re: PS3 -Worst to First Dynasty - ~SEASON 04 | WEEK 4~

Ever get it to work?

im good rite now

u ready?

How old is your router? A friend of mine and I got the PS3 camera thing and when we tried to video chat, it would knock him off. He did some research and it mentioned something about the NAT thing, so he went out and got a new router, and it works fine.

Don't know why it only connects to certain people though? Have you tried other routers?

Have you tried calling the cable company? Maybe they can help you with it?

Hey, I found this on a PS3 board, and every response after this says it works....

LINK

i made a guide, hope it helps its specifically for netopia routers, and you will have to open extra ports for some games too, but ea nation works for me nohey guys, heres a guide to having absolutley FLAWLESS ps3 online, very important parts shall have an asterix (*) to the left hand side of the post,
i shall also give brief explanations of why youre doing these things, and what they actually DO:
basically your ps3 connection has a NAT type , this basically says how your connection to your router is, TYPE 1 means its directly connected to the internet so its perfect, TYPE 3 means it can connect to the internet but the connection isnt perfect/very laggy, a result of this is not being able to go into chat rooms, ea nation games not working etc. well we try to get NAT type 2 which is wirelessly connected to the internet , but perfectly connected here we go!!

*give your ps3 a static ip address*
*okay this isnt too complicated, see every time a router gets accessed by a device (ps3, desktop, laptop etc.) it assignes it an ip address randomly depending on who logs in first,
on ps3
disable the media server function in 'network settings'
do an 'automatic' network connection and see if nat type 3 comes up at the end, if so, were on track
we need our ps3 to have an ip address that isnt given out randomly, as we will need it to have the same address,[COLOR="Red"]so you write down a new ip address, say 192.168.1.150[/COLOR] we use .150 because you probably will never have 150 devices on your router at any given time!
*find out our internets ip details*
i had awful guff with this online because bad wording of ip addresses and such was used , SO I WILL MAKE THIS CLEAR
*run a command prompt, on your desktop click 'start'-'run'-'cmd' in the command prompt , type [COLOR="Red"]ipconfig/all[/COLOR] and click 'enter'
*now, write down the numbers for these addresses: [COLOR="Red"]IP GATEWAY,DNS SERVER 1, DNS SERVER 2 [/COLOR] they will be used later on.


*fiddling with your router*(in the good way!)
*okay , now we are going to open some ports on your netopia router, DONT WORRY ITS NOT DANGEROUS, because we will only let these ports be opened when your ps3 'asks for them' so to speak, and considering your ps3 doesnt get viruses, you are safe!

*in your internet address bar type in your 'IP GATEWAY' you just got from the command prompt, just the numbers and dots, no need for a 'www' or any of that! on netopia routers the gateway is generally [COLOR="Red"]192.168.1.254 [/COLOR]so i will use that for now.
type [COLOR="Red"]192.168.1.254[/COLOR] in the browser address window. and your netopia router page should appear, im gonna make this as easy as possible , so bear with me for a minute, were now going to 'open' and 'enable' the ports and 'enable' your ps3's ip address to know to recieve these ports.


*okay click EXPERT MODE on the left hand column, click 'YES , ENTER EXPERT MODE', double click the word 'configure, go down and click on 'NAT' click 'STATIC NAT' click ythe dropdown icon, see if your ip address is there, if so click it, click on done, if this works, igore the paragraph in brackets
(if not i think you have to sign into psn using the new ip beforehand, im not sure, to do that just use the custom ip and use the same settings but use you GATEWAY as the bar saying DEFAULT ROUTER , then come back to this step)
now im going to list a range of ports and what to do with them , we will call the example port aaaa .
click on NAT as you did earlier,(notice how the ps3 ip is there , listed under static ip? thats good)
click [COLOR="Red"]DEFINE CUSTOM SERVICE[/COLOR] click in 'PORT FORWARDING' , select next , type anything in the service name, something that you will know its related to the ps3,
see the settings for 'global port range' if its only one port thats being entered enter the same port in the left and right hand boxes, in every case , enter the lower port in the box below saying 'base port' even if theres only one port, and chage the TCP/UDP settings according to every port.
heres the ports , repeat the same process for each one, after that window, select the static ip address you made in the drop-down list so it gets forwarded only for the ps3
* TCP port 80
TCP port 443
TCP port 5223
UDP port 3478-3479
UDP port 3658-3659


*now we 'enable' them all, when your done, click NAT on the left hand side, click the dropdown menu that has 'age of empires' written on it and scroll to the bottom, click on the ports you made with the asterix beside them (*) and click enable , then enter the ps3 ip address in the bar , to 'enable them just for the ps3' okay ,


*now click 'configure ' on the left and then click 'connection ' and tick the box that says "upnp"
now,to summarise, we should have , when we click NAT on the left hand column, a:
static NAT address, enabled, thats the ip youre going to use on your ps3
7 ps3 ports, all enabled to the 'host device' of your ps3's ip

*now , enter basic mode, click firewall, and set to low, this isnt dangerous as long as you have a desktop firewall such as windows or mcafee etc...
save changes, and [COLOR="red"]RESTART YOUR ROUTER![/COLOR]
now, turn your ps3 off, then on again , now go to [COLOR="red"]Network settings[/COLOR] and click network settings, im putting this in bullet form for easiness
-wireless/wired(though this guide is based on a wireless connection)
-CUSTOM
-enter security settings
-now for your ip info CLICK MANUAL
-where it says 'ip address' enter the STATIC IP ADDRESS YOU MADE UP
-subnet mask is normally 255.255.255.0
-DEFAULT ROUTER, this wants you to input your GATEWAY number you wrote down
-DNS 1/primary , enter the one you wrote down,
i dont think the ps3 needs it , try it without using the 2nd one,
-cick NEXT
-'proxy server' DONT ENABLE THAT
-upnp , enable if you could in your router
thats all , save settings and do connection test, see what nat type comes up at the end, if its 2 , its perfect! dont do anyhting to your router and congratz! if not , perhaps a bit of the guide was overlooked, if that isnt the case either leave me a post and ill try and help,

good luck,

b2thaza!

i know. that connection was pretty crappy but atleast we got to finish it out. i really wasnt giving myself any chance of winning before the game. that was a surprise

Man I tried all that and still couldn't get it to work. I give up been trying to figure this out all morning and haven't made 0 progress. Just let him play the game

I just don't understand why it works when I play against you, then it doesn't when I try to play Roll. That last time Roll and I played it worked perfectly. I think the same thing is wrong when I tried to play 31 so you may have to sim that game too.

Hey, I'll go whenever. I'm ready now