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What Routers support XBox Live! or Playstation 2?

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What Routers support XBox Live! or Playstation 2?

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Just about anything will work, as both of these game consols have an Ethernet port* just like a computer and pickup the settings they need automatically from a DHCP server (the Router). Pretty much all you have to do is plug them into the Router using a straight through cable and away they go. * Not sure if the PS2 comes with the Ethernet adaptor or if you have to buy it separately. Features to look for are UPnP support, and in the case of BigPond Cable, a built-in login client, particularly if you won’t have a PC somewhere to maintain the Heartbeat. XBox have published a list of Routers that do and don’t work with XBox Live!, but you’ll notice most of the products listed as not working have workarounds. In these cases XBox may also be being a little harsh on these products and they may have been listed as “bad” due to the manufacturer’s implementation of the UPnP protocol and these Routers may work fine with a single XBox but may not work very well with multiple XBoxes on the same Rou

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