DLT-H10040 Network Adaptor (Dial-Up & LAN) Works on Retail PS2

I just got this Network Adaptor and was testing it out to see if it will work on a retail Japan PS2 SPCH-18000.
From what I tested so far, the HDD, Dial-Up works on PlayOnline/FFXI. It worked so well that you'll think if was make for it but it was not. Its the only Dial-Up PC Card type for the PS2.

I was testing the USA var. of PlayOnline on a Japan PS2 that has a Modchip... so I got some DNAS errors. I'm going to be trying out the Japan var. soon.

Part Info:
Network Aadaptor
DTL-H10040
Serial 700422
Date Code 2A

 

Of course you will get DNAS errors. DNAS check the console DISC region.

Also, the modchip mechacon parches will disrupt the disc ID retrieval from LIB DNAS.

No dice.

But to save you the hassle, whatever works with the Japanese build of PlayOnline should work just fine with the USA build as they use the same source code as basis.

 

Yes this is 100% right. I was trying to do a fast and easy test by using the USA PlayOnline as my Japanese it not very good. I'll love to have the USA var. on my Japan PS2.
Funny that my modchip does have DNAS patching and it not working... or maybe its just not setup for this type of game.

True as I read on hare that you can use the same FFXI files for both the USA & Japan PlayOnline on a TEST model.

 

Nope, whomever told you that were lying.

What you can do is use both kind of discs with the TEST as it has no region lockdown enforcement. The DNAS server also will deal with the DTL hardware in a different way.

These titles have different SLPS/SCUS codes so are dealt as different titles DNAS wise. USA FFXI/PlayOnline discs use SONY own code (SCUS-97269/SCUS-97266) because in USA FFXI was published by SCEA/SONY Online Entertainment... (LOL)

 

I'm not 100% sure that I think if was richi902... and maybe he was saying that he can get the Japan PlayOnline to see it but not use it... not sure. Anyway thanks for letting me know, I'm I'll be sure to just used the USA var. of it.

By the way, I have PlayOnline working on my DTL-H50001 just fine. No DNAS errors of anything so far.. fully updated an all.

 

I know it works on the DTL. But I never tested copied discs. Only legit discs.

 

I'm using the legit discs as well.. sorry if I made you think I was using a copied disc of some type.
I was just going on the "DNAS server also will deal with the DTL hardware in a different way" Just trying to say that I have PlayOnline on the my SONY 40gb HDD and is fully updated and working. (on a TEST unit)

 

The problem is that copies won't have proper IDs and we can't patch the game discs as they're heavily encrypted. So are the installed data.

Funny how the HDD DNAS is different from the weak DISC DNAS which everyone circumvented easily ...

 

what you can do is if you have FFXI installed(JAP or US) and POL(JAP&US) on a TEST PS2, you have to mod the installed.whatever file somewhere in the POL partition and change the FFXI id to the id from which region you have FFXI installed like "PP.SCUS-.....", cant remember the correct partition name.
i have the JAP and the US POL installed on my TEST PS2 so if i start up the JAP one then, FFXI is in japanese, if i start up the US one, FFXI is in english.

also, you can use burned ffxi install discs on a TEST, but you still need atleast one original FFXI disc. this method DOSE NOT work on a retail.
how it works: start up POL from hdd.
select "install" i think it was.
put in the original FFXI disc.
make POL recognise this disc and continue PAST the dnas check, but still before the installer is started from the disc.
open the disc drive via eject button.
change disc with burned disc.
press "install" or what ever it was and it will start the installer from the burned disc and install it fine .

i installed Seeker of Adoulin this way on my TEST using the US POL.
the funny thing is that the installer will look like the wotg installer, it even says "Wings of the goddes" during install lol.

 

Not really that funny. The USA POL were not updated as there's no ID (SCUS-xxxxx) of a US Adoulin disc. So it executes the installer with the Wings of the Goddess ID (Was that disc you used to pass DNAS auth ?) as argv for the install.elf file on the disc. The installer is "multi" version as it's intended for the "all in one" disc. The arguments passed by the POL viewer on execution are what matters in the end, really ...

 

it dose not matter which disc you use to get through the dnas(i used toau), the english installer on the soa disc will always have the wotg "look". it even has the wotg music i believe.
also,JAP POL looks on disc for a file called "CONFIG.SYS" and the US POL will look for a file called "CONFIGU.SYS". you could make your own POL disc this way in theory but it wont go through DNAS because the disc is not original of course. so you have to use a real disc to get past the dnas check. i tired it with a selfmade disc, but couldnt get past dnas auth, of course.

pol passes the boot location as first parameter, and the ffxi partition name as second parameter to the "installer.elf". i know as i replaced installer.elf on one disc with ule to try it for fun and checked the args(used a original disc to get through dnas). in the end this is all useless as it only works with a TEST unit, but i could get the files for soa so other people can play it on their US unit .

hdd0P.SCUS-97269.1000.POLVIEWER < this is arg1

 

Not very useful really. The game is UNPLAYABLE in english on a PS2. It crashes every time you exit the mog house and tries to run around the Adoulin areas.

And the other players on PC can tell you're on a PS2 because you will be showing that red dot of disconnection every two steps your char walks.

Avoid playing on a PS2 at any cost.

 

yeah i know, learnd it the hard way, lol constant freezes during soa cutscenes, very annoying.
they even didnt bother to fix the english wrong texts/missing texts on the titlescreen and in the config menus, in the japanese version everything is fine.