Wi-fi problems with Wii and PS3

I set up a WPA code for my Wi-fi connection in my house and now I can't connect my Wii and PS3 to the internet. I always get DNS troubles or router firewall troubles. I can't seem to disable my router's firewall because it doesn't have the option to in the admin page. I'm not totally sure what the hell is a DNS so I don't know what to do on that. Could anyone be able to direct me to what to do?

Have you changed the settings on your consoles?

You will need to set up the connection again on your PS3 otherwise it will still be using the old settings and think there is no password.

• Recycle the connection by turnning on/off your wireless router.
• Delete cookies from the cache.
• Disable media server connection.
• Turn on the Java reader.

Those are the things you'll get if you contact sony support. I hope they work for you cause sadly they didn't for me :( I think there's something wrong with my ps3 wireless. The tech suopport staff member told me that there was a problem with my route but it works just fine. The ps3 I have just won't connect and the ethernet cable is damn short!

[QUOTE="gamingqueen"]

• Recycle the connection by turnning on/off your wireless router.
• Delete cookies from the cache.
• Disable media server connection.
• Turn on the Java reader.

Those are the things you'll get if you contact sony support. I hope they work for you cause sadly they didn't for me :( I think there's something wrong with my ps3 wireless. The tech suopport staff member told me that there was a problem with my route but it works just fine. The ps3 I have just won't connect and the ethernet cable is damn short!

dvader654

Have you manually imput all the router info, instead of doing auto-connect choose to enter it all manualy that sometimes works.

Is it a linksys, cause thats what I have, I am practically an expert on it after all the problems I have had with them.

No automatically. I don't understand a thing if I put it manually... I'm not good with computer terms :(

I've tried to do port forwarding but it needs an IP address and I don't know if the Wii has one. The PS3 does but it doesn't seem to accept it.

[QUOTE="gamingqueen"][QUOTE="dvader654"][QUOTE="gamingqueen"]

• Recycle the connection by turnning on/off your wireless router.
• Delete cookies from the cache.
• Disable media server connection.
• Turn on the Java reader.

Those are the things you'll get if you contact sony support. I hope they work for you cause sadly they didn't for me :( I think there's something wrong with my ps3 wireless. The tech suopport staff member told me that there was a problem with my route but it works just fine. The ps3 I have just won't connect and the ethernet cable is damn short!

dvader654

Have you manually imput all the router info, instead of doing auto-connect choose to enter it all manualy that sometimes works.

Is it a linksys, cause thats what I have, I am practically an expert on it after all the problems I have had with them.

No automatically. I don't understand a thing if I put it manually... I'm not good with computer terms :(

Its not that hard. If you have Windows on your computer, click on start, go to run, in the box type "cmd", a DOS like box will open up, in that type "ipconfig/all" and a bunch of info will pop up. Get a pen and paper and write down your IP adress, the gateway adress, the subnet mask address, and the two DNS servers. Then go to your PS3 connection settings, choose to do it manually and enter what you wrote. For IP address you will want to give the PS3 its own so just add 1 to the end of the IP address (example if its 192.168.1.100 on the PS3 write 192.168.1.101), copy the rest exactly as you wrote it.

Whenever I look at my PS3's IP address, it starts with 169 and it says that its for personal use only or something to that effect.

I'm even putting the Wii's and PS3's MAC addresses in and its still not working. I'm getting so pissed off right now.Kreatzion

[QUOTE="Kreatzion"]Also, the reason why I put an encryption on my wi-fi connection is due to the fact that people in my area keep eating up my bandwidth. Instead of downloading at the usual 400kbps and up, I kept downloading at about 40kbps and down. I had enough of it. When I didn't have an encryption, my Wii and PS3 would log into the internet with no problem.dvader654

I was having that problem to, what I did instead was use MAC filtering to make sure only the computers/devices I say so can get on my network. I had to input all MAC addresses but it worked.

Yeah I'm doing exactly that as well. I even disabled the firewalls and it still doesn't work. It only works when I don't have the WPA encryption on. You can tell how tense I am because SSBB is coming out Sunday and I don't want to have to buy the LAN adaptor just to play with people.

Dvader can you explain port forwarding to me. The one thing I don't get is the starting port and ending port. How would I know that information?Kreatzion

Try doing a net search on what ports you need open for PS3 and Wii. You would be surprised what is on the net if you just try a Google search.

[QUOTE="Kreatzion"]Can anyone advice me on how to increase my bandwidth speed? This isn't only happeneing to my PC but everyone else's PC and laptops in the house that is using the wireless connection. dvader654

WEP slows down the speed, thats why i dont use it. Also the more people using the wireless signal the slower it goes obviously.

WEP doesnt slow the speed!