Gamecube Broadband Adapter

to use the broadband adapter you'll need a 10 megabit (10base-t) or 100 megabit (100base-tx) network cable, a broadband connection device such as a cable modem or dsl adapter with an available ethernet port, and a valid account with a broadband internet service provider. Please be aware that some service providers, eg. Aol, do not allow outside software to access their services without the use of a special login tool. Please contact your service provider if you're not sure whether or not they allow this.

depending on your broadband service provider it's fairly easy to actually get online, but the various steps needed (such as registering the serial number of the adaptor with your provider and then waiting 24 hours for it to go through, in the case of our test) go completely un-hinted at by the adapter's manual.

the adapter is only intended for use in the following countries: united kingdom, ireland, austria, netherlands, greece, spain, denmark, germany, finland, france, belgium, portugal and luxembourg.

read our gamecube online buying guide for more info on the broadband and modem adapters. --david jenkins