Staying online

[drunkenxsouljah]

I have one main computer and two laptops in my house that use wifi while my ps3 and xbox are connected online through ethernet cable. My ps3 never seems to have a solid connection even though its wired, its either my laptop works or my ps3, never both and even when i'm not using my laptop my ps3 disconnects a lot, while my xbox has no problems staying online and never gets disconnected. What can i do?

 

[maddfrog]

have you tried updating the firmware for the router?

 

[drunkenxsouljah]

I think I have the frimware right before the latest but the thing is my xbox never gets disconnected but I will try updating to latest firmware

 

[deadpool253]

Your laptop and ps3 may be using the same IP address?

 

[Jay93082]

Are the ports open?

 

[drunkenxsouljah]

nope, changed ip address for ps3 use and yes ports are open but just can't seem to stay onlilne; just to make sure can you tell me which ports should be opened? I followed someones tutorial online maybe its wrong.

 

[Brownjohn]

try switching the ps3 and 360 cables. Also, if the ps3 has a static IP, make sure the router sets that IP aside so it wont assign it automatically.

 

[drunkenxsouljah]

already tried switching the cables and how do i set up static ip?

 

[smiggity]

Thru your router. You can just put PS3 in DMZ too

 

[MisterBee]

I know having media sharing on has always given me problems staying on PSN.

 

[Jay93082]

Tcp: 80, 443, 5223
udp: 3658, 3478, 3479

 

[jh6269]

Some routers can only handle so many active connections, I believe (could be mistaken). Did you try to RTFM?

 

[drunkenxsouljah]

aiite guys i put it in dmz and used jay93082 port numbers and everything is working like a charm haha anyone else having connection problems should used those numbers and put it in dmz thanks guys