Does PSN run faster using a network cable opposed to wireless?

PSN and online browsing the Internet. Just curious on how to optimize performance.

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When i first got my ps3 i set it up through my wireless..the download speeds were fine but it was rather unrealible during online play,butthat may have been just my router.

Since i changed to direct setup via ethernet ive never had any disconections or speed problems:)

I played games wireless initially but recently went wired and noticed that I haven't disconnected out of games as much as before. But I have a questions:

My router came with my service from my ISP. Usually any devices that a provider gives you is usually generic or isn't the best out. If I bought one of those Linksys routers with speedboost, will that improve the performance of online any? I always see them when I go to a Best Buy or other electronics store. Is there anyone here that has had more than one router and noticed a difference in performance? What is the best router available? I am not too concerned with the price of routers BTW.

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Cables are generally faster and more relible. Unless you have to use a 100meter (300feet) cable or longer I would go for that.

I played games wireless initially but recently went wired and I noticed that I haven't disconnected out of games as much as before. But I have a question:

My router came with my service from my ISP. Usually any devices that a provider gives you is usually generic or isn't the best out. If I bought one of those Linksys routers with speedboost, will that improve the performance of online any? I always see them when I go to a Best Buy or other electronics store. Is there anyone here that has had more than one router and noticed a difference in performance? What is the best router available? I am not too concerned with the price of routers BTW.

mrvic87

As far as router is concerned you shouldn't need to worry too much. Internet connection is a lot slower then the 1/10/100mb ethernet these guys are suppose to handle. If you are into P2P where router needs to handle 200+ connections then you may want to hunt down a better router. As far as router goes I'd recommand stay away Linksys, they don't really deal with firmware update and product support isn't that great either.

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I played games wireless initially but recently went wired and I noticed that I haven't disconnected out of games as much as before. But I have a question:

My router came with my service from my ISP. Usually any devices that a provider gives you is usually generic or isn't the best out. If I bought one of those Linksys routers with speedboost, will that improve the performance of online any? I always see them when I go to a Best Buy or other electronics store. Is there anyone here that has had more than one router and noticed a difference in performance? What is the best router available? I am not too concerned with the price of routers BTW.

solaris1979

As far as router is concerned you shouldn't need to worry too much. Internet connection is a lot slower then the 1/10/100mb ethernet these guys are suppose to handle. If you are into P2P where router needs to handle 200+ connections then you may want to hunt down a better router. As far as router goes I'd recommand stay away Linksys, they don't really deal with firmware update and product support isn't that great either.

I have a wired connection on my PS3 & I wouldn't have it any other way. However, when I check my bandwidth speed using such sites as http://www.speakeasy.net/speedtest my results vastly decrease under what my PC achieves.

Thanks for the info. If not a Linksys, then what router do you think is better?mrvic87

It sort of depends on each model. D-Link and Netgear both makes decent routers, but unfortunately you still have to do a bit of research before getting a good router. Since even if it is a good model, change in revision can put that particular good model down.

If you spend some time and get a decent routher w/ a custom firmware update, you will get a lot out if it though, which is a reason why Linksys WRT56 line router is loved by many since it's easy to install custom firmware and easy to fix if bricked.

If you do not want to tinker with custom update, then go with Netgear/D-Link line. Bufflo makes good router but their user interface downright sux. Their HP line are known to give great range however.

If you are interested in doing custom firmware, which may very possible brick your router, then try this site http://www.dd-wrt.com/, or google for Open-WRT. in their wiki guide there's list of competible routers and just choose anyone that fits your desire, the bufflo lines of router really shines here and they are cheap. Go with linksys WRT56 if you are afraid of messed firmware update and bricking it.

[QUOTE="mrvic87"]Thanks for the info. If not a Linksys, then what router do you think is better?solaris1979

It sort of depends on each model. D-Link and Netgear both makes decent routers, but unfortunately you still have to do a bit of research before getting a good router. Since even if it is a good model, change in revision can put that particular good model down.

If you spend some time and get a decent routher w/ a custom firmware update, you will get a lot out if it though, which is a reason why Linksys WRT56 line router is loved by many since it's easy to install custom firmware and easy to fix if bricked.

If you do not want to tinker with custom update, then go with Netgear/D-Link line. Bufflo makes good router but their user interface downright sux. Their HP line are known to give great range however.

If you are interested in doing custom firmware, which may very possible brick your router, then try this site http://www.dd-wrt.com/, or google for Open-WRT. in their wiki guide there's list of competible routers and just choose anyone that fits your desire, the bufflo lines of router really shines here and they are cheap. Go with linksys WRT56 if you are afraid of messed firmware update and bricking it.

