PS3 download speed SLOW....

[AranhaHunter]

I'm running some tests on speedmatters.org on both the PS3 and my PC, both using the same router (WRT54G V8) and this is the results I get:

PS3

Download speed: 946kbps
Upload speed: 3923kbps

PC

Download speed: 5486kbps
Upload speed: 4323kbps

The speed often varies, but the PS3 speed has never been close to 3000kbps whereas the PC speed has been over 9000kbps, the upload speed seems to be the same for both machines.

Solutions I've tried:

I have set the PS3 with a static IP and forwarded the following ports: 80, 443, 5223, 3478, 3479, 3658, 10070, 10080.
I have tried enabling DMZ to the the static IP that I set for the PS3
I have tried changing the Transmission rate on the Advanced Wireless setting from Auto to 9Mbps and 6Mbps, nothing has provided satisfactory results, does anyone have any suggestions or are facing similar problems? The most curious thing is that the download speed is so different while the upload speed is very similar.

[brett_day]

Originally Posted by AranhaHunter

I'm running some tests on speedmatters.org on both the PS3 and my PC, both using the same router (WRT54G V8) and this is the results I get:

PS3

Download speed: 946kbps
Upload speed: 3923kbps

PC

Download speed: 5486kbps
Upload speed: 4323kbps

The speed often varies, but the PS3 speed has never been close to 3000kbps whereas the PC speed has been over 9000kbps, the upload speed seems to be the same for both machines.

Solutions I've tried:

I have set the PS3 with a static IP and forwarded the following ports: 80, 443, 5223, 3478, 3479, 3658, 10070, 10080.
I have tried enabling DMZ to the the static IP that I set for the PS3
I have tried changing the Transmission rate on the Advanced Wireless setting from Auto to 9Mbps and 6Mbps, nothing has provided satisfactory results, does anyone have any suggestions or are facing similar problems? The most curious thing is that the download speed is so different while the upload speed is very similar.

probably slow today because it is Thursday and this is the update day for the PSN store, so usage of the network is probably much higher than other days

[crackinhedz]

its the router. I use to have the same router...but it would always lose signal/slow download. Not sure if its just a compatibility issue with certain devices...but switched it out with a different brand and blam. Fast connections.

have you updated the router firmware?

[crackinhedz]

I don't think I will ever go back to a Linksys. But thats just my opinion.

[AranhaHunter]

Originally Posted by crackinhedz

its the router. I use to have the same router...but it would always lose signal/slow download. Not sure if its just a compatibility issue with certain devices...but switched it out and blam. Fast connections.

have you updated the router firmware?

No, how do I do that? Which router did you get and suggest? I'm more than willing to buy a new router, because this is pissing me off, it takes forever to download any demo or game.

[AranhaHunter]

Originally Posted by brett_day

probably slow today because it is Thursday and this is the update day for the PSN store, so usage of the network is probably much higher than other days

It's not, my download speed has always been slow, it's just that today I decided to try to do something about it.

[Midnightsailor]

The same thing was happening to me and when I switched routers, it sped up.

[AranhaHunter]

Originally Posted by Midnightsailor

The same thing was happening to me and when I switched routers, it sped up.

Is it the same speed now for your PS3 and PC? Which router did you get?

[brett_day]

Originally Posted by crackinhedz

I don't think I will ever go back to a Linksys. But thats just my opinion.

which router did you have? i have the wrt54g, and have no issues with my download speed. i have the latest firmware...just wondering that all

[AranhaHunter]

Originally Posted by brett_day

which router did you have? i have the wrt54g, and have no issues with my download speed. i have the latest firmware...just wondering that all

How do you know you have the latest FW? Did you configure anything or it just has the same download speed as your PC?

[brett_day]

Originally Posted by AranhaHunter

How do you know you have the latest FW? Did you configure anything or it just has the same download speed as your PC?

log into your router......

in your webbrowser

type in 192.168.1.1

type in your user name and password (normally set up when you first install the router) if not it will probably be something like admin and then admin again

click on firmware and it will tell you what version you have. go to the manufacturer website and see if it is the latest one. If not download the new one and install.

i have not configured anything other than opening the dmz port. Download speed is just as fast as the pc

[AranhaHunter]

Originally Posted by brett_day

log into your router......

in your webbrowser

type in 192.168.1.1

type in your user name and password (normally set up when you first install the router) if not it will probably be something like admin and then admin again

click on firmware and it will tell you what version you have. go to the manufacturer website and see if it is the latest one. If not download the new one and install.

i have not configured anything other than opening the dmz port. Download speed is just as fast as the pc

Thanks, also if you didn't configure anything, what IP did you open up your DMZ port to? I thought you had to set your PS3 to a static IP first and then open the port.

