[The Cricketer]

For some reason, my PS3 refuses to connect to the household wifi system....if it does, it only lasts a few seconds or minutes.

We have 4 smart phones, An internet/Wifi radio, Nintendo Wii & laptop that happily connects to it, without any dropouts.

I;m not too technically minded so dont know what to do other than turn off & on again.

I'm with Vigin Media and recently had a Superhub fitted when my speed was increased from 10MB to 30MB, not that weve noticed a difference.

Ive been asked to go into this page:-

http://192.168.0.1/RouterStatus.html

and tinker around with settings. I have but its not made ANY difference whatsoever.

Any ideas?

[lordOfTime]

Mine is the same but when I poke around with settings... the highest signal the system has reported is 40%. How far is your console away from your Hub?

[SimonB79]

The SuperDUD is absolute garbage ... put it in modem-mode & buy a proper router (even a cheap one) problem solved.

[The Cricketer]

Originally Posted by lordOfTime

Mine is the same but when I poke around with settings... the highest signal the system has reported is 40%. How far is your console away from your Hub?

Id say approx 10-11 metres away. We have Wifi radios & laptops which are twice as far and they have no probs connecting

Was fine with our 10MB internet

[The Cricketer]

Originally Posted by lordOfTime

Mine is the same but when I poke around with settings... the highest signal the system has reported is 40%. How far is your console away from your Hub?

Are there any settings on the PS3 I could play about with?

[lordOfTime]

Not really... everything you need is in the network settings menu but I'm not technically minded about this either... all I could suggest is moving.the system closer to the setup.

Mine is on a different floor to the router

[gillyallan]

maybe invest in homeplugs if wireless is that bad.

If you have Android, download wifi analyzer and check over at your PS3 area how your wifi is in comparison to neighbours etc. See if it would be beneficial to move it to another channel.

[lordOfTime]

It's odd, but I switched on my PS3 earlier and it actually read my as signed in and my copy of Fifa actually reacted as ready to accept a new EA account password...

but.... it wouldn't accept my email address and password combination... odd indeed.

[The Cricketer]

Originally Posted by gillyallan

maybe invest in homeplugs if wireless is that bad.

If you have Android, download wifi analyzer and check over at your PS3 area how your wifi is in comparison to neighbours etc. See if it would be beneficial to move it to another channel.

Silly question..how do these homeplugs work?

Does one have to connect into the router/hub, and the other one in the room where the PS3 is?
Also, like with routers, do you have to have different ones for Virgin Media (Cable) / BT (ADSL) or are they all the same doing the same thing?

[Gimmerss]

If you go into Network settings on the PS3 you should be able to test your network connection settings? obtaining IP address, checking Playstation store etc does it fail or freeze on any of those also is it simply signing out without warning or is it giving you an error code or message? that you could search google for (although most of the error codes are red herrings anyways)

[gillyallan]

Originally Posted by The Cricketer

Silly question..how do these homeplugs work?

Does one have to connect into the router/hub, and the other one in the room where the PS3 is?
Also, like with routers, do you have to have different ones for Virgin Media (Cable) / BT (ADSL) or are they all the same doing the same thing?

Havent personally used them but by all accounts are good. you plug one into mains socket near Ps3. plug network cable from PS3 into this adapter.

you plug the other into mains near router and network cable from that to your router.

Your ring mains is now your network.

in some circumstances it may not work if you have split ring mains, etc.

[heyrehair]

Homeplugs work as per The Cricketers post above.

Am running them at mine and have no issues at all. I got a 4 port hub with mine too for the remote end - so have PS3, Bluray and SKY box all hooked up.

Would recommend them if you are having issues.

Items I have are:
Netgear 200Mbps 4-port Powerline Adapter
Netgear 200Mbps Mini Powerline Adapter - Twin Pack

So I have one spare still for when I get a new device in another room

[The Cricketer]

Originally Posted by SimonB79

The SuperDUD is absolute garbage ... put it in modem-mode & buy a proper router (even a cheap one) problem solved.

Alas, thats what I did, reconnected my old Wirless G router - and its solved the issue immediately!

Now waiting for a Wireless N router!

Cheers all.

'Super' hub my arse!!!

[SimonB79]

Originally Posted by The Cricketer

Alas, thats what I did, reconnected my old Wirless G router - and its solved the issue immediately!

Now waiting for a Wireless N router!

Cheers all.

'Super' hub my arse!!!

***thumbsup***

[Gazinuk]

Originally Posted by The Cricketer

For some reason, my PS3 refuses to connect to the household wifi system....if it does, it only lasts a few seconds or minutes.

We have 4 smart phones, An internet/Wifi radio, Nintendo Wii & laptop that happily connects to it, without any dropouts.

I;m not too technically minded so dont know what to do other than turn off & on again.

I'm with Vigin Media and recently had a Superhub fitted when my speed was increased from 10MB to 30MB, not that weve noticed a difference.

Ive been asked to go into this page:-

http://192.168.0.1/RouterStatus.html

and tinker around with settings. I have but its not made ANY difference whatsoever.

Any ideas?

With the Virgin Superhub, its perhaps trying to connnect to fast (as it goes to N, an PS3 recognises G), you need to go into your settings, and choose either *upto 54mb/s wireless or 2.4ghz (recommended)* depends on your superhub firmware, and shouldnt have anymore connection problems,
The faster wifi speeds can suffer from poor connections although faster,