help: how do i set up the bridge between ps2 to pc for open usb loader

i was wondering how we set up the network part of the ps2 to use open usb loader?
maybe it was answered i don't know if it was but i was wondering if someone could make a step by step guide on how to do this? if so thank you

and also i would like to make a complete apology to bootlegninja. for getting mad at him for basically asking this question in the wrong fourm and i should of known better. and thanking him for reinstating me back to help with more ps2 homebrew projects like this one

i would of thank bootlegninja earlier but i had to go to work a 11pm-6am.

sorry and thankyou

anyway if someone would be willing please make a step to step guide for us on how to hook the ps2 to the pc and use the network part of the open usbloader

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Originally Posted by zin0099

i was wondering how we set up the network part of the ps2 to use open usb loader?

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One part of it is identical to that of other homebrews, as USBLoader does use the standard "mc0:/SYS-CONF/IPCONFIG.DAT" file for the basic network definition. This may be defined in the configuration menus of several programs, including uLE, SMS, and USBLoader itself. Its use will be identical regardless of which program created it.

But that file only defines the IP subnet, gateway, and PS2 address, since this file is not specific to any particular client/server protocol.

So the SMB-specific definitions are stored in the "usbld.cfg" file also stored in the same MC folder. If you do not already have a SYS-CONF folder on your MC, you are advised to create one before attempting to save USBLoader settings.

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maybe it was answered i don't know if it was but i was wondering if someone could make a step by step guide on how to do this? if so thank you

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All of the separate steps have been described many times before, though not in a step-by-step fashion. Nor do I feel inclined to write a good guide right now, so I'll just describe it briefly here.

Apart from the above configuration you just need to have working filesharing active on your PC, either using 'simple file sharing' or secure file sharing but with a "Guest" account active (not normally the case for really secure installations).

Assuming you have all the above taken care of, here is what you need to do:

1: Create a folder to hold the 'installed' PS2 games. Its name is arbitrary, but will be used as default suggestion for the fileshare name later, so the name "PS2SMB" is preferable.

2: Use any means whatever to copy/create a game file set identical to what USBAdvance would need on the root of a USB drive, but inside the folder created above. These are the installed games that will be visible to USBLoader over network.

3: In an explorer window, right-click on the folder to be shared and use the bottom entry in the popup menu named "Properties", and in the new dialog box select the tab entitled "Sharing" this will display current share settings for the selected folder, and normally this will be marked as "Do not share this folder", which you then change by clicking the entry saying "Share this folder". And when you do this the folder's name will be copied into the box for "Share name". So if you did chose "PS2SMB" above, leave it unchanged now (else type in "PS2SMB" as the share name), and then click "Apply" and "OK".

Normally a share enabled this way should be initialized with read access for the "Everyone" pseudo group of accounts, which includes the "Guest" account used by USBLoader, so it should work as-is. But with secure file sharing you may need to doublecheck the share permissions and possibly tweak them. With secure file sharing this is your own responsibility.

After doing the above the installed games should be ready for use, so just launch USBLoader on your PS2 (with any modchip disabled) and move the cursor sideways to the network games entry which at first shows the command "Start Network". Doing so will change the display to "No Items" and start a login countdown, and when that countdown ends your games should be listed and can then be launched.

You can also use the network configuration menu (same as when you entered the PC IP address earlier (unless you forgot that and have to do it now... ;)) and choose the bottom entry to set "Network startup automatic" On, which means that the program will start the login countdown directly each time you launch the program (it is what I do). But after any such change you also need to use the "Save changes" command in the main "Settings" menu again, to ensure that the change is saved to the configuration file.

That's all I can think of right now, and given this you should be able to figure out the rest yourself.

One more thing though:
In adding more games to your installation folder you may find it most useful to do so using USBUtil v2.0, since that installer will work with any destination, even on a normal PC HDD, unlike most other USBAdvance-related installers. But you may also find this program unable to install some homebrew discs correctly (it happened to me).

For such cases you may need to use some other method. The one I chose was to use the old "ui_install.exe" program (not ul_install which needs a disc, but ui_install which uses an iso). With this I first installed the homebrew to a USB drive and then used USBUtil to copy the already installed homebrew files from that USB drive to my PS2SMB folder. (USBUtil can copy selected games between two USBA-type installations).

