28-08-2004, 04:37 PM
Hi Sol,
The Broadband Modem which BT supplied has a hard wired USB plug.
The BBA for the Gamecube has an RJ45 female socket (I think).
I initially tried going to the gamecube from the modem via the LAN socket on my PC but I could not get this to work at all and my system crashed. I have Windows ME as my operating system and there is a local area network wizard icon on my desktop. Yesterday the man on the help desk at PC World recommended a using a USB to Ethernet adapter on the back of my PC (i.e. using two USB sockets). However this did not work either and it caused my PC to crash. I am not convinced that an LAN socket and an NIC socket are the same.
Today I went to Maplins where they told me that an broadband modem router would be the answer to my problems for GBP60 as it come preloaded with software and does not need to be connected to a PC. However, it has not solved anything as I still cannot get on line via the Gamecube. I still have the receipt so I may take it back on Tuesday for a refund.
It is getting to the stage where I think that I may cancell my broadband account and go back to dial up. The gamecube is actually belongs to my son who uses it for PSO but if he cannot use it on Broadband then I think that I will cancel my Broadband account with BT and go back to 56K modems as I do not see why he should lose out.
Thanks
Mimas
The Broadband Modem which BT supplied has a hard wired USB plug.
The BBA for the Gamecube has an RJ45 female socket (I think).
I initially tried going to the gamecube from the modem via the LAN socket on my PC but I could not get this to work at all and my system crashed. I have Windows ME as my operating system and there is a local area network wizard icon on my desktop. Yesterday the man on the help desk at PC World recommended a using a USB to Ethernet adapter on the back of my PC (i.e. using two USB sockets). However this did not work either and it caused my PC to crash. I am not convinced that an LAN socket and an NIC socket are the same.
Today I went to Maplins where they told me that an broadband modem router would be the answer to my problems for GBP60 as it come preloaded with software and does not need to be connected to a PC. However, it has not solved anything as I still cannot get on line via the Gamecube. I still have the receipt so I may take it back on Tuesday for a refund.
It is getting to the stage where I think that I may cancell my broadband account and go back to dial up. The gamecube is actually belongs to my son who uses it for PSO but if he cannot use it on Broadband then I think that I will cancel my Broadband account with BT and go back to 56K modems as I do not see why he should lose out.
Thanks
Mimas