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Took the plunge finally and got a PS3 to add to my collection of hardware. Mainly for Wipeout HD and Little Big Planet when they come out and to use as a BD player.

However, did I choose the wrong day to buy one or is the PSN always this poor? Upgrade to the new firmware took 3 hours on an 8Mbs line to download, I have barely been able to stay connected, dowloading demos, the Guitar Hero 3 update or pretty much anything else has been extremely slow.

Is it always this bad or is PSN just having an off day?
 
WiFi unfortunately, no cables down to the living room. 360 and Wii connections are fine but the PS3 connection is incredibly poor even though the signal strength is near on 100%. This is not a good start to my PS3 experience...
 
Aye, probably need to do some faffing with router settings etc. It connects, it just doesn't have any speed at all. Web browsing is slow and I get dropped from the PSN on a regular basis.
 
Unfortunately I am running at Nat type 2 according to the status. I'll assign a reserved IP address and open those ports anyway and see if that helps.

So far PSN is not as user friendly as Live though.
 
andshrew said:
If your having trouble staying connected it sounds like something between the PS3 and your wireless setup isn't happy - I'd try connecting by cable as you'll then be able to confirm if its your wireless or something else.
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Was hoping to avoid that, but it looks like I may need to try it. Looks like I need 10m of CAT5e and power drill this evening. I know it shouldn't, but I suppose it is possible that either the Wii or 360 are interferring in some way? Though I am normally getting between 90 and 100% signal strength on the PS3 status page, it just wont stay connected and takes ages to download anything (Update, Guitar Hero 3 update, Lemmings). Also having issues using it to add to the wallet, but that could be an incorrectly input CC.

All in all, having a bit of a mare of a time.
 
Joebob said:
Would it not be easier just to move the console & tv nearer to the router just for the purposes of testing it via Ethernet cable?
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It's a big TV, would hate to have to cart it upstairs :)

Joebob said:
or if that isn't an option you could try some powerline adapters, I have used them and they really are very good.
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/productlist.php?groupid=46&catid=800
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Do these work in extension cables or do they have to be plugged directly into the wall socket? We are a touch limited in plug sockets near the TV.
 
Yeah, it certainly seems to be my connection for some reason. I shall try and hook it up wired next week (away this weekend unfortunately) and see if that fixes it. Still hasn't stopped me enjoying Guitar Hero 3 and hasn't stopped the significant other watching movies.

Just irritating that the wireless isn't working very well when the Wii and 360 worked fine.
 
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