you need to open ports on your router so that it will give you proper connection to your ps3. you also need to set static ip address on your ps3.
here are the steps...
- go to a working computer that is wired to the router and open command prompt (for windows, click on
start, then
run, then type
cmd or
command, whichever will work, or click
here if you are using mac)
- then you will be prompted with a black screen, on the blinking cursor type
ipconfig/all
- take note of the
subnet mask,
default gateway,
dns1 and
dns2
- now go to your ps3 to set static ip adddress
* go to
network settings and click
network settings
* go to wireless or wired (whichever connection you are using for your ps3)
* then
custom * enter security settings
* now for your ip info click
manual * where it says
ip address enter a
static ip address (by default the ip address of your router is 192.168.1.254 so you can use any ip address that is on the same segment and was not being used by your other devices like 192.168.1.5 or 192.168.1.10
*
subnet mask is normally 255.255.255.0
* put your
default gateway number (the one that you have seen and listed from the command prompt) on the
default router field
* enter the
dns1 and
dns2 also
* click
next * don't enable
proxy server * you can enable
upnp if you can also enable it in your router
- now go bak to the computer and open a web browser, on the address bar of your web browser type the
default gateway number (usually it's 192.168.1.254)
- you will be prompted with the netopia page, click
expert modem 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 the dropdown icon, see if your
ip address (static ip address of your ps3) is there, if so click it, click on
done, if this works, ignore the paragraph in brackets. (note: if it's asking for the
default router ip address, you need to select/enter the
default gateway number)
- click
define custom service, click o
port forwarding, select
next , type anything in the service name, something that you will know its related to the ps3
- for
global port range, if it's only one port that's 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 there's only one port, and chage the TCP/UDP settings according to every port.
* here are the ports (note: 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
- 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
- now click
configure on the left and then click
connection and tick the box that says
upnp (note: you should have, when you click NAT on the left hand column, a static NAT address, enabled, it should be the same ip that you have used 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 isn't dangerous as long as you have a desktop firewall such as windows or mcafee etc...
- save changes, and
restart your router
hope this'll help you
ciao!