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I had a thread before about how my PSP would not connect to my 2WIRE WiFi home gateway. After troubleshooting the hell out of it, I decided that it was some incompatibility with the 2WIRE. I was able to connect to other brands of router with no problem.

Now the same damn thing is happening with my PS3. I have plowed through the threads at playstation.com, and have not found anything.

Is there anyone on here that has a 2WIRE and has been able to get ANY damn Sony device to connect? If so, how?

I'm considering getting a Linksys WiFi router and patching it into the 2WIRE and then connecting the Sony devices to it, but it burns me that I may have to spend extra cash to get this stuff working.

One request to cheapasses that have a PSP and/or a PS3 running smoothly through their WiFi - what brand and model of router do you have? Might as well get the cheapest one that works.

Bump to see if anyone has any info.

Checked for any FW updates to the 2Wire? I know they don't list any FW updates on their site, though contacting them might not be a bad idea.

Assuming you can get a separate DSL modem from your ISP, I'd kick the 2Wire to the curb and go with a Linksys/Netgear/Dlink/someoneotherthan2Wire branded router.

For router testimonials....

I have a WRT-54G router from Linksys (and use the ddwrt open firmware)... and it's been a peach of a router for $49.... I got the original non-VxWorks router when it was on sale at Radio Shack, and I've had zero problems with any of my devices... DS, PSP, laptops (2... mac and linux)... the DD-Wrt firmware

http://www.dd-wrt.com/dd-wrtv2/index.php

is simple to install and set up... plus it allows for more tweaks to optimize antenna and bandwidth use... (and it doesn't take a degree in ancient babylonian astrology to figure it out...)

I have never had a connectivity issue with this router (with the exception of the "360-connect" app for the Mac and 360 media sharing...and I think it's their app not playing nice with dd-wrt.)

Solid for $50... and couple that with some bigger antennas and you've got yourself a wifi connection you can use out at the pool.

Thanks for the suggestions, guys. I think I will look into replacing the 2WIRE, though I really hate having to do it. It's been a solid router that works with everything (PCs, Xbox, 360, DS) except Sony stuff.

If the ISP can't (or won't) accomodate another type of router, I'll probably buy a Linksys and then patch it into the 2WIRE via Ethernet. That ought to solve the problem.