PS3 LAN Gaming?

Schweppy · Feb 15, 2010

Me and my room mate both have PS3s but i have only just found out that you can't link them together via an ethernet cable. (AD-HOC) How s**t is that!!!

We only have internet through a proxy and PS3s are blocked so is there any other method or way round that we can play COD via system link?

conneh · Feb 15, 2010

Router + Wireless?

I actually have no idea.

*edit*

Should be able to have a router, and both go into that via ethernet/wireless and play each other. It's what we have done in halls with xbox/ps3. 1 Person has a wireless router set up in their room (ethernet from uni connection into router). This allows for general wireless applicatios arond the block (which is cool). Then we can all connect our xbox 360s via it and play against each other.

Should work for PS3 aswell.

Darren85 · Feb 15, 2010

Easiest way is to get a router (It shouldn't need internet access if the game is System Link compatable) plug both in via Ethernet and away you go, also the Ethernet to Ethernet wont work as you will require a crossover cable, basically a Ethernet which the wires are swapped over at the other end (easy to make, cut and patch together, Google will show you how) but you will have to manually assign IP address etc to each PS3 which isn't so easy and I can't for the life of me think what the settings should be.. Router seems the best options.

Edit: Looking through the manual for COD4 on my PS3 it supports LAN parties which means you can play without internet connections, I assume this feature spans all COD games on the PS3

KDF · Feb 15, 2010

Ye, if you wanna lan party just connect them with a crossover.. or am I over simplifying this ? more than 2 ps3's would require networking hardware but 2 should be fine.

Schweppy · Feb 15, 2010

Not sure.

Think I read crossovers don't work. Ps3s don't support adhoc.

Would a network hub work?

conneh · Feb 15, 2010

conneh · Feb 15, 2010

McBunny · Feb 15, 2010

Schweppy said:
Not sure.

Think I read crossovers don't work. Ps3s don't support adhoc.

Would a network hub work?

ad hoc is wireless not wired

direct cable and correct ip settings and it should work

Schweppy · Feb 15, 2010

McBunny said:
ad hoc is wireless not wired

direct cable and correct ip settings and it should work

Oh. Any help what they are?

McBunny · Feb 15, 2010

well try 192.168.0.1
subnet 255.255.255.0

on one and 192.168.0.2
and 255.255.255.0 on the other

you dont need dns etc as your not doing any dns requests

Schweppy · Feb 15, 2010

I've just read somewhere else that i do need a crossover cable.

I'll give it a try with standard done first.

KDF · Feb 15, 2010

McBunny said:
well try 192.168.0.1
subnet 255.255.255.0

on one and 192.168.0.2
and 255.255.255.0 on the other

you dont need dns etc as your not doing any dns requests

Shocking waste of an IP range there

I would have went with:

PS3 1
192.168.1.1
255.255.255.252

PS3 2
192.168.1.2
255.255.255.252

But I guess that's just being pedantic as you are not technically wasting anything lol

Schweppy · Feb 15, 2010

Also it only lets me do internet connection settings and so wont let me continue without default router ip and DNS?!?

McBunny · Feb 15, 2010

KDF said:
Shocking waste of an IP range there

I would have went with:

PS3 1
192.168.1.1
255.255.255.252

PS3 2
192.168.1.2
255.255.255.252

But I guess that's just being pedantic as you are not technically wasting anything lol

bugger off he might want to add another 252 ps3's

KDF · Feb 15, 2010

Schweppy said:
Also it only lets me do internet connection settings and so wont let me continue without default router ip and DNS?!?

If it won't let you continue without default router, set it to anything.. it's not like any traffic is going to be going outside of your subnet so it will never be a problem.

DNS same again.. put any IP in.

KDF · Feb 15, 2010

McBunny said:
bugger off he might want to add another 252 ps3's

On a crossover cable ? :rasp:

McBunny · Feb 15, 2010

he could upgrade to a 250+ port switch best not limit the boy

Darren85 · Feb 15, 2010

Biggest LAN party ever? Haha

Schweppy · Feb 21, 2010

Still cant get this to work with a crossover cable...

Macester · Feb 22, 2010

have you put the default gateway as the other ps3?

Schweppy · Feb 22, 2010

Both PS3s have the same everything apart from IP.

Guess i need to try a switch instead of the crossover.

Macester · Feb 22, 2010

so did you set the gateways differently? because both ps3's need to know where to send data to

KDF · Feb 22, 2010

Macester said:
have you put the default gateway as the other ps3?

Macester said:
so did you set the gateways differently? because both ps3's need to know where to send data to

And how is setting the gateway to the other PS3 going to help ?

The gateway is only used as a default route when the destination address is outside the source subnet.

Macester · Feb 22, 2010

i know, well i've found game consoles to be pissy when it comes to things like this so i wanted to see if he had made sure all the correct details were input before he goes out and buys some more equipment

Schweppy · Feb 22, 2010

Ummm. I'll try now. What should gateways be?

Macester · Feb 22, 2010

the opposite devices, so 192.168.0.2's gateway should be the other ps3 which is 192.168.0.3 and that ps3's gateway should be 192.168.0.2

Schweppy · Feb 22, 2010

What is gateway?

On the PS3, i only have IP, subnet mask, default router, primary and secondary DNS

Cookie · Feb 22, 2010

Default router

Schweppy · Feb 22, 2010

Thought so. Well i tried it and still no luck.

Schweppy · Feb 22, 2010

Anyone?

Wilkeh · Feb 24, 2010

You need a HUB.

Ethernet cable from PS3 to HUB. Another one from HUB to other PS3.

Done.

Cookie · Feb 24, 2010

wilky1107 said:
You need a HUB.

Ethernet cable from PS3 to HUB. Another one from HUB to other PS3.

Done.

Does the same job as the crossover cable, but costs more

Schweppy · Feb 24, 2010

Ive tried crossover cable with no luck?

oska · Feb 24, 2010

A switch/router would do this for you if it's configured to issue IP addresses via DHCP. You will probably need to configure it to do this but it's relatively easy to do, setting the IP addresses up on the PS3 is quite easy too.

Settings --> Network Settings --> Internet Connection Settings

Custom --> Wired Connection --> Manual Settings

(for Speed & Duplex) Auto-Detect --> IP Address Setting Manual

Enter something like...

1st PS3 IP address 10.1.1.1 Subnet mask 255.255.255.0
2nd PS3 IP address 10.1.1.2 Subnet mask 255.255.255.0

Doesn't matter about Default Router, DNS, etc.

That should be all you need to do for the two PS3s to see each other via a cross over cable.

OK just for the benefit of anyone else reading this I did manage to get everything linked up - but did not work with crossover cable, needed straight through cable, no idea why that is as crossover would have been my instinct as well but apparently not

Spot on with the advice on the manual IPs tho

?
A straight through cable and setting the IPs manually worked for this guy.

Cookie · Feb 24, 2010

Strange.. that'd mean the PS3 is configured to be it's own switch

KDF · Feb 25, 2010

Weird.. would be even better if it was Auto MDX though !

Schweppy · Mar 2, 2010

OK i give up, now have a hub and still wont work.

Manually configuring IPs and it says SUCCESSFUL but in game, it cant find each other.

Cookie · Mar 2, 2010

If only the PS3 had a serial connection

Schweppy · Mar 2, 2010

My xbox needed one cheap ethernet cable.

PS3s are SHITTTT!

KDF · Mar 3, 2010

^^ whatever.. thanks for contributing.

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