PS3 Wireless

BoardsRanger

right i have set up my PS3 last year to my wireless router with no problems!
now my nephew asked me to do his, and it wont friggin work! he has eircom broadband with netopia router. so i went through the connection process on the ps3, and after i entered in the wep it went into settings( where as mine did not, it just connected straight away). so i left most of the settings on automatic. then when i tried to test the connection it said "failed to obtain ip address"
anybody have some simple advice for a solution?? cheers

Otacon

http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2055361013

This is for the PSP but I think it should also work for the PS3.

BoardsRanger

cheers for the link- will give it a go this evening. still dont see why it shouldnt be the same as mine- perhaps its somthing to do with me being on bt

Stuxnet

BoardsRanger wrote: »

perhaps its somthing to do with me being on bt

no, im on eircom and have my ps3 hooked wirelessy to the netopia, no problem, let us know how you get on

BoardsRanger

its weird then that for some PS3's you have to go thru settings and some you dont. i wont get a chance to do it till 2mor so il let ye know then

BoardsRanger

rite fellas- getting really pissed off at this stage- tried the instructions posted in the link above. so when i did the connection test it said " dns error 80710102"
any ideas?

The guy

After a quick google around you could try manually entering the DNS into your PS3.

BoardsRanger

i did- i entered in the primary and secondry dns

Damien360

Are you defintily seeing his router and not the neighbours. he may have the router set on non-broadcast mode and then you will not see the router when you do a scan fron the PS3. Connect to his router via his PC by typing 192.168.1.254 and entering admin as username and the password. password may be empty. check his SSID and WEP key here. It may be a WPA/PSK key so check that in wireless settings. Go out to last page on wireless settings to see if the MAC address filtering is active. You will need to add the PS3 mac adddess here if it is in use.

Go to custom settings in the PS3. You will be asked for his SSID and WEP key. then give it an Ip address. 192.168.1.30 for example with a subnet of 255.255.255.0. Try the DNS primary and secondary on auto or enter the same ones you saw on his router home page. Assuming no Mac address filtering on his router it should connect when you test connection.

By the way, on this setup he will only get NAT3. check setting on fiorewall is set to low.

To get NAT1. Connect by PPOE on the PS3. Add SSID and WEP key. Enter username and password for eircom. eircom@eircom.net and broadband1 respectively. That way PS3 is not on the network and is connected directly to net thereby giving NAT1. Your nephew will be much happier

BoardsRanger

cheers for the info damien. its def. his router im picking up. i will have a look later to see about the mac address filtering is active- if i need to enter the ps3 mac address, what is it?
il try give the nat1 connection a go- seems abit easier! will post back after i try it later.

Damien360

Connection generally fails for first 3 times. Just keep trying. Works first time only when another device (PC) on the network already. So, you will get DNS errors for 3 tests and then all will be fine for NAT1.

Lesportycoq

Damien360 wrote: »

Connection generally fails for first 3 times. Just keep trying. Works first time only when another device (PC) on the network already. So, you will get DNS errors for 3 tests and then all will be fine for NAT1.

Damien you are an absolute LEG-END been trying to get nat 2 for 5 months now with opening ports etc, just happened to come across your post while on the phone to netopia on hold for half an hour.
Tried it and worked first time!
Defo passin this on to all the lads! If your on COD4 add me and i give you a game or two! User: Lesportycoq

Damien360

An october post re-visited. Glad it worked for you. Sold COD4 a while back unfortunately. Not willing to pay 50-60 for a year old game. Anyway if on FIFA09 look me up. I am the crap player getting hammered on every game. In need of training from someone with a headset to put my tactics straight.

PSN: muchtooold3

4goneConclusion

Right this whole NAT3 has been driving me crazy for ages. I tried opening ports, creating static ip address etc. but no luck getting to NAT2.

After reading this i thought i'd have a good chance of getting NAT1 by following damien's advice. For the record i have a netopia router 2247-02 with firmware version 7.8.0r2. I have my firewall setting on low. I use eircom@eircom.net and broadband1 as user name and password for PPPoE but it always times out when trying to get the ip address. I also have media server connection disabled.

