
To set the scene, I have a 20gig PS3. Which means i have the Hardware Backwards compatibility built in. Awesome right? However, there is a downside to the twenty gig, no wireless internet. Due to sleeping / gaming conflicts with one of my room mates (apparently he wasn't impressed with me playing Assassin's Creed II at 2 am when he had to get up at 4:30am) I moved my HD TV down to my bedroom along with my game systems. (That was a job especially considering how many vintage systems that I have.) Which was fine for my Xbox 360 since my other room mate had the wireless adapter for it. However that left the problem of the PS3. After Thinking about it for awhile, some research into my old textbooks and my unwillingness to pay 30 dollars for a Game Bridge I came up with the following solution, use my tower as a bridge! I have both wireless and LAN ports in my home built desktop. (I was a fairly big PC Gamer in my youth and had to be prepared for any network) and i knew i could virtually connect the two ports. So here is my step by step guide for saving a few bucks and not have to buy more equipment.
(Note: I am assuming that the person trying to do this has some familiarity with computer hardware and networking. That you are also using Windows XP or Higher)
1. Connect your game station to your pc. (Note: If you are going directly to the PC you need to have a Cross over Cable connected and not a regular Cat 5e Cable. Otherwise you need to have a switch or router between the PC and Game System.)
2. Go to the Networking Connections page
2. Select the two connections that you are going to bridge. (Note: One of the connections has to have access to the internet.)
3. After highlighting the two connections, right click one of them and select Bridge Connections. (Be patient, it will take a bit.)
4. You will see that a new icon has appeared saying its a bridge. Turn on your gaming system and by the time it loads you should be all set!
5. Enjoy!
Note: Your internet is running through your pc, so if your downloading something don't expect to have a lot of bandwidth available on your gaming system.
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