Hello I recently got my PS3 and I have been eager to go online with it and download some games and do other things that a PSN user usually does. However, I seem to be having trouble with connecting my PS3 to the Internet.

My Situation
I currently have a DSL Modem from D-Link that allows me to connect my PC to the internet by directly plugging a blue (ethernet) cable from the back of the PC to the Ethernet port of my DSL Modem.

My PS3 and TV are 10m away from the PC and the modem so I recently bought a 15m Ethernet Cable (Standard they said). I'm not sure if it's a Crossover or a Straight-Through but it is black in colour and the packaging said it was a Cat6 Ethernet Cable Male to Male RJ-45. I plug this black cable from the back of the PS3 (Ethernet socket) and plug the other end into my DSL modem Ethernet socket (It has Ethernet written above the socket).

I have updated my PS3 with 2.10 Firmware AUSTRALIA.

This is what I did on my Network Settings on my PS3


Ip connection: Succeeded
Internet Connection: Failed

An error occurred during communication with the server.
This is a DNS error.
(80710102)

I know my;
IP Address
Subnet Mask
Default Gateway
DHCP
and the 2 DNS

If you can suggest any answers that would be most Appreciated.
Could it be my house?
Could it be the wrong cable?

Thank you very much.

Hello thank you so very much for answering so quickly!
When I look at the actual box it says that it is;

Model
DSL -300G Generation (The generation bit is probably not required)
from D-LINK.

I also didn't think it was a router because it only has 1 socket to put one of those Category 5 or 6 cables into it (But it does indeed have Ethernet written on top of the socket).

I think you're right about that when you say it might be the wrong cable so I'm going to be going into the same electronics shop to get it exchanged

It's just that this cable is black in colour and if I remember correctly the other one is red in colour and when I saw some Youtube videos on how to set it up most of them were either black or white

Cat5e Cables. Got it. Thank you!

I am going to the shops in about 2 hours time so I'll respond very soon.

For the time being thank you so much!

Would it make any difference if on the Cable package it said "100% Compatible with Cat 5/5e"?
I'm guessing that it isn't working because itself it is a Cat6 that is compatiable with Cat 5/5e and it actually isn't a Cat5.

I still haven't gone and bought it yet parents aren't back.