Connecting PS3 to Network (Cheapest + Easiest Method)

decmatt · 9 Mar 2009 at 15:53

Hi

I live in halls so have no access to router or anything like that. I have one wall socket that connects to my laptop via a wire. If I want to connect my PS3 I have to unplug the wire and plug it to PS3, and if I want to media stream it I have to connect wire to laptop and ps3. Is there a best all in one method that would allow both devices to connect to web and media stream? I was thinking turning the Laptop into an access point via a USB Dongle, the laptop is a studio 17.

Thanks

Hyper · 9 Mar 2009 at 15:57

How about buying a cheap switch?

tonyyeb · 9 Mar 2009 at 15:57

I assume the wall socket is a network socket. If so then plug the wall socket into a mini switch or hub or wireless access point and then link your laptop and PS3 by wire or by wireless respectively.

wij · 9 Mar 2009 at 16:03

It would be better to just buy a cheap router (WRT54GL) and connect that into the halls network, then put all your devices off it.

Firewall between your shared things and the other network, and seeing as connecting extra equipment (routers and switches etc.) to your single port probably violates some T&C's of your service cloning the MAC address of your PC into the routers WAN interface will make that all the more difficult to detect.