Finding out PS2 IP's

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I successfuly managed to load games from a SMB shared folder but a "guessed" my PS2 IP. In my router page I saw that the used IP's where 198.168.1.101 (my pc) and 198.168.1.101 (my laptop) so i just used the next IP on my PS2 even thought id didn't show in the list. How can I certainly find out my PS2 IP. I ask because i have the idea to install multiple PS2s to access the same SMB games. Wich brings up a second question, is there any problem if two or more consoles read the same iso at the same time?

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Actually your consoles (as any equipment) doesn't have a built-in IP, it is always something that is set. There are two cases :
-you are using manual settings (which is the only option with homebrews for PS2), in this case you choose an IP at your convenience, but you have to be sure that no other equipment is already using it.
-you are using automatic settings, in this case when trying to connect to the network your device will first send a request to a server (in most cases a router) in order to know which IP it can use, and the server will give it one that is free, which the device will use for this session. This is most often done using a protocol called DHCP.

Most routers will only deliver IP using DHCP on a certain range, in order to avoid collision with equipments using manual IPs. So what you should do is find out what is that range for your router (since your PC is 192.168.1.101 it is likely that this range is from 192.168.1.101 to something) and what IP your router is using (it is usually 192.168.1.1 or 192.168.1.254 but it can be anything) and input anything else (except 192.168.1.255) in your PS2(s).

It is also advisable to ask the router to always give the same IP to your computer, so you won't have to change the PC settings in OPL. This is done either by using manual IP on your computer, or by finding out its MAC address (the physical address of your network card) and associating it with a certain IP in the DHCP settings of your router.

With most routers all settings are done through a web interface, so if that's the case here all you have to do is open your usual web browser and enter your router's IP as the URL.

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I successfuly managed to load games from a SMB shared folder but a "guessed" my PS2 IP. In my router page I saw that the used IP's where 198.168.1.101 (my pc) and 198.168.1.101 (my laptop) so i just used the next IP on my PS2 even thought id didn't show in the list.

1. I guess you do not have your Laptop and your PC connected to your router, at the same time?
2. What do you mean by 'guessed'? If you 'set' the IP somewhere (for example in OPL) you KNOW the IP your PS2 uses...

How can I certainly find out my PS2 IP.

You KNOW it, when you 'set' it.

I ask because i have the idea to install multiple PS2s to access the same SMB games. Wich brings up a second question, is there any problem if two or more consoles read the same iso at the same time?

No, there are no problems with reading the ISOs.
If you want to use VMC on SMB too, then you should not save to the same MC at the same time from more then one PS2. It might cause issues,...

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Actually your consoles (as any equipment) doesn't have a built-in IP, it is always something that is set.

Thank you, your whole post was very instructive. I thought that the IP was something I needed to know in advance in order to set it in the network settings.

1. I guess you do not have your Laptop and your PC connected to your router, at the same time?

Sorry, that was a copy/paste error.

2. What do you mean by 'guessed'? If you 'set' the IP somewhere (for example in OPL) you KNOW the IP your PS2 uses...

I tought I neded to know the IP address before indicating it in the settings.

I hadn't heard about VMC I'm going to investigate about that now.