Edit:
I almost forgot to mention the purely physical connection, which is quite similar to all other PS2 ethernet use.
Either use a cross-connected ethernet cable to connect the PS2 directly to a PC port,
or use a straight ethernet cable to connect the PS2 to the same router as the PC.
(Most modern routers accept either cable type, but straight cable is normally cheaper.)

With direct connection the PC IP address should also be used as "Gateway" in the network configuration, but with a router connection it is the IP address of the router that should be used for the "Gateway" entry.

Best regards: dlanor

thankyou also is there a way to have a usb hdd off the pc end and load it network mode?
like
-pc
-ethernet to ps2
-usb hdd to pc
and in the end load games that way
(meaning no usb drive in the ps2 only the pc)

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Originally Posted by zin0099

thankyou also is there a way to have a usb hdd off the pc end and load it network mode?
like
-pc
-ethernet to ps2
-usb hdd to pc
and in the end load games that way
(meaning no usb drive in the ps2 only the pc)

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Share your usb device as "PS2SMB" on the pc side. :)

This way you can load the games from your usb over ethernet.

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Originally Posted by zin0099

thankyou also is there a way to have a usb hdd off the pc end and load it network mode?
like
-pc
-ethernet to ps2
-usb hdd to pc
and in the end load games that way
(meaning no usb drive in the ps2 only the pc)

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Yes, like Northbear already confirmed.

Any drive/folder that can be opened as a normal 'explorer' directory window can also be shared over SMB, and if the directory contains a USBA-type file set, then the installed games will be accessible to USBLoader when the fileshare name matches what it uses (by default "PS2SMB").

So you can also run games from firewire drives, CDs, DVDs, or whatever devices you have, provided that they are available for Windows file sharing and have storage capacity for the games/homebrew_ISOs you want.

USBLoader does not care, and never checks, what kind of device the share folder is stored on, so its physical nature is irrelevant. We never use that low-level physical filesystem directly, but only the high-level SMB filesystem implemented by Windows. The only thing that really matters is that Windows can make the fileshare accessible at all.

Best regards: dlanor

My understanding is that, you need a network adaptor to set up the SMB by SMS to play the game with open usbloader. But if you have a network adaptor, why don't you play games by hdloader ? It has a high compatability of games.

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Originally Posted by Louis

My understanding is that, you need a network adaptor to set up the SMB by SMS to play the game with open usbloader.

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That is only true for a fat PS2.
But a slim PSTwo normally has ethernet but no HDD interface.
The new USBLoader works fine for running games over SMB on these consoles too.

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But if you have a network adaptor, why don't you play games by hdloader ? It has a high compatability of games.

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Even on a fat PS2 there may be many reasons, not least the possibility that the PS2 HDD is already full, with games that the user wants to keep, even though he also wants to play other games conveniently. So even for such a user it can be well motivated to use USBLoader to run games over SMB.

Best regards: dlanor

ok i set the ps2 side up correctly but the pc side i don't know if i did that correctly
cuss i have a sys-conf folder on my datel memory plus 64mb card which is running fmcb1.8b(64mb card)
plus i set up the settings for open usb loader to save to mc which it did!

i tryed to make a folder be shared over the network but still no go

but the ps2 tries to connect to the pc but will not connect and i can tell that it's not the ps2 cuss the time i switch off the ps2 it disconnects and errors on the pc side so what em i doin wrong?

i have
eeepc asus 1000hd
windows xp home edtion 2002 server pack 3
1gb of ram
500gb (was going to my ps3 but it had a 50/50 chance of even working every time i turned it on)

also my ps3 has ubuntu 8.10
plus a 320gb hdd with 10gb partition for linux
it's a 60gb model so it will play ps2 games
but if i can't get the windows to work how about linux

i will be going to ubuntu 9.10 when ps3 has a version that is not beta

On the PC side you have to enable the guest account and share a folder with everyone. This folder's network name has to be PS2SMB. Also make sure your network configuretions matches one another (in opnusbld the PC IP had to be the ip address of the PC you are connecting to).

I don't have a guest account on my windows PC.

Just right click on the folder you want to share, select "Sharing and Security"
Next, check the box "Share this folder on the network" and make the share namePS2SMB

click OK. Please note that you should only do this after running the networking wizard.

If you are using a PC with NAS software on it, then that's a whole new ball game.