WRT150N / PS3 Problem

Question

Hi, my name's Ryan. I was wondering if anyone can help me and/or has had this problem in the past. I bought a PS3 last August and I have it in my room, my computer is downstairs so there's really no way I could set it up next to it, so I decided to have a wireless connection to my router. My problem over the last few months has been my PS3 getting error upon error and logs me out (around every 25 minutes), I've tried every method with my Linksys WRT150N Wireless-N router to improve the connection such as forwarding ports, setting a static ip, etc but nothing seems to work. Some of my family members have cordless phones which I know does interfere with the internet but I have tried to correct this problem. I really don't know what to do, I will be moving in the next few months, but I would like some sort of stable PS3 connection to play games with friends. Any tips/advice or a guide would be most helpful???

Answer 1

As you have mentioned in your post that your family members have a cordless phone, may be that might be reason you are facing that problem with your PS3. To avoid that you need to change some settings on your router, i think that might solve your problem.
Open an Internet Explorer browser page on your wired computer(desktop).In the address bar type - 192.168.1.1
Leave username blank & in password use admin in lower case...
For Wireless Settings, please do the following : -
Click on the Wireless tab
-Here select manual configuration...Wireless Network mode should be mixed...
-Provide a unique name in the Wireless Network Name (SSID) box in order to differentiate your network from your neighbours network...
- Set the Radio Band to Standard-20MHz and change the Standard channel to 11-2.462GHz...Wireless SSID broadcast should be Enabled and then click on Save Settings...Please make a note of Wireless Network Name (SSID) as this is the Network Identifier...
For Wireless Security : -
Click on the Sub tab under Wireless > Wireless Security...
Change the Wireless security mode to WEP, Encryption should be 64 bits.Leave the passphrase blank, don't type in anything...Under WEP Key 1 type in any 10 numbers please(numbers only and no letters eg: your 10 digit phone number) and click on save settings...Please make a note of WEP Key 1 as this is the Security Key for the Wireless Network...
Click on Advanced Wireless Settings
Change the Beacon Interval to 75 >>Change the Fragmentation Threshold to 2304, Change the RTS Threshold to 2304 >>Click on "Save Settings"...
Once you configure all the settings on your router, after this you need to make some changes on your PS3 as well as on your router. 
PlayStation Settings :-
Open an Internet Explorer browser page.In the address bar type - 192.168.1.1. Leave username blank & in password use admin in lower case...
On the set-up tab change the MTU Size to 1452 and click Save Settings...
Once you return to the set up page click on the Security tab and uncheck Block Anonymous Internet Requests and click on Save Settings...
Click on "Applications and Gaming" tab and then click on "Port Range Forwarding" subtab...
1) On the first line in Application box type in ABC, in the start box type in 80 and End box type in 80, leave the protocol as both and under ip address type in 192.168.1.20 and check the enable box...
2) On the second line in Application box type in DEF, in the start box type in 443 and End box type in 443, leave the protocol as both and under ip address type in 192.168.1.20 and check the enable box...
3) On the third line in Application box type in GHI, in the start box type in 5223 and End box type in 5223, leave the protocol as both and under ip address type in 192.168.1.20 and check the enable box...
4) On the fourth line in Application box type in JKL, in the start box type in 3478 and End box type in 3479, leave the protocol as both and under ip address type in 192.168.1.20 and check the enable box...
5) On the fifth line in Application box type in MNO, in the start box type in 3658 and End box type in 3658, leave the protocol as both and under ip address type in 192.168.1.20 and check the enable box...
6) On the sixth line in Application box type in PQR, in the start box type in 10070 and End box type in 10080, leave the protocol as both and under ip address type in 192.168.1.20 and check the enable box and click on Save Settings
7) Now assign the given ip address on your PlayStation ip address :- 192.168.1.20, subnet mask :- 255.255.255.0, default gateway :- 192.168.1.1...
8) Also assign the dns addresses on the PlayStation Primary dns :- 4.2.2.2...Secondary dns :- 192.168.1.1
9) Turn off your modem, router, and PlayStation...Wait for a minute...
10) Plug the modem power first, wait for another minute and plug the router power cable, wait another minute and turn on the PlayStation and test it...
I think after doing all the settings on  your PS3 as well as on your router, it will work perfectly fine.