gamecube its all getting a bit expensive. If I cannot get the system to work then I may go back to BT connect lite and a 56K modem which at least works.
Unbelievable when I was in Maplins today another shopper who really didn't know one one of a game cube from the other tried to give me advice and kept contradicting the sales assistant. It was like a scene from the fast show with the ginger idiot in the pub!!!
The modems which BT supply are hardwired to a USP plug so cannot connect to the gamecube. I did call Nintendo on Friday but they were next to useless and just told me to try plugging the gamecube into the back of the PC.
I have managed to set up two PCs and one laptop to broadband so I hope that I am not completely stupid but the gamecube really has me foxed.
Can you help?
Mimas
I am using a Belkin RJ45 crossover cable (which supports base 10/100base-T) (GBP15 from PC World) coupled with a ADSL modem router (GBP60 from Maplins, manufacturer etec). The guy who sold me the router today in Maplins told me that it works without connection to a PC and that it should connect directly from the BT microfilter to the Gamecube. However, I have tried several of the options on the PSO set up page without any success. BT have told me that they cannot advise on Nintendo, only on their own products. However, they did give me a code to allow me to get on line via a 56K modem for free for 10 days but this runs out on Tuesday. My PC has a LAN port at the back but when I plugged the RJ45 into that yesterday and set up the network connections wizard my PC crashed and I could not get on line at all. When I disconnected the cable from the LAN port on my PC and reset the connection I was back to normal. PC World sold me a USP to Ethernet adapter but that did not help either and was GBP15 down the drain.
BT broadband claim that they have 3 million users in the UK so I guess that someone must have solved this problem already but I am really stuck.
With the cost of the broadband adapter for the Gamecube its all getting a bit expensive. If I cannot get the system to work then I may go back to BT connect lite and a 56K modem which at least works.
Unbelievable when I was in Maplins today another shopper who really didn't know one one of a game cube from the other tried to give me advice and kept contradicting the sales assistant. It was like a scene from the fast show with the ginger idiot in the pub!!!
The modems which BT supply are hardwired to a USP plug so cannot connect to the gamecube. I did call Nintendo on Friday but they were next to useless and just told me to try plugging the gamecube into the back of the PC.
I have managed to set up two PCs and one laptop to broadband so I hope that I am not completely stupid but the gamecube really has me foxed.
Can you help?
Mimas