Troubles Connecting PS3 to Internet

[Drawnnite]

ok so ive been looking elsewhere for solutions but nothing seems to match what is occuring.

firstly i need to do it wirelessly. unless you want to give me a 30-40m ethernet cable =P
so i can easily find the router (its a dlink model) (has no security, as we dont need it)
it normally has about 40-50% signal
and if i do the internet connection test maybe 75% of the time both ip adress and connection succeed.

however it says i need to do a system update. (4.00)
go to do that and it says no internet connection.
or it says updatte found, but it always comes up with no internet connection.
tried the solutions it suggests (turn off router, ps3 restart them etc) with no luck

ive read elsewhere about changing settings, static ip's and DMZ for the router.
is this recommended? (which ive read HERE

also we have another much much newer router at home, but we havent bothered to install it yet.
would this be a better idea?

Thanks

 

[CV60VE]

you could download the update off the sony site and install it via usb and then see if you can connect to the psn easily once you have updated before changing routers and numbers and that.

 

[Drawnnite]

thanks for that.
ill give it a go now.

 

[dijm8]

make sure u read the online instructions when downloading the update via the site, i dont knw the full process (havent done it for ages) but u will need to make a few new folders in the usb to save too

 

[Drawnnite]

ok so updated via a USB device.

however back to internet problem.
nothing is working.

tried those instructions on the site.
onto to go and try to do the DMZ part on the computer to say its out of the range.
might try changing to inside that range i guess

otherwise i might just go connect new router up.
if not i guess it may mean finding a 40m ethernet cable =P

 

[Drawnnite]

ok so just tried it again using auto settings. turned off media thing in internet settings.
kept DMZ thing on with router.

now lets hope it continues to work.

thanks for your help btw guys

 

[Drawnnite]

ok so it connects to the internet, ps store etc.
go to play a game online.
requires updates...

go to do update.
starts with some number like 50 minutes
then jumps up and up and up and up and up to like 5000+ minutes.
anyone know any reason behind this.

 

[ucwepn]

sometimes its just very slow to update, had this with GT5 the other day.

 

[Drawnnite]

sometimes its just very slow to update, had this with GT5 the other day.

did it time out at 0% by any chance?
also the update is only 52mb.

pretty much it says update available.
go to update screen. it starts.
stays on 0% and minutes just rise and rise.
and it times out.

also sent sony an email hopefully they can answer it.
but apparently there is something to do with firewall ports.
anyone have an info on this such as opening up certain ports for online play?

 

[Lumps of cheese]

I had to adjust the settings on my router, as in the dmz you were talking about as i was having all sorts of problems. Once i put the ip address in for the ps3 i haven't had any more issues, almost 2 years now.