Need PS3 Wireless Help

Mr. McGibblets · Mar 31, 2011

Snaked a PS3 from my buddy because I always just bummed off of people I lived with. Attempting to connect wirelessly.

First let me state that I am not an idiot so please dont give generic advice unless you think I am absoultely missing something obvious. I read enough generic advice on yahoo answers. I know what an SSID and a WPA2-PSK. I scanned and located my network and put in the password.

It says "the attempt to obtain IP address timed out". I am currently on my laptop so it isnt the router.

Additonally, I may in fact be an idiot because I am not reading any instructions. Trying to wing it.

Any advice

JadeBrecks · Mar 31, 2011

Get a 360 :-D

Sorry but I dont know what will help you.

KPENN · Mar 31, 2011

Nevermind can't read.

KPENN · Mar 31, 2011

Give me a sec. I need to be looking at it to give help

johnnykillz · Mar 31, 2011

Jade, do you have Reach by any chance?

A Pac · Mar 31, 2011

I have a ps3 that I mostly use for blue ray and NCAA football. I play CODon xbox if anyone wants to play sometime. Apac6586

Who'saWildManNow · Mar 31, 2011

My router is right next to my PS3 so I just plug an ethernet cord right in.. I had that problem when I was wireless and don't have it now.. Thats all I can give ya man.. Not too technical.

Mr. McGibblets · Mar 31, 2011

Im glad my problem can be a forum for people to exchange screen names.

Haha. I think I am on but it is crawling. Went to create an account and it asked for a system update. Its been at 1% for about 1 minute.

phork · Mar 31, 2011

Wired or nothing. I hate wireless.

Steve · Mar 31, 2011

JadeBrecks said:
Get a 360 :-D

Sorry but I dont know what will help you.

Yeah! They'll explain how to hook it up right after you pay for xbox live. :wink:

Mr. McGibblets · Mar 31, 2011

And Phork is the Grand Prize Winner

Mr. McGibblets · Mar 31, 2011

Dude, wtf is the point of having wireless if it is going to crawl that slow? Does anyone have a worthwhile wireless PS3 internet connection?

I just DL'ed the update in 2 minutes with wired connection

KPENN · Mar 31, 2011

Mr. McGibblets said:
Dude, wtf is the point of having wireless if it is going to crawl that slow? Does anyone have a worthwhile wireless PS3 internet connection?

I just DL'ed the update in 2 minutes with wired connection

I use wireless cause of where my routers located. I really don't have a choice

Irish4Life09 · Mar 31, 2011

Mr. McGibblets said:
Dude, wtf is the point of having wireless if it is going to crawl that slow? Does anyone have a worthwhile wireless PS3 internet connection?

I just DL'ed the update in 2 minutes with wired connection

who is your service provider?what kind of router is it?(brand/g/n?)
I use my ps3 wirelessly and have never had a problem.

phork · Mar 31, 2011

KPENN said:
I use wireless cause of where my routers located. I really don't have a choice

You always have a choice. I went straight through my floor, in a discreet location that is.

Irish4Life09 said:
who is your service provider?what kind of router is it?(brand/g/n?)
I use my ps3 wirelessly and have never had a problem.

Might not be the provider, might be the router itself. Just not worth messing with it if you can plug a wire in. Besides, don't you know that wireless gives you brain cancer?

JadeBrecks · Apr 1, 2011

johnnykillz said:
Jade, do you have Reach by any chance?

Sorry I don't. I didn't have the money to get it at the time.

ThePiombino · Apr 1, 2011

MG,

WPA security can slow down your connection, but it should NOT be to a crawl. If you haven't already, try power cycling your router. If that hasn't been done in a while it's possible the NAT is a mess- some router are more susceptible to that than others.

Also, need more info. We know it's wireless, but how far? Same floor, same room? What kind of material is your dwelling place made of (if it IS going through walls/floors)? Have any cordless phones, fluorescent lighting? Are you in an apartment, competing with lots of other access points?

LMK

phork · Apr 1, 2011

Your ISP connection might be 50Mbps. but your wireless connection might only be 1Mbps

clashmore_mike · Apr 1, 2011

Mr. McGibblets said:
Dude, wtf is the point of having wireless if it is going to crawl that slow? Does anyone have a worthwhile wireless PS3 internet connection?

I just DL'ed the update in 2 minutes with wired connection

I've never had any issues with my PS3/Wireless speed. Streaming Netflix and MLB.tv games always have great quality too. How old is your router and is it on the same level of the house as the PS3?

DomerInHappyValley · Apr 1, 2011

I have a dual band router made by vizio. Same as the Cisco systems dual band except it doesn't have the gigabit ethernet for half the cost.
It runs a tv a ps3 a wii 2 laptops 2 cell phones and a desktop hard lined to it.
Unless I have everything going at once it can run netflix on the wii and ps3 plus both laptops surfing never going below 65 mbps on any device

TDHeysus · Apr 1, 2011

im a little confused...did you ever get it connected? if not, what problems arose? from what I can read it may have connected, but it was too slow, so you went with a wired connection?

WhoDeyIrish · Apr 2, 2011

If your just now messing with it today, I know you had to accept some sort of new user agreement with the Playstation Network. I know I had to agree to the terms before I even signed in this morning. About your connection I used wireless for a long time and I bought a couple of other things that used wireless, laptop, printer. That really slowed my connection and made things very laggy. I know a bit about this issue and if you need some help because I've went through just about everything pm me. By the way my PSN name is NDIRISH3232 add me.

ThePiombino · Apr 2, 2011

phork said:
Your ISP connection might be 50Mbps. but your wireless connection might only be 1Mbps

802.11g standard is a54Mbps connection, and while you almost never get the whole 54, with the router being as close as it is to his PS3, he's definitely getting most of it. So the connection in and of itself is not the problem here...

MG, you should try a ping from one of the other computers in the house to the IP of your PS3's wireless connection. Let us know what the latency is. LMK if you need help doing this.

Mr. McGibblets · Apr 2, 2011

Ill have to give it another try today. The hard wire is flying. Routeris right next to the ps3. I've pinged using the cmd prompt but not really sure what you mean by using another computer.

And TDHeysus, you are correct. Additionally, during the update, it took about 45 mins to get 25% complete then it said it lost connection. It was then that I switched to the hard wire.

ThePiombino · Apr 3, 2011

Mr. McGibblets said:
Ill have to give it another try today. The hard wire is flying. Routeris right next to the ps3. I've pinged using the cmd prompt but not really sure what you mean by using another computer.

And TDHeysus, you are correct. Additionally, during the update, it took about 45 mins to get 25% complete then it said it lost connection. It was then that I switched to the hard wire.

Poor wording on my part. I just meant to ping from any computer, lol. BTW, what was the time on your pings?

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