There was an Ethernet port if you bought the online or hard drive adapter. But I guess my point is that it was not yet wife spread and you were not expected to have it.
Games were shipped complete and online gaming was kind of “experimental” for consoles. There was a resident evil game that I had that could be played online. I think it was called outbreak.
Now I want to set that up on a guest network so they have to listen to that sound before it lets them connect 😂