Best Australian PlayStation 3 Community, News, Games, Videos, Competitions, and Forums. DMC 4, MGS 4, Grand Theft Auto IV, Devil May Cry 4, Metal Gear Solid 4, Silent Hill 5, Call of Duty 4, Gran Turismo 5, COD4, and More!

im with bigpond and that is exactly how im hooked up and it is the easiest way. you can connect a router to you bigpond modem using your existing port and run your comp and ps through the router, but its a waste of time. a new WiFi modem will cost probably the same as a good router (about $150) and once its running on your comp your ps3 will pick it up straight away. no cables, no hassle.

29/01/2008

melbourne, victoria

Kudos: 1,558

Mates: 52

Kiah says:

You can get a decent Dlink router with wireless and 4 built in lan ports for around $100.

...I have 3

Don't ask why

29/01/2008

I'm currently located in a place, which, according to my presence, may or may not contain traces of Kiah. This may be subject to changes within the next few months. See your pharmacist for more detail

Kudos: 172

Mates: 5

Haynzy says:

On Ebay they have 'WiFi Link USB Wireless Lan for PSP PS3 NDSL Wii Game AU' which seem to be imported from Hong Kong.

Do you know if these would work? they are only $20

29/01/2008

Adelaide, South Australia

Kudos: 135

Mates: 9

sorry i dont speak computer tech, link me so i can see what it is.

29/01/2008

melbourne, victoria

Kudos: 172

Mates: 5

Haynzy says:

The link is:

cgi.ebay.com.au/

29/01/2008

Adelaide, South Australia

Kudos: 1,979

Mates: 35

stublu says:

Kiah said: You can get a decent Dlink router with wireless and 4 built in lan ports for around $100.
...I have 3

Why??

29/01/2008

the vines,WA

Kudos: 1,346

Mates: 54

jrow says:

the more the better

29/01/2008

PSN: Jwroe ADD ME

Kudos: 135

Mates: 9

haynzy that thing is useless. u need a wireless modem or router to send a connection to the ps3, and the ps3 has inbuilt hardware to pick up the connection.
go on your ps3 now and search wireless, if anyone in your neighbourhood as a wireless connection u can hook up to them and be online in 10min lol.

29/01/2008

melbourne, victoria

Kudos: 3,253

Mates: 298

zyxses says:

Wireless is great! I get download speed of 16642kb/ps to my PS3 with no problems at all.

29/01/2008

"A sure way to lose happiness is to want it at the expense of everything else."--Bette Davis

Kudos: 3,754

Mates: 78

Haynzy said: Hi,
I have bigpond cable broadband on my pc at home, which is in another room to my playstation and I was wondering what will be the easiest way to connect my ps3 to the net.
If anyone else has bigpond cable and has connected to the net could be really helpful. I noticed someone on another thread saying the bigpond modems don't have extra ports for routers....
I noticed the WiFi Max in the accessories section. Would this work?
Thanks

yeah i have bigpond cable and they sold me a wifi modem/router for $79.......but it SUCKS, when i want to play online i have to disconnect everything else from the net first or ill drop out, so dont let them talk you into that one, i think its a SBG900 or SG9000 or some ****

29/01/2008

you cannot kill what you did not create

Kudos: 135

Mates: 9

ozchap im running a SBG900 to my ps3 and 2 comps and have no trouble at all.. when i play cod4 the game usually makes me host straight away and every aussie gets 4 bars.
i got mine maybe 2-3 months ago for about $150 so maybe they sold u a dodgy one cheap lol i dunno but mine runs perfect.

29/01/2008

melbourne, victoria

Kudos: 1,246

Mates: 21

IKTPQ says:

yeah im on bigpond and got a wi-fi, usb and 4port ethernet modem thingo from them. running my PC a laptop (wireless) and ps3 (wireless) from it and have no probs at all

29/01/2008

Tasmania

Kudos: 3,754

Mates: 78

Freshness said: ozchap im running a SBG900 to my ps3 and 2 comps and have no trouble at all.. when i play cod4 the game usually makes me host straight away and every aussie gets 4 bars.
i got mine maybe 2-3 months ago for about $150 so maybe they sold u a dodgy one cheap lol i dunno but mine runs perfect.

could be......cos in theory yeah i should be a host all the time (i got the super dooper 17mbps plan too).....i think though it also may have something to do with my building......i live in a 10 storey place with about 140 apartments, so im thinking with all the signal amplifiers and stuff on each level etc......i dunno, something.......the second time i had a tech guy out here to fix my connection he said one of the amplifiers was set too HIGH?!?! so apparently i will get no signal if its amplified too low OR too high, it has to be juuuust right (like baby bears porridge), i dunno how much of it all is BS.......but i do know i shouldnt be paying $110 a month for this crap

29/01/2008

you cannot kill what you did not create

Kudos: 9,847

Mates: 116

I'm just curious, can you have a Wireless Bridge connected to your PS3's ethernet port? I'm really tempted to take advantage of 802.11N ...

15/02/2008

Brisbane

Kudos: 3,754

Mates: 78

im not exactly sure on the terminology, but at one point i was using wireless broadband, but had problems trying to create a wireless network so i was hooking it up via ethernet cable, then there were problems with the network so i created a "network bridge" which worked, but i dont have 802.11N so i doubt it was the same thing youre talking about......

15/02/2008

you cannot kill what you did not create

Kudos: 9,847

Mates: 116

This is kinda what I'm talking about:

15/02/2008

Brisbane

Kudos: 3,754

Mates: 78

oh nope, no idea....

15/02/2008

you cannot kill what you did not create

Kudos: 1,908

Mates: 20

Jeffie says:

whats the point of a wireless bridge when the ps3 has wireless?? oh i see, .11n. never mind

i thought its wireless was dodgy (kept getting 65% or thereabouts on the other side of the house) and since i upgraded to a newer version of my netgear DG834G its been a steady 80-85%

bonus is that medialink now works to my macbook

15/02/2008

http://www.play-asia.com/SOap-23-83-8k80.html

Kudos: 9,847

Mates: 116

Hence why I'm considering. Only things holding me back is if its performance is exceptionally good, fast ... and because 802.11N is still Draft-N ...

And yea, my current 802.11G connection with my DG834G is at 85% thanks to a coke can ...

15/02/2008

Brisbane

Kudos: 1,908

Mates: 20

Jeffie says:

for net gaming or media?

15/02/2008

http://www.play-asia.com/SOap-23-83-8k80.html

Kudos: 9,847

Mates: 116

Maybe both. Multiplayer gaming online ...

I don't really stream stuff from the PC. Don't find it that 'appealing' ...

15/02/2008

Brisbane

Kudos: 1,908

Mates: 20

Jeffie says:

will you be doing other stuff on your home network at the same time?

.11g has more than enough capacity for gaming alone...

15/02/2008

http://www.play-asia.com/SOap-23-83-8k80.html

Kudos: 9,847

Mates: 116