Poor download quality via wireless

Doesent your wireless router have a lan port on it already for connecting a cable to the ps3? Thats what i did for the 360 and am about to do to the ps3 because of security issues with it. Ive got a dlink wireless router with 4 lan ports on the back.

Try switching to channel 3 on your router.

That should not be happening..strange. After you changed the channel did you save and exit. Try this..turn off the ps3..Unplug the router power cable for 20 seconds..plug it back in and turn the ps3 on and try to connect again.

strange that it will not connect to channel 3. It might have something to do with the aftermarket firmware you flashed the router with. Channel 3 or channel 11 are the channels I found to have the least interference..so either one should be fine. You should not be getting those slow wireless download speeds with the ps3. 1000's of people are using the ps3 wireless and get good speeds..including myself. I can get 7mb down...consistently..using wireless. There must be something in your router software causing the issue. You can try changing the router settings to wireless protocal "b" just to see what that does..and go from there. I am going on vacation so I will not be able to help you in the next week or so..but I am sure someone else will chime in here to help you with your problem. Good Luck.

go here

http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showthread.php?t=754875

also perform a firmware update on the ps3 and on your router

So, just to get an idea -- how long does it take most of you to download via wireless on the PS3? It took me a good hour or more to get the system update and then Tekken. I haven't checked the actual speed, I'm not really sure how to do that on the PS3...

you can't compare download speeds between pc downloads from a random site and ps3 downloading off the ps store. ps store speeds seem to be notoriously slow.

I had a similar problem with performance and set up two Buffalo Wireless G 125's (one as an access point and another as a bridge). The bridge is placed by the TV and the PS3 plugs into it via the ethernet jack. The speed gains were very noticable.

You mentioned doing something similar and here is a link that might be helpful should you want to do something similar.

http://thisisfanzoo.com/blog/archive...02/12/488.aspx

The nice thing about it is I ow have 3 remaining ethernet jacks to use for DVR, Cable, or HTPC, or whatever I can cook up.

I hope this is useful.

I repeat, It is not the PS3! I had the same issues early on...and all i did was replace my wireless router and set my PS3 in the DMZ and set it up static and set it up either wireless G only for the router or wirless G+B (there is no difference). I hardlocked the router to 54 MBS ( you have to do this) I got a Dlink 784.

I switched to cable from DSL. I get 7 megs down and 480K up on my PC and my PS3.

I can download a 600 MEG demo on the PSN in about 12 to 15 mins on the PS3. Internet speed is super fast on the PS3 and the PSN store is wicked fast.

Its all in your configuration people. The PS3 has a good wireless component.

You have to get a good wireless router.

heh, guess i missed that part then.

Are you using any sort of encryption for your wireless? If so, what kind? It might have an affect on the speed it can communicate at. It's also possible that the PS3 antenna sucks....

I've had nothing but trouble getting my PS3 to connect wireless. I was on the phone with Sony, Linksys, and my ISP for just over 2 weeks trying to get it connected. No luck. I eventually gave up and just drag my cable through the house when I want to get online (which keeps me from doing it often). I currently have a Linksys WRT54GS. I was thinking about switching to a WRT54GL because of all the great reviews, etc. But I'm afraind of the Xbox 360 compatiblity since it's not on their list (and Sony doesn't even have a list). Since I have the WRT54GS, and getting the WRT54GL is another $60+, should I just pick up a Linksys wireless gameing bridge and hook up the 360 and PS3 that way? It sounds like letting a device other than the PS3 do the wirless work is providing better results. Also, EVERY other device works GREAT with the WRT54GS, even the 360.

This is my opinion.

I have the Linksys WRT54G router and got the following tests with my PC (direct connect to router port) and the PS3 (wireless). I used the Speakeasy Speed Test.

PC

Download: 19548 kbps
Upload: 3907 kbps

PS3

Download: 10653 kbps
Upload: 3926 kbps

While I expected the PS3 to be slower overall than the PC speed, I did not expect the PS3 download speed to be about 50% of the PC, nor did I expect the PS3 to have a slightly FASTER upload speed than the direct connected PC.

I repeated the tests several times and while the results varied from what I just mentioned it was not significant. Does anyone have any explaination or suggestions regarding the download time, and/or why there was no difference on the upload times? I am using Cablevision's Optimum Online with Speedboost rated at 30/5 mbps.

I also noted that folks tend to use a variety of units of measure and am wondering if some are confusing things and/or mis-converting from kbps, KBps, mbps and MBps...

Explanation is easy there. Wireless G simply does not provide adequate throuput at medium to long distances to boost such a high download rate. Your wireless G is limiting the speed there, it has nothing to do with the PS3 hardware. The upload speed is the same because your wireless only seems to cut off at 10-11mbps, so your 4mbps upload is unaffected.

By the way, how on earth do you have these speeds? T3?

Comcast and Cox both implement a technology they call "PowerBoost." PowerBoost increases the speed of a connection up to ~35Mbps for the first 10 megabytes of the file, after which it switches back to the capped speed (typically 6Mbps). The various "speed tests" transfer less than 10 megabytes, so results in those tests are very good.

Not all customers will see 35Mbps with PowerBoost. To achieve such speeds, you need a relatively new router with a faster CPU. Most 802.11n draft routers have such CPUs, while most 802.11g routers do not. For example, the Linksys WRT54G and WRT54GL used by rettenhu and guitarlp will never hit 30Mbps with Comcast or Optimum Online, because the CPU in those routers will only sustain 20-23Mbps. If they were to upgrade their router, they would probably see a boost of 50% during off-peak hours.

There are others like myself which have Verizon FiOS (fiber-to-the-home), which offers speeds of 10Mbps downstream and 2Mbps upstream for $35-$40/mo, 20Mbps downstream and 5Mbps upstream for $45-50/mo, or 50Mbps downstream and 5Mbps downstream starting at about $90/mo. These aren't PowerBoost speeds -- these are sustained, 24/7 speeds. In response to competition from FiOS, Cablevision increased the speed of its ~$50/mo Optimum Online service to 30/5. As alluded to above, you do need a modern router to actually see such speeds.

I have FiOS and see a sustained 30/5 (and 50/5 when I had it) at my PS3. I use a D-Link DIR-655 router in my office. To the DIR-655, I have a Motorola NIM connected -- this MoCA device creates 100Mbps ethernet bridge to coax. This works well because I have coax running to the TV in my HT room, so I just split the cable behind my equipment rack, run one end to my HD DVR and the other end to a second Motorola NIM100. That Motorola NIM is connected to a 5-port 10/100 network switch, which gives me four usable 100Mbps ports -- each of which will sustain 30/5 Internet throughput -- to connect my Slingbox, Squeezebox, and PS3.

Thanks for the additonal information and details. I was going to purchase a wireless n router at some point but was under the impression that this would not do any good for my PS3 connection as it does support that "standard" yet.