PS3 IP address issue

willneedshelpwillneedshelp
edited September 2011 in Gaming
Help!

Ok so my problem is that I have 2 places I stay. at 1 place I can and have been using my PS3 online no problems I take my console to my other place and it can't get an IP address it is a differant ISP but the router is the same I have powered down, plugged, unpluged still unable to obtain an IP.. Answers?

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  • BobbyDigiBobbyDigi ? R U #Hats ! TX Icrontian
    edited September 2011
    Can other devices (Laptop, Phone) connect at the second location?

    My first thought is that the router at the second location is not setup for DHCP meaning it will not automatically assign an IP address.

    Check out a device at the 2nd location that can connect. Look and see if it has a static IP or is getting a dynamic address. This should help point you how to setup the PS3 for the second location.

    -Digi
  • willneedshelpwillneedshelp
    edited September 2011
    I don't understand why the router would work in one place but not the other
  • willneedshelpwillneedshelp
    edited September 2011
    I don't know how to tell a static IP from a dynamic. Is there a differance between a switch and a router it is a switch. Sorry not a tech guy(obviously)
  • BobbyDigiBobbyDigi ? R U #Hats ! TX Icrontian
    edited September 2011
    Maybe I misunderstood, are you saying it is the same router? That you are taking the router to location number two and plugging it into a modem?

    -Digi
  • willneedshelpwillneedshelp
    edited September 2011
    yes exactly right.
  • BobbyDigiBobbyDigi ? R U #Hats ! TX Icrontian
    edited September 2011
    Ok, so the first thing to look at is how the connection at location #2 is setup. Do you have any devices that have/can successfully connect at location #2 before you brought the router into the equation? (For example: did you have a computer that could surf plugged straight into the modem at location #2?)

    -Digi
  • willneedshelpwillneedshelp
    edited September 2011
    BobbyDigi wrote:
    Can other devices (Laptop, Phone) connect at the second location?

    My first thought is that the router at the second location is not setup for DHCP meaning it will not automatically assign an IP address.

    Check out a device at the 2nd location that can connect. Look and see if it has a static IP or is getting a dynamic address. This should help point you how to setup the PS3 for the second location.

    -Digi
    Also to answer your question I am able to connect my laptop to the router and it does work fine. My ISP says I don't need a login name/password to use it is just plug and play but when I first used the internet modem I was rquired to creat both a name and it assigned a password but I would think/hope that my ISP tech support would know id I had to do the whole log in thing.
  • BobbyDigiBobbyDigi ? R U #Hats ! TX Icrontian
    edited September 2011
    Ok, good info. So you have Modem wired to Router wired to Laptop and you can surf. What version of Windows is on that Laptop?

    -Digi
  • willneedshelpwillneedshelp
    edited September 2011
    BobbyDigi wrote:
    Ok, so the first thing to look at is how the connection at location #2 is setup. Do you have any devices that have/can successfully connect at location #2 before you brought the router into the equation? (For example: did you have a computer that could surf plugged straight into the modem at location #2?)

    -Digi
    yes could go straight to modem and also through my router. I have an old IBM laptop I'm gonna check to see if it has any issue just surfin.

    Thanks for taking the time to help with this. I really miss being able to play online when I'm down here.
  • willneedshelpwillneedshelp
    edited September 2011
    BobbyDigi wrote:
    Ok, good info. So you have Modem wired to Router wired to Laptop and you can surf. What version of Windows is on that Laptop?

    -Digi
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  • BobbyDigiBobbyDigi ? R U #Hats ! TX Icrontian
    edited September 2011
    willneedshelp wrote:
    yes could go straight to modem and also through my router. I have an old IBM laptop I'm gonna check to see if it has any issue just surfin.

    Thanks for taking the time to help with this. I really miss being able to play online when I'm down here.

    Oh, more good info. So you can plug your computer straight into the modem and surf.

    Have you tried the PS3 straight into the modem to see if it can see a connection like that?

    also just to be double sure there is no wireless involved here anywhere correct?

    -Digi
  • willneedshelpwillneedshelp
    edited September 2011
    ya did try striaght into the modem and no wireless, correct just tried my old IBM and sure enough it can't get an IP address either. it has xp.
  • BobbyDigiBobbyDigi ? R U #Hats ! TX Icrontian
    edited September 2011
    So do I understand correct that you can plug your win7 machine into the modem and surf web pages, but you can not surf with the win XP machine plugged straight in?

    Do you know if you have a static IP on the Win7 machine?

    Are you able to surf on the XP machine if you plug it into the router with the router plugged into the modem?
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