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**Lyndon M STAFF** · #3 06-22-2008, 04:44 AM

Annoying?? If it was i probably would not have stuck with doing this for the past 8 years. (egads, that made me feel old).

If your WEP is not set up then you don't need to worry about that- you only need to fill that in on the PS3 settings if it is on in the router.

I should mention, I'm not big on the N routers as of yet as they are still using draft- level specifications so they may not work quite as well with things like the PS3 yet. The PS3 doesn't use N speeds, anyway- the router will drop back to using 802.11 G so you aren't gaining any sort of advantage.

Adding a specific IP address for your PS3 in the DHCP is very easy, actually- once you are into your router settings stay in the Setup tab and click the Network Settings button on the left side. If you scroll down a bit you should see that DHCP is enabled (there's a checkbox at the beginning of DHCP Server Settings- if this isn't checked please do so). Here's a photo to give you an idea of what to look for:

Now, just below that you should see some blanks saying the range of IP addresses going from 192.168.0.100 to 192.168.0.199. This is the leeway the router has for giving IP addresses to things going online, such as the PS3. You will need to use something in that range for the router to do its thing.

Next, scroll down a bit more and you will see a section called "Add DHCP Reservation"- this is the place to reserve an IP address for anything going online. Click the Enable box and enter a name in the Computer name blank (PlayStation 3 should do nicely). In the IP address blank you will need to put an IP address that is somewhere in the range shown up above- I suggest going somewhere in the middle to be sure you don't have a problem with it trying to give that to something else. 192.168.0.110 should do.Finally, the PS3's MAC Address- think of this as the ID tag the router checks to make sure its who the PS3 says it is before handing over the IP. You can find the PS3's MAC Addres by going into the Settings menu on the PS3, down to System Settings and select System Information. Type in the series of letters and numbers just as it is shown, dashes and all.

Once you have this all in click the Save button just below and head back to the top to click the Save Settings button. Congrats, you've just reserved the PS3's IP Address! With that done you can now add that IP into the PS3's network settings. All of the other numbers can be found on the router's Status page- just click Status along the top. The router's IP is the one you use to get to the set up pages- everything else (subnet mask, DNS servers) is right on the Status page- copy them into the PS3 just as shown.

The one other thing you will likely have to do is the port forwarding. Again, this is actually somewhat easy to do, just a matter of knowing where to go. Click the Advanced button on top and then select Port Forwarding along the left. Here's a picture showing the spots to click highlighted as white:

You'll see the various blanks and menus here- no worries, you'll just need the top few. Start by checking the box to the left of the first row. In the Name blank, type in PlayStation 3. You can put the IP address of the PS3 in the blank below (192.168.0.110 in my example above). Ignore Application Name- however, you should now be able to select the PlayStation 3 in the Computer Name menu.

You have no doubt seen me list these already from checking the other threads but anyhoo, these are the ports that Sony needs open for the PSN traffic:

* TCP Ports: 80, 443, 5223, and 10070 - 10080
* UDP Ports: 3478, 3479, 3658, 10070, and 50100

Just type the numbers in as they are shown up above in the respective blanks using the commas to separate each. With the 10700-10800, just type that in exactly as I do in the post. Leave the last two menus just as they are, showing "always" and "allow all". Click Save Settings on the top and your ports should now be open. Your PS3 shold now be able to get online and have worry-free gaming!

Occassionally when doing this sort of thing the router may need to be "power cycled", just in case the settings did not take right away. Just pull the power cord from it for a minute or so then plug it back in.