D-link makes something called a "Ethernet Bridge or Gaming adapter"
http://www.dlink.ca/product.php?PID=275
This will allow your ps2 to connect to your wireless router downstairs. Your other option would be to run network cable from your router downstairs to the room that your ps2 is in "Happy Gaming"
Hope this helps
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my computer upstairs,rihgt beside my ps2 is on a wireless network. (the router is down stairs) The comp. upstairs has an ethernet plug. so i just plugged a cat 5 wire into it and the other end into my ps2, but it didn't work. if anybody knows hohw to make it work i would greatly thank you.

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