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Playstation 3: How to setup your Internet connection
This article helps you in setting up the Internet connection for Playstation 3
To enjoy the online capability of Playstation 3, you need to connect it to the internet. You can do it in two ways:
Wired Connectivity:
The network configuration and connection depends on the connection method and equipment you have.
Important: A router would be required if you want your PS3 and the computer to be connected to the internet at the same time.
The following are mandatory. You need:

When you have a wired connection to the Internet, it is not necessary to adjust any of the default settings. (It is done automatically). If you aren't able to connect with the default settings, follow the instructions to adjust the settings.
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Wireless Connectivity:
The network configuration and connection depends on the connection method and equipment you have.
The following are mandatory. You need:
When you try to connect wirelessly to the Internet, First adjust the network settings. These settings may change depending on the type of access point and the network environment you are in.
The following instructions apply most of the network configurations.
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Wired Connectivity:
The network configuration and connection depends on the connection method and equipment you have.
Important: A router would be required if you want your PS3 and the computer to be connected to the internet at the same time.
The following are mandatory. You need:
- An Internet connection
- A cable modem
- Ethernet cable. (Available with the PS3)

When you have a wired connection to the Internet, it is not necessary to adjust any of the default settings. (It is done automatically). If you aren't able to connect with the default settings, follow the instructions to adjust the settings.
- Select "Network Settings" under "Settings" in the home menu, press the
button. - Select "Internet Connection Settings", press the
button. - You will be popped with a message stating the Internet connection will be terminated, select Yes, press the
button. - Select "Wired Connection", press the
button. - Select Easy or Custom and adjust the settings.
- If you select Easy, then the basic settings are automatically set.
- If you select Custom, then you need to enter the settings. Refer the settings supplied by your Internet service provider.
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Wireless Connectivity:
The network configuration and connection depends on the connection method and equipment you have.
The following are mandatory. You need:
- An Internet connection
- A cable modem and a router
- Access point (Not necessary if using a wireless router with built-in wireless functionality)
- Settings information for the access point (SSID, WEP key, WPA key)

