Was told wireless speed may not be as good as lan....so i wired directly from the router to the PS3 and speed only increased slightly. Went from 7.8/1.3mbs to 10.8/1.8 mbs. I was wondering if there was anyone who could help me with a possible solution since the reason I pay for 25/25 is because I want to be able to game better on my ps3. Maybe a simple router setting but I dont even know where to begin to look for that. Please Help.
There are many reasons wireless speed may be less, which is why you need to test from a wired connection.
What speeds are you getting from a wired desktop?
If after trying these suggestions your wired speeds don't improve, call the FSC for help?
also try this from actiontec (this assumes you have an actiontec router)
How to setup the MI424WR Verizon FiOS Router for multiplayer gaming with the Wii and Xbox gaming consoles
On your PS3, two things, make sure on wireless you are using 802.11G for the faster speed.
On the Actiontec router look at the port speed and duplex located under advanced, port configuration.
See what is being detected. You should see 100 Full.
Jim
@scottyknew wrote:Getting 30/26mbs on the desktop. Tried rebooting router...no luck so far haven't been able to locate my router settings yet.
you can access your router setting by typeing 192.168.1.1 int a browser,i also am having less then great speeds,but i blame the PS3 for this as all other devices on my network work great,have you tried setting up a DMZ for your PS3.
http://forums.afterdawn.com/thread_view.cfm/610541
We had this issue as well with our console systems but it wasn't until I was playing around on my laptop and trying to do the same thing that we solved it. I don't know if it's the same issue but when we gave my laptop a hardline connection it was still running at a sluggishing 11MB connection according to SpeedTest.com
I then noticed that my Wireless was still active and was taking precedence over my hardline connection (I guess confusing the heck out of it or something). I disabled/disconnected wireless and all of a sudden I was lightning fast! This may be the same thing with the console so try making sure you're disconnected from the wireless.
There is nothing wrong with your setup as you're getting 30/28 on your desktop. Your PS3 is getting connected to the internet just as fast as the other devices on your network. The difference is in how the speed tests are conducted on the desktop vs. the PS3.
What most likely is happening is that you use a service like SpeedTest.net on your desktop to find out how fast your connection is. SpeedTest.net (and other similar internet speed tests) connect you to the nearest and fastest server to do the test. The server could be just a few miles away so the speed test maxes out your connection.
On your PS3 you probably use the built in speed test. This connects you somewhere else..... Namely the PlayStation Network server. But unlike the SpeedTest.net server, the PlayStation Network server probably isnt near your house as Sony only has a couple of these in the entire country. As a result you only connect at 11/1.8, even though you could potentially connect faster. The same low speed could be replicated on your desktop if you used SpeedTest.net and selected a place on the map that's far from your house.
Same exact thing happens to me on my PS3.
Well at first I thought you may have had one of the first gen PS3's. Many of them only came with a 10Mb Ethernet connection (I have one). Therefore mine will not exceed 10Mb no matter what I do. But if you're getting above 10 that shouldn't be your issue.
However, 10MB should be more than adequate for any On-Line game ever made. For on-line gaming, anything above 1-2Mb is gravy. Hell, a 768 DSL connection is great for gaming. Downloading updates or patches is another issue, but actually playing the game, bandwidth really isn't needed. At least not in the speeds we are talking about with fios anyway. You shouldn't notice any difference between 10 and 25 for gameplay.
You may have other issues as well. Have you tried swapping out the Ethernet cable? Not likely an issue but its cheap and easy to check. (swap with the PC that is getting the good speeds). And it could be that the PS3 just may have a faulty Ethernet port. Or the PS3 firmware may be the problem.
I now have a ps4 and its still the same issue. I tried every possible setting in the router settings and still i jumped from 9.6/1.5 to 14/2 with the settings. But, if you go to an html5 speedtest site like www.speedof.me on your ps3 or ps4 internet browser my readings went to 24/10 speeds. also the movie section on the playstation store has a speedtest. if you act like your renting a movie, a speedtest icon shows up to test for SD or HD download quality, I am paying for 50/25 and on the movie speedtest i hit 56.90 down. hope this helps! I think now for me it comes down to the type of service box i have that doesnt allow my ps4 to recieve high speeds while gaming.
THe ps3 was terrible at calculating your network speed. and the PS4 is still not great although it does support wireless-n.
Ive ran all my cabling myself, quad shield coax, cat5e shielded wiring, all centralized in a smart panel, i think its now more PSN throttling fios customers for absurd speeds compared to the rest of the people connected. I would be happy to see a 30/15 connection on my consoles, has anyone compared numbers between sony and xbox on fios, that would most likely give a clearer insight to the problem.
