Want to play SOCOM Online? You just need to hook your PS2 up to the internet and create a network configuration on your PS2 using this DNS Addresses Primary 172.252.85.2.
This website socomlan.com was oringally made for the SOCOM Virtual Dedicated LAN program since online became more common we made the online version of this website default if you still like to access the SOCOM Virtual Dedicated LAN website click here.
Vanilla Friendly SOCOM 1, 3, and CA NTSC can be play without requirement of client side mods in most cases.
Online works on real PlayStation 2 console! This is important to note as lot of setup guides seem to only mention PCSX2 while PCSX2 could be harder to setup for less technical people. So, yes if you perfer your real console bring it out and play!