Ca5s0723
17-03-2008, 13:53
First off, Im new and so hello to all :-)
I noticed quite a few good informative threads whilst browsing this forum trying to see if i can locate my problem but alas it never happened and so here i am asking for some help from some people i hope will be able to shed some light on.
Ok, basically my bro wanted me to go to his house to sort out his Virgin Media broadband in order for him to be able to play his PS3 online.
I initially thought, no problem as it was easy enough for me to do it when i wanted to although im not with Virgin Media(well not with there broadband service anyway) but it proved to be trickier then i had first imagined.
He has no modem(which i found bizarre) as he actually uses the ethernet cable straight from the back of the TV Cable Box into his PC(thats how he acceses broadband online with no prbs at all)
I thought it would just be a case of hooking up the ethernet from the back of the box to the PS3 then as naturally i assumed the TV Cable box was used as the modem too.
When i ran the required setup tests via the PS3 it came up with no IP address detected and so the connection failed :-(
Im stumped as to what to do.
Is the reason being it is not working is because it has no modem?
What steps should i go through in order to rectify the problem and get him online so i can give him many a many spankings online with pes2008?
I thank you in advance greatly,
Andrew
p.s, there are no firewalls setup on the PC by the way.
I noticed quite a few good informative threads whilst browsing this forum trying to see if i can locate my problem but alas it never happened and so here i am asking for some help from some people i hope will be able to shed some light on.
Ok, basically my bro wanted me to go to his house to sort out his Virgin Media broadband in order for him to be able to play his PS3 online.
I initially thought, no problem as it was easy enough for me to do it when i wanted to although im not with Virgin Media(well not with there broadband service anyway) but it proved to be trickier then i had first imagined.
He has no modem(which i found bizarre) as he actually uses the ethernet cable straight from the back of the TV Cable Box into his PC(thats how he acceses broadband online with no prbs at all)
I thought it would just be a case of hooking up the ethernet from the back of the box to the PS3 then as naturally i assumed the TV Cable box was used as the modem too.
When i ran the required setup tests via the PS3 it came up with no IP address detected and so the connection failed :-(
Im stumped as to what to do.
Is the reason being it is not working is because it has no modem?
What steps should i go through in order to rectify the problem and get him online so i can give him many a many spankings online with pes2008?
I thank you in advance greatly,
Andrew
p.s, there are no firewalls setup on the PC by the way.