Issues connecting to PS2 over network

It's been a year or two at least since I last used my PS2, and it used to be fine. I could connect to it and upload ISOs to its internal HDD without any problem.

Now for some reason it just refuses to work. I know the hardware is good, because I just unplugged the cable from my PS3 and stuck it in, and I see the activity light come on. I've changed the IP address in uLE to something within the same subnet and with an IP address that doesn't clash with anything.

But I can't even successfully ping the thing, let alone transfer files to it.

Does anyone know what the cause might be?

Very common issues I had were with:

1. Firewall (Some more advanced firewalls like Comodo may be blocking it. A reinstall of other security related software may have wiped your settings).

2. Permissions and folder sharing (right click folder you are sharing > security tab) There was something related to Win XP where you need a 'guest' account in that security tab and click boxes for allow 'read', 'list folder contents' & 'read & execute'. I have Win XP Pro SP3 and I can't use FMCB over network without this last step. Took me ages to figure that one out.:lol:

My firewall has no issues with it, and I'm not sure how a shared folder is relevant to pinging.

Thanks anyway.

Have you checked basic stuff ? Like the type of cable (crossed or straight), which might not matter with your PS3 since most modern hardware can use both. I've seen many problems with these kind of things, which we tend to overlook.

It's a straight-through patch cable. No issues there.

i had some issues with OPL connecting to my pc. the stupid and simple solution was to create a user named PS2 (or whatever you want it to be) and connect it to that. for some reason it won't connect with just one user name on the pc. give it a try can't hurt.