PS3 Slim Wi-Fi

Skyboat · 11 Sep 2013 at 15:16

Right, so I got a PS3 Slim (the last one they made, CECH-3000) to replace my aging and frankly noisy 80GB fat model.

However, the Wi-Fi on it is horrendous. It's able to pick up the Wi-Fi with a stronger signal, but refuses to connect, or in the off chance it does, disconnects after about 5 minutes with a DNS error (80710102) or it says "key information exchange timed out" when setting up the Wireless settings on the console.

My old fat never once exhibited these problems. In fact it's been incredibly reliable. I'm just sick of the noise it makes these days (such as on The Last of Us) and I can't be bothered to take it apart and clean out all the dust.

I've checked all the router settings. I have tried WPA/WPA2 mixed mode, WPA2 mode, TKIP+AES, AES. I've even tested it with different routers including an Apple Airport, another running DD-WRT, and my trusty ASUS RT-N66U but doesn't appear to make a blind bit of difference.

Am I missing a trick or are just PS3s notoriously bad for this? I shouldn't have to use Ethernet but if I've got no alternative then it will have to do.

Anyone else had similar experiences to me regarding this?

Psycho Sonny · 11 Sep 2013 at 15:44

restore your router (the asus) to factory defaults, then set it back up again.

same goes for the network settings in the ps3, set them up again from scratch after doing the above.

the ps3 just has crap wireless on all models, but it should work, just painfully slowly compared to ethernet.

mrk · 11 Sep 2013 at 20:22

WiFi on my super slim appears to be saying 100% strength and connection test results in speeds of around 18.1Mb down and 6.5Mb up. I'd prefer it to be higher but I think the adapter is only 54G no? This would explain the slower rates. If it was Wireless N compatible that would be awesome.

Skyboat · 11 Sep 2013 at 22:42

Psycho Sonny said:
restore your router (the asus) to factory defaults, then set it back up again.

same goes for the network settings in the ps3, set them up again from scratch after doing the above.

the ps3 just has crap wireless on all models, but it should work, just painfully slowly compared to ethernet.

I've reset the Wi-Fi settings on the router and reconfigured them, and countless times on the slim. Made no difference. I had to set up the PS3 fat from new a couple of months ago on the same Wi-Fi and it worked without a hitch. It almost feels like there's a fault with the slim model, yet if it can detect the signal (100% quality at times) but is being stubborn handshaking WPA keys then it's almost like a firmware problem on the console. Yet I've restored the latest firmware 4.46 twice, again no dice.

I've given up with it anyway and just used an old router as a switch now, this is why Ethernet will never be obsolete

muggs · 11 Sep 2013 at 23:06

i think that error number is ip conflict error, have you any other wireless devices connected the router? to find your ps ip go into network settings

manic111 · 11 Sep 2013 at 23:34

The wifi on my 80gb fat is hideous, so count yourself lucky! Invest in some home plugs, problem solved

Skyboat · 12 Sep 2013 at 00:29

Ok I said I had given up, well the meddler in me had another go...

Went through various solutions step-by-step to see what would resolve it. Turns out I think having TKIP set was causing problems. I've tried WPA/WPA2 mixed, WPA2 and AES only, restarting the PS3 and the router in turn for each. It now connects straight away and doesn't disconnect, and the Internet connection test entry in the PS3's network settings now completes pretty much straight away every time now, no handshaking problems anymore.

I could have sworn I tried all these combinations before... I would also find it strange the previous SSID or PSK would have been a problem either.

The Wi-Fi chip in the slims must be less compatible with the older standards.

I blame Sony and their cost-cutting cheaper hardware

EDIT: Nope, this morning it's back to it's old problematic ways.