When you try to connect wirelessly to the Internet, First adjust the network settings. These settings may change depending on the type of access point and the network environment you are in.
The following instructions apply most of the network configurations.
- Select "Network Settings" under "Settings" in the home menu, press the
button. - Select "Internet Connection Settings", press the
button. - You will be popped with a message stating the Internet connection will be terminated, select Yes, press the
button. - Select "Wireless", press the
button. - Select "Scan", press the
button.
The system will search for access points within range and display them as a list.
- Select the access point that you want to use, press the
button. (An SSID is a code or a name that is assigned to the access point. If you have no clue which SSID to use or if the SSID is not displayed, contact the person who set up or maintains the access point.) - Confirm the SSID for the access point, press the right button.
- Select the security settings as necessary, press the right button.
- Enter the encryption key, press the right button. (The encryption key field will display an asterisk (*) for each character you enter. If you do not know the key, contact the person who set up or maintains the access point).
- Select Easy or Custom and adjust the settings.
- If you select Easy, then the basic settings are automatically set.
- If you select Custom, then you need to enter the settings. Refer the settings supplied by your Internet service provider.
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- Posted by: toby_figgins_1328 at 12 Dec 16:05 permalink
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- Posted by: paul2quick_6418 at 11 Jun 01:36 permalinkHi there my name is Paul and i've got a ps3 for my birthday and ever since i got it
i've been trying to connect my ps3 to the internet but still have no luck you know so
i'm asking anyone please help me out here because i really i want to connect my ps3 to the
internet but i can't..but what i really need to know is..
-do i have to buy any particular wires for my ps3 to connect to the internet
-do i have to do anything before i start connecting the ps3 to the net
-where do i buy the wires for the ps3 from
please help me out here, here's my email adress you can contact me on that
i'll be waiting for your responce.
Many thanks
Paul - Posted by: roblesruben5_4945 at 30 Jul 18:48 permalink
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- Posted by: jonathanch1_4206 at 12 Aug 10:26 permalinkhey the reason you can not connection is because your encryption is set to wpa-psk. you have to set the encryption to wep open or wep shared and customize your wep on your router. to get connected. ps3 does not support wpa-psk or wpa2 right now.
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Updated at: 27 Mar 02:02
Updated by: gadget
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-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- - Posted by: zpeterson71_2997 at 10 Oct 21:39 permalinkhey yes u can use the bekin54g router i got it works if it dont its ur settings trust me after u hook it up dont hook it back up the way it ever was u WONT get ur psn back easy u could get it once in 2 weeks i had to go out and buy a ethernet cable i cant log on to psn can some1 help me can u send me the setttings on my myspace acc heres my email zpeterson71@yahoo.com thanks
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- Posted by: chalez2502holtonst_9732 at 02 Sep 01:26 permalink
- wep is under custom settings in network setupon ps3 i think its under test section..its the password u used to secure ur modem on ur pc so no one else can use your modem..on the pc its under network settings "choose network" ""enter wep"..there u find ur wep key..same number or word is used for ur wep setting on ps 3 when u access setup-custom,u must enter it manually cause its a password pretty sure its a "custom sttup" -under or above the test area in the "network settings - setup section" on ps3 hope this helps!!
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- Posted by: haumengz_670 at 02 Nov 22:44 permalinkalright folks i have the answer to all your suffering. it took me about an hour and a half to figure this out. But anywayz, if your problem sounds something similar to this then follow along. Okay so you have a few computers(desktops, or laptops) connected to your router, some wirelessly some wired. doesn't matter. for me, my desktop is wired and laptop is wireless. anyways you get frustrated because when u try to establish a connection on your ps3 with the router it keeps saying that connection test failed because it cannot obtain an ip address even when you KNOW FOR A FACT that the right ssid and wpa had been entered. Okay so i found out the reason why this is happening is because your ps3 is attempting to obtain an ip address but one of your host computers is already using that one so it wont' share the ip address of course. so what you do is go to go on your desktop( the one that gets the error message). click on the start menu, then run, then type cmd. This brings up command prompt. Next you type in "ipconfig /release", you dont' need the parenthesis by the way. This should drop the ip address from that computer, if u don't believe me type in ipconfig again and it would not give u an ip address. Now do this step if you want to understand the tech issue or else just skip to next step. Type in ipconfig /renew, as you can see it will say you cannot renew because theres another device running on it or something like that (little did u know that thats actually your ps3).
Next Step: Turn off that computer and get on your ps3 and set up the wireless connection. you should no longer recieve the message saying "connection failed, cannot obtain ip address". Now you get to go on the internet on your ps3.
Next Next Step: Turn on your computer and the router automatically reassigns that computer the same ip address. Now you can log into the internet on your desktop, laptop, ps3 and any other devices. Oh joy!!!
Btw, these steps worked for me but might not work for you, do not blame me if anything goes wrong. You are welcome to private message me back if you have any questions and i'll try my best to help you out. - Posted by: cerebropr_7069 at 10 Nov 19:18 permalinkThank you for your steps haumengz_670. It did help to solve my problem but not exactly the way you put it. It helped me noticing something else. The mac address.
The router usually has somekind of network protection, and what it does is that allows access to those devices whose mac addresses are on its list. That should tell you automatically that ps3 mac address is not being considered as a trusty device.
So, what to do if haumengz_670 previous steps didnt work?, add to the router network filtering list the ps3 mac address, and once is added, it automatically give you one IP inside the dhcp range. Repeat the steps to connect the ps3 to the network and voila!
Well, since i don't like to generalize too, i should say it worked for me, and I have a DLink router, and my network before the ps3 consisted of 3 computers, 1 laptop and 1 PSP.
Thank you again dude, really nice guidelines!
- Posted by: mulroyman_959 at 18 Nov 02:34 permalink
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| Updated at: | 27 Mar 02:02 |
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