PS3 - Playstation Network problems
Quote from: Idej After I read about Tiscalli I assumed maybe Plus Net used the same traffic throttling during peak times.
Definitely not
I'm not overly familiar with the PS3. Is it possible to play games online without going via the PSN?
Quote I'm not overly familiar with the PS3. Is it possible to play games online without going via the PSN?
As far as I know you have to be logged onto the PSN. But I only play one game online (CoD4) at the moment so I could be wrong.
Well, it certainly sounds as though it's nothing to do with Plus Net. I'll try other avenues of investigation
Cheers
My PS3 is in the DMZ zone which is supposed to allow all traffic in and out regardless, otherwise I think there are ports that need opened for PS Network.
Spookily enough even though its in the DMZ I still need to open ports to play COD4 on line, go figure
Have you done the PS network tests what did they say, was there any warnings about connection issues.?
Maybe try signing into your PS network account through your PC web browser if that works make sure you've typed in your name and pass properly i.e upper case and spaces stuff.
Spookily enough even though its in the DMZ I still need to open ports to play COD4 on line, go figure
Have you done the PS network tests what did they say, was there any warnings about connection issues.?
Maybe try signing into your PS network account through your PC web browser if that works make sure you've typed in your name and pass properly i.e upper case and spaces stuff.
Quote AWB, if the ip of your ps3 is matched in the DMZ then you should never have to open ports
Thats what I thought, I know that COD4 was having problems when the 2.01 PS update came out and opening the COD4 ports seemed to solve this for me, maybe it was just pure coincidence that I got it to work the same time the game worked if you know what I mean
I'll try tonight out of curiosty.
Unfortunately my oldish router doesn't have many options for opening ports left and as I have broadband phone, two PC's, a laptop and a PS3 all on static i.p's and all needing various ports opened it was easier to throw my PS3 into the DMZ.
Your right though I need to look at my security again as time goes on some tool will start writing virus for PS3
Would be handy if the firmware had an option to open for instance the utorrent port for mulitple i.ps as one rule.
Thanks for the head sup sophos9 I took my PS out of the DMZ and manually opened all the ports using www.portforward.com I managed to free up two rules by doing away with the COD4 ports which works fine now without 
Worth noting though a few sites rules for forwarding ports didn't work for me, for instance I needed the rule to be for both TCP and UDP enabled or I would get Nat problems, I'd recommend going to port forward and getting the right settings for your router.
Worth noting though a few sites rules for forwarding ports didn't work for me, for instance I needed the rule to be for both TCP and UDP enabled or I would get Nat problems, I'd recommend going to port forward and getting the right settings for your router.
Quote from: Idej I keep getting frequently disconnected from the PSN. Last night was terrible, withing 5 minutes of logging in I was disconnected and couldn't get
back ona ll evening. My wireless connection was fine and I could still connect to the internet via the PS3 browser.
I've read that Tiscalli block the PSN during heavy traffic periods and was wondering if Plusnet / Free Online did anything similar. I've recently moved to the gamer friendly pro package.
Anyone having similar problems or can shed any light on it?
Am experiencing similar problems but only with COD4
I can log into the PSN no problem at all but then have to wait about 15 minutes for it to log into the online game.
I must admit that I came to Plusnet Pro Gamer to avoid the issues that I've had with Tiscali in the past but I'm not impressed at all as it's just as bad.
Am hoping that once my new router arrives from Plusnet this will sort it out as my current Dlink is an older model, but apparently plusnet are out of stock!! so i'm paying for Pro Gaming broadband and cant play online games!!! Nice!!