Well, this started happening a couple of months ago, either gaming online (Marvel Pinball!) or even streaming shows. D-LINK 615 router setup with DMZ and fixed IPs for all wired & wifi devices in the house. PS3 has a long run of CAT-5 from the router for obvious reasons. recently I started getting the odd, random "Ethernet Cable is not connected" error, coinciding with getting kicked out of an online game or losing my place in a show or movie. It hasn't gone away so I started a little research last night. it seems it is not an uncommon phenomenon, but because everyone starts their own threads about it, they are getting the generic "guess" answer, ie, you need a new router or cat-5 cable. Funny, because the rest of their devices work well with the same equipment and others reported borrowing a new cable or router with the same results. THIS IS the thing we need to think about: The PS3 connects fine on startup, and after a period of time, spontaneously disconnects. The wire is not 'mechanical' in the sense, it hasn't moved; same goes for the router. So why would it disconnect randomly, the immediately "re-connect" ??
Last night, after getting the error again, I reached back and noticed the air exhaust (hot) is right beside the ethernet jack and that the cable was in fact very warm. There seems to be a little bit of play in the jack itself, so I am thinking the play, combined with the heat which changes the size/shape of plastic and metal, is enough to cause a temporary disconnect. As i was reaching back there and fiddling with the ethernet cable, i noticed on the TV i got several "Ethernet Cable is not connected" errors. I bent the cable away from the exhaust fan (to the back-right of PS3) and under it (to hold it in place) and never got another error for the duration of my show. Earlier, I got the error after about 2 minutes.
I am not saying this is the fix-all solution, but rather, it is A solution to A problem. Yours may or may not be the same. After you have verified your cable has no problems, and your router is fine, and you turn off other P2P softwares (uTorrent, etc) and your network setup is correct (IPs, etc), check out some other solutions I found online that may also work for you:
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Disable the Media Server. This was not an option for me since i stream from my desktop, which REQUIRES media server to be enabled!
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Last night, after getting the error again, I reached back and noticed the air exhaust (hot) is right beside the ethernet jack and that the cable was in fact very warm. There seems to be a little bit of play in the jack itself, so I am thinking the play, combined with the heat which changes the size/shape of plastic and metal, is enough to cause a temporary disconnect. As i was reaching back there and fiddling with the ethernet cable, i noticed on the TV i got several "Ethernet Cable is not connected" errors. I bent the cable away from the exhaust fan (to the back-right of PS3) and under it (to hold it in place) and never got another error for the duration of my show. Earlier, I got the error after about 2 minutes.
I am not saying this is the fix-all solution, but rather, it is A solution to A problem. Yours may or may not be the same. After you have verified your cable has no problems, and your router is fine, and you turn off other P2P softwares (uTorrent, etc) and your network setup is correct (IPs, etc), check out some other solutions I found online that may also work for you:
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Disable the Media Server. This was not an option for me since i stream from my desktop, which REQUIRES media server to be enabled!
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