I have mine wired. but as gagit811 said you will not notice a difference until cable speeds are faster than the 10mb connection or from your dsl/fios or who ever provider.

I just don't want to experience signal drops with wireless that why I use wired.

Linksys is not as bad as they used to be. Since they were bought out by Cisco, their equipment has improved. As a consultant for small businesses, i use linksys for the fact that they are reliable and more affordable than a full blown Cisco product. D-Link isn't to bad but i'd stay away from Netgear. I've never had a Netgear product not die in some capacity.

I'm using my PS3 with the Wireless connection and never had a problem. My router is about 20 feet away and has a strong signal. You'll start to see the connection degrade once you get down to about 50 or 60 percent. The connection is still good but you'll start to notice a drop here or there. In the end though, your bottleneck will always be your internet connection. If you can afford a connection that fully utilizes a routers network speed, you can afford some from cisco or fortinet.tgschmidt

My netgear has served me faithfully for the past 8 years, and I was a pretty heavy p2p user with uTorrent and eMule and DC runnint concurrently and another few computers playing lan game just fine... :/ Beside, my lab at UT with about 80 computers uses negear router and never had really major problem (used to wrork part time there). Maybe just personal preference issue. Cisco of course is the leader in the market but their product also command as such.

I am not too much in favor of the current lines of routers because of pre-N lines cannot handle P2P and you have to be pretty careful on number of open connection you can make. Otherwise, mose routers are stable enough for just normal browsing and downloading. So it basically comes down to whichever router having a good range and ease of config. Maybe Linsys is improving, but as of right now I only will buy the WRT line from them because of the custom firmware.

The short answer is; no there is no difference.

The longer answer is; if you have common broadband internet (ie not fibre to curb) there is no difference between wireless and wired connections to your router. The problems occur when people don't understand how networking works. Things like disconnections can be traced back to UPnP port forwarding not being supported correctly by your router, or other devices in the house mucking around with the wireless signal. Both of these can be fixed easily enough if you understand the technology (ie enable port triggering, manual port forwarding, and using stuff like network robustness, changing your wireless channel). Unfortunately over the short time since the PS3 has been released Sony themselves have released updates that have broken UPnP support a few times _but_ the current firmware is working perfectly fine.

Obviously if your PS3 is too far from your router to get a decent signal you need to consider getting a wireless access point to help increase the signal area/strength.

The short answer is; no there is no difference.

The longer answer is; if you have common broadband internet (ie not fibre to curb) there is no difference between wireless and wired connections to your router. The problems occur when people don't understand how networking works. Things like disconnections can be traced back to UPnP port forwarding not being supported correctly by your router, or other devices in the house mucking around with the wireless signal. Both of these can be fixed easily enough if you understand the technology (ie enable port triggering, manual port forwarding, and using stuff like network robustness, changing your wireless channel). Unfortunately over the short time since the PS3 has been released Sony themselves have released updates that have broken UPnP support a few times _but_ the current firmware is working perfectly fine.

Obviously if your PS3 is too far from your router to get a decent signal you need to consider getting a wireless access point to help increase the signal area/strength.

CellAnimation

Wireless is convenient, and for the purpose of browsing internet there are no difference between wireless and wired. I am trying to figure out what Duckman is refering too but Cell's statement is mostly true.

[QUOTE="CellAnimation"]

The short answer is; no there is no difference.

The longer answer is; if you have common broadband internet (ie not fibre to curb) there is no difference between wireless and wired connections to your router. The problems occur when people don't understand how networking works. Things like disconnections can be traced back to UPnP port forwarding not being supported correctly by your router, or other devices in the house mucking around with the wireless signal. Both of these can be fixed easily enough if you understand the technology (ie enable port triggering, manual port forwarding, and using stuff like network robustness, changing your wireless channel). Unfortunately over the short time since the PS3 has been released Sony themselves have released updates that have broken UPnP support a few times _but_ the current firmware is working perfectly fine.

Obviously if your PS3 is too far from your router to get a decent signal you need to consider getting a wireless access point to help increase the signal area/strength.

solaris1979

Wireless is convenient, and for the purpose of browsing internet there are no difference between wireless and wired. I am trying to figure out what Duckman is refering too but Cell's statement is mostly true.

Cell's explamation is right on the spot with how wireless networks can work. I will add that a wireless phone system can create the most problems if there on the same frequency. I have my wireless network working just fine although I replaced my wireless phone system with one that used another frequency other than what the network is using.