Playstation 2 network adapter

[randybreck]

Has anyone tried to connect the playstation2 with its network adapter to a Widows 2000 server? I installed Windows 2000 server in my home network so I could keep my 15 yr old off the internet at night. He recently purchased a network adapter for his playstation 2 and I would like to add it to the list of computers allowed to log into my server. Now I have the server set up for routing and it works fine, but I would like to have it log onto the network so I could control the time spent on it. The playstation does have the ability to supply the server with a logon ID and password, but I need to add it to the list of authorized computers. Any suggestions?

 

[Stevehewitt]

OK, this is pure guess work.

Do you know the IP of the Playstation 2? If so give it a FQDN name in DNS. Then add it into AD. I've got [bold]huge[/bold] doubts this will work, but its worth a try.

Also, I assume your server(s) is/are in mixed mode? There isn't a hope in hell of getting it to work otherwise.

Good Luck,


Steve Hewitt
MCP, MCSA, LEARNING! ;-)

 

[randybreck]

I'm new at this so I am not sure what FQDN means, but I was able to give it's MAC address a permanent IP address through the DHCP server and name it PLAYSTATION. I then went to DNS and named that IP address the same. It now appears as a built in computer under server users and computers. It still, however, will not accept a valid username and password that works on the rest of the domain. I am willing to accept defeat here as I beleive that since it is not an actual win200 or XP machine running Kerboros (SP?) it may not work. I figure the Playstation's login and password function is for connecting directly to the ISP and I am not sure if the WIN200 server will accept that. Any other Ideas will be appreciated.

 

[bhaydon]

You could set time permissions under the user in Active Directory. This way he will not be able to log onto the network at a later time. I have not tried this out so by all means this is a long shot, but I believe that it should work.

 

[randybreck]

The user already has an account that restricts usage from 7:00 AM to 10:00 PM. The problem I am having is getting the Playstation 2 with an internet adapter to log onto the server with my son's login and password instead of using the server as a router. The DHCP server assigns it an IP address and routes the traffic perfectly, however it does not actually log onto the server to get the time restrictions. Right now I am manually blocking the MAC at 10:00 PM and unblocking it in the morning.