[brett_day]

Originally Posted by AranhaHunter

Thanks, also if you didn't configure anything, what IP did you open up your DMZ port to? I thought you had to set your PS3 to a static IP first and then open the port.

i just set my dmz to 192.168.1.100

[AranhaHunter]

Originally Posted by brett_day

i just set my dmz to 192.168.1.100

Are you wireless or wired? And you just set it up through automatic instead of custom on the PS3? Sorry to ask so many questions, but this is bugging me.

[brett_day]

Originally Posted by AranhaHunter

Are you wireless or wired? And you just set it up through automatic instead of custom on the PS3? Sorry to ask so many questions, but this is bugging me.

hard wired and yep i just set it up using the automatic setup! don't worry about the q's, were all here to help one another

[Papi4baby]

Originally Posted by brett_day

hard wired and yep i just set it up using the automatic setup! don't worry about the q's, were all here to help one another

Well i am wireless and i have the same problem slow speeds with the PS3, but wireless with my laptop is as fast as my wired desktop so is not the router is the PS3 wifi is crap.

[brett_day]

Originally Posted by Papi4baby

Well i am wireless and i have the same problem slow speeds with the PS3, but wireless with my laptop is as fast as my wired desktop so is not the router is the PS3 wifi is crap.

ps3 wireless is wireless G 54mbps is has been the defacto standard for a long time. so i do not think it si the ps3 at fault here

[Uniquely]

I've always had problems with my PS3 and my WRT54G. When I first got the PS3 I had an awful time trying to get the wireless even going at all, so I gave up and disconnected the ethernet from my PC, plugged it in the PS3 and set my PC for wireless. Even with an ethernet connection, my PS3 would CONSTANTLY throw out errors when I was streaming from my PC.

Then I got a Belkin N1 Vision. It was a dream to set up and even my PS3 set up easily,but I still got random errors when streaming (I get no such errors when streaming to either of my XBox's or my wireless dvd player.) Unfortunately the Belkin died about a month later, so I plugged my trusty old wrt54g back in. I did get my PS3 to set up wirelessly this time after having to manually enter all of my network settings, but it drops connection frequently.

Everything else on my home network; my 360's, my wii, my desktop and laptop, my wireless dvd player, even my wireless printer, ALL get along fine with my wrt54g. It's just the PS3 that doesn't get along with it. Pretty weird since it's one of, if not THE most widely used routers around.

[brett_day]

Originally Posted by robinandtami

I've always had problems with my PS3 and my WRT54G. When I first got the PS3 I had an awful time trying to get the wireless even going at all, so I gave up and disconnected the ethernet from my PC, plugged it in the PS3 and set my PC for wireless. Even with an ethernet connection, my PS3 would CONSTANTLY throw out errors when I was streaming from my PC.

Then I got a Belkin N1 Vision. It was a dream to set up and even my PS3 set up easily,but I still got random errors when streaming (I get no such errors when streaming to either of my XBox's or my wireless dvd player.) Unfortunately the Belkin died about a month later, so I plugged my trusty old wrt54g back in. I did get my PS3 to set up wirelessly this time after having to manually enter all of my network settings, but it drops connection frequently.

Everything else on my home network; my 360's, my wii, my desktop and laptop, my wireless dvd player, even my wireless printer, ALL get along fine with my wrt54g. It's just the PS3 that doesn't get along with it. Pretty weird since it's one of, if not THE most widely used routers around.

did you have the latest firmware for the router? i have never had any issues with my router wrt54g and the ps3

[Uniquely]

Originally Posted by brett_day

did you have the latest firmware for the router? i have never had any issues with my router wrt54g and the ps3

Yes.... firmware is up to date. I forgot one of the biggest problems I had with the PS3 and my Linksys, which caused me to eventually have to set static IP's for almost everything on my network. I'd turn on the PS3 and it would get assigned/assign itself (I'm not sure where that gets done to tell you the truth) an IP address that was already in use by another device on my network which would cause my whole network to crash. I can't remember if I was running wired or wireless at that point though.

******And if anyone knows where I can find the micro version of DD-WRT I'd be forever in your debt. I have a version 5 which is after Linksys shrunk the file size limit of what it will accept as firmware; so even the mini version doesn't work on mine*****