Why is this happening...

Soldato
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Since June, from what I can remember, when me and my brother play online on our PS3's at the same time, the connection bars shown in games like Call of Duty and Metal Gear Online seem to drop to one or two bars, and sometimes one of us will be disconnected. Today playing the Uncharted Beta we noticed the same thing and it even disconnected me the second my brother found his own game.

One of us can play on our own perfectly without any problems but as soon as the other one joins it becomes unplayable. We have tested this with three different games, I played on my own for 10 minutes without problems then asked him to join and within seconds I was already experiencing lag. We both have PS3's connected to a wireless router, the router is in my room and his room is just next to mine.

As I said, this has only started happening around the last 3 or 4 months. Is it possible a corrupted file on the PS3 maybe having an effect, or is Virgin Medias 10MB just not cutting it anymore? What else could it be?
 
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Have you tried to play different games at the same time? If that works then I would say that removes the net out of the question...

Also see if connecting wired helps - seems silly but you just never know (the PS3 isnt meant to have the best WIFI reception) - the router may not be able to cope with the traffic might be the answer too...

ps3ud0 :cool:
 
Ok thanks, we'll try those ideas tommorow.

When were playing LAN games on co-op mode, there is no problems at all. Does this change anything though?
 
I guess via LAN you arent going via PSN so perhaps not loading the router as much (only LAN and not also WAN too) so only working as a switch rather than a gateway too...

ps3ud0 :cool:
 
Quick update, brother was playing Uncharted online. I tried Motorstorm online, worked fine. I tried COD online, worked fine.. I tried Uncharted, and it worked.. fine.

Gonna try this when I get back from work later this evening, maybe it's not us? Just the amount of traffic on the game, not sure what else it could be..
 
Bump, had a perfect day playing uncharted online yesterday, but today it takes ages to connect and then it connection errors when we're both in the same game. If we get a 600mbs router to replace our 300mbs, will it improve at all?
 
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