Can anyone help me? Thanks in advance.

whiterebel

4goneConclusion wrote: »

Right this whole NAT3 has been driving me crazy for ages. I tried opening ports, creating static ip address etc. but no luck getting to NAT2.

After reading this i thought i'd have a good chance of getting NAT1 by following damien's advice. For the record i have a netopia router 2247-02 with firmware version 7.8.0r2. I have my firewall setting on low. I use eircom@eircom.net and broadband1 as user name and password for PPPoE but it always times out when trying to get the ip address. I also have media server connection disabled.

Can anyone help me? Thanks in advance.

Do you have MAC address filtering enabled on the router?
If so, you need to get your MAC addy from the settings on the PS3 and add it to the list of allowed machines on your router.

4goneConclusion

EDIT: Ok i don't have MAC authorization enabled so that's not the problem.

Damien360

4goneConclusion wrote: »

After reading this i thought i'd have a good chance of getting NAT1 by following damien's advice. For the record i have a netopia router 2247-02 with firmware version 7.8.0r2. I have my firewall setting on low. I use eircom@eircom.net and broadband1 as user name and password for PPPoE but it always times out when trying to get the ip address. I also have media server connection disabled.

Can anyone help me? Thanks in advance.

I sometimes but rarely have to connect my laptop momentarily to the router via wireless just to open the new connection on the router. Connect a PC (wired or wireless) to the net so that conneciton is open and then try the PS3. If that does not work I will have a look at my router setup and give you as many settings as possible.

4goneConclusion

Yeah i've tried that a good 5 times in a row and still keeps timing out. Cheers for any help though.

4goneConclusion

Can anyone help me? I just want to play ps3 online.

Damien360

Since you were connected by NAT3 once, I assume that you were able to connect to your router.

First, the eircom ssid has a space between the numbers (assuming you are still using this). The WPA-PSK key is case sensitive. The password and username are correct. Below are screen dumps of the router page. These work for me. Nothing spectacular here. I do have NAT enabled also but that should'nt matter because I am bypassing it via NAT1 and PPOE.

IF you can get NAT3 then NAT1 is even easier to set up. Everything is set to auto after SSID and WPA-key entering on the PS3. I did set the MTU value to 1500. The SSID is also case sensitive. I have the 3347NWG router. Not sure about yours but it must be very similar.

Good luck

4goneConclusion

Cheers damien for all your help but unfortunately it still won't work. My protocol setting is RFC-1483 Bridged Ethernet LLC/SNAP. The internet connection won't work under any of the other settings. I don't have a WPA key just WEP but i assume this doesn't matter. I think i'll ring eircom tomorrow but i don't expect much to be honest. Cheers again though.

weezy81

Can someone please please help me i tried to change to nat type 1 with the instructions on this forum and now my ps3 wont connect online anymore,keep getting ip address fault .....if anybody has done the same thing and fixed it please share!!!

m.j.w

im gettin the same problem, have tried everything but just cant get nat type 1

4goneConclusion

Ok so bad news. I rang eircom there a few days ago and asked them about this and they basically told me that it can't be done with those netopia routers. He told me that he gets calls about it regularly enough and that the best advice he can give is to buy a different router from some other company other than netopia.

Pretty bad news to be fair. Can anyone recommend a different router?

lotdpd

ok guys, sorry to annoy you all, but any help in connecting my ps3 online, i have a buffalo wireless router up stairs and using digiweb. any help would be great, i have tired a few different settings,

Damien360

4goneConclusion wrote: »

Ok so bad news. I rang eircom there a few days ago and asked them about this and they basically told me that it can't be done with those netopia routers. He told me that he gets calls about it regularly enough and that the best advice he can give is to buy a different router from some other company other than netopia.

Pretty bad news to be fair. Can anyone recommend a different router?

Suprised by that. I had a netopia 3347nwg and it worked with that and now have a netopia 2247nwg and it works by NAT1 with that also. I assume it is to do with the bridged type connection you have. I use the netgear routers in work and they work without problem and all have a DMZ installed so you can get NAT2 and get the best of both worlds. No need to overspend. Lots of people complain about them here and any linksys would do instead. Never used a linksys so I cannot comment on DMZ etc.

good luck

PSN: muchtooold3

thomasjad

have u tried to turn ur wireless router's firewall security to low?