Can a PS2 be traced through the internet?

Answer 1

Every computer that hooks up to a network, including a PS2, has a unique MAC Address identifier made up of Hexadecimal numbers and letters. Hexadecimal means that the digits in the identifier are between 0 - 9 and A - F.

If the IP address is tracked to a general location which is very easy to do, and there becomes a need for investigation to identify the machine from which it came, then there is a distinct possibility that one can be caught red-handed with the machine that has that unique MAC Address identifier.

The MAC Address information is carried by Network packets, and is part of the package that uniquely identifies your computer for communication on the web.

The Internal IP Address (such as 192.168.0.100) which you use inside your network can change easily because it is passed out from your router using DHCP (Dynamic Host Control Protocol), and is somewhat generic, but your External IP address from your internet Service Provider can be used to determine the exact location or account of whoever has that IP address with the Internet Service Provider.

Once that External Address is discovered or recorded, using a network packet communication to another address, it can be narrowed down to the exact computer used to make that communication.

Some networks record IP Addresses and MAC Addresses. Some routers have a constant log as to what MAC Addresses have connected to their network. Of course there are always ways around this type of thing, but...for the most part this is how the internet and networking in general operates.