Getting a better online connection

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I play GT5:P in a 'studio' thats built at the end of my garden, but i get problems with my internet connection, as my wireless router is situated in my house (already at the closest part of the house to the studio) i have a wireless N router so its powerfull enough to reach out to my studio but i still only get about a 17%-20% connection, which is very poor for playing GT online. Im assuming this is because the PS3 doesnt have a wireless N adaptor. Is there anyway that the PS3's wireless adaptor can be upgraded, or do you know if theres a way to feed the internet connection from a PC thats in the studio which has a wireless N adaptor, and gets very good signal, to the PS3? My online experience is just no good at the moment :(
 
Your best option is probably to get a wireless hub which can be placed in a location better suited to communicating with your router (direct LOS is ideal), and run a wire from your hub to your PS3.
 
Is your studio on the same electrical circuit as your home? If so, a network/power-line line adapter (like this one) may be a perfect solution.
 
The best solution is have a wired network (fiber would be ideal :) )

If you want to use your wireless n network you'll have to buy a wireless N hub like Vaxen said and attach the ps3 to that.
 
If at all possible I would always choose wired which is why the homeplugs is your best bet.

Speaking of connections I have recently changed my ISP and my word it makes a difference on Prologue. I now have 14mb down/1.4mb upload speeds and a majority of time Im now the host. According to my friends when I host they are the most lag free games they have known since playing GT5P. What is even better is my ISP does not traffic shape whatsoever even P2P and I only pay £10 a month!!
 
My experience with the PS3 wireless has been less than satisfactory and the PS3 is almost direct line of sight 10 metres from my RF router. Once I switched to cable most of my connection issues disappeared. When I was trying to get the wireless to work I was advised to try different channels for the RF connection to avoid interference from other RF devices.
Nice connection there Ivor, I pay a good deal more for a good deal less. :ouch:
 
Go for a wired solution. I have my PS3 in my room & the router in the study no more than say 5-8m away & I get terrible wireless speeds. I cannot work it out, I've tired numerous settings to try & improve the speeds but still haven't found a solution. It seems to be a bit of a lottery. Some users will get perfect wireless speeds, others like myself, get poor speeds. So I've had to go with a wired solution to fix the speeds. Still doesn't mean i get no lag, because i do (crappy australian ISP's & no ADSL2 unfortunately) but it's much better than when using wireless.
 
Yes Ivor youv'e got quite the plan! Lag free games is so benificial when the Driver's are all very fast(alot of Position changes and 2 wide situations). ;)
 
When I compare to what I used to pay £24.99 for 2mb down/244kb up im delighted with my connection. What is even more impressive is these speeds are being delivered using the old copper lines and not fibre optic and if I was closer to my exchange I would get 20mb down. My connection is ADSL+2 via a LLU operator.

Around 2010 onwards BT are going to start rolling out fibre optic to many homes across the UK with fibre to the cabinet which should bring between 50-100mb.

Im not sure what the situation is with broadband in Australia but I would be interested to hear what it is.
 
My situation here is pretty ordinary. I pay $100 (35 quid or thereabouts?) a month for ADSL2+ on a shaped plan that is supposed to deliver speeds of 20mb down and 1.5mb up. What I get on average (calculated by Line Speed Meter) is 2.5mb down and 630kb up. Once I exceed my download quota of 25gb a month my speeds are dropped back to 64kb up and down.
We have a bit of a monopoly here called BigPond and they own 95% of the infrastructure here in Oz. I only have one source available for ADSL2+ which is BigPond. Hopefully, one or more other providers will install hardware to the local exchange which will give me a wider choice.
 
Yes...sadly for EVERYONE here is Australia,Telstra owns the outdated copper in the ground.So they have us all "over a barrel".....disgraceful and very unfortunate for us consumers.
We basically have Cave Man Internet.:ouch::indiff:
 
Mr P510
Yes...sadly for EVERYONE here is Australia,Telstra owns the outdated copper in the ground.So they have us all "over a barrel".....disgraceful and very unfortunate for us consumers.
We basically have Cave Man Internet.:ouch::indiff:
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You can say that again! :grumpy: Im on ADSL1 here & really wanted to get onto ADSL2+ when it started coming out in surrounding areas/suburbs. Yet apparently i can't & perhaps never will be able to, seeing as my exchange is full or something & only telstra offer ADSL2+. Theres no way im going with them & their incredibly bad prices. So for the moment, im stuck on just ADSL1. ARGH!
 
There is atleast two ADSL2+ providers here in Adelaide (Bigpond wasn't the first either), infact my Exhange was one of the first exchanges to get ADSL2+ in Australia, but yet.... I still have ADSL1 :lol:
 
Thanks for replying im always interested to hear what broadband is like in other countries.

Here in the UK we basically have 3 options.

(1) Virgin media which provide broadband via fibre optic and are shortly releasing a 50mb package. However I dislike Virgin media because of the traffic management system, for example if you're on the L package and you download more than 1.2GB data between 4-9pm your connection will be restricted by 75% for 5hrs.

(2) ADSL these vary between £10-£20. The max download is 8mb although many only recieve 2-4mb and the upload speeds are 448kb. Although many offer unlimited downloads they do traffic shape during peak times.

(3) LLU broadband. These main providers are Sky/O2/Be. I personally think these are our best option at the moment because they offer great speeds at great prices without any restrictions. I spoke to my ISP the other day about the unlimited downloads and they said I would be able to download at least 200GB a month without any problems. The only downside is again the distance from exchange is a factor due to the copper wires.


The problem in the UK is mainly these old copper lines. Like I said we do have fibre optic via Virgin media which the infrastructure is quiet widespread across the country. However the poor management prevents me from joining them. There are plans for BT to provide fibre optic but this has been estimated to cost between 5.1Billion to 38.1billion pounds. Hopefully they shall start doing this over the next 5yrs.
 
Shakey
I play GT5:P in a 'studio' thats built at the end of my garden, but i get problems with my internet connection, as my wireless router is situated in my house (already at the closest part of the house to the studio) i have a wireless N router so its powerfull enough to reach out to my studio but i still only get about a 17%-20% connection, which is very poor for playing GT online. Im assuming this is because the PS3 doesnt have a wireless N adaptor. Is there anyway that the PS3's wireless adaptor can be upgraded, or do you know if theres a way to feed the internet connection from a PC thats in the studio which has a wireless N adaptor, and gets very good signal, to the PS3? My online experience is just no good at the moment :(
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Hi Shakey,

you can use your PC as a gateway. All you need is a ethernet card in your PC, connect it to your PS3 (you need a crossover cable if theres no switch in between) and activate the Internet connection sharing, if you are using windows on your PC (other OS's work as well, but could be more complicated). On your PS3 you have to configure a static IPA (under windows most likely out of the range 192.168.0/24) and your PC as the gateway and DNS. Should work that way, but then you always have to turn on your PC when using the PS3 online.
 
Not sure if my PS3 is on its last throes, but does anyone else have serious connectivity issues?
The signal strength is at 100% but I get the 'matching failed' and 'disconnected from server' every single time, literally, EVERY.
 
I think it's been said in earlier posts but you don't need a high speed connection. Someone measured the data flow and even the most basic ADSL connection should be good enough. What is a problem is if you get packet loss, high latency or the path to the PS3 acting as the server isn't very good (what I'm trying to say is that a high bandwidth isn't important, but quality is).

You could have a 24Mb connection in Germany, for example, but you get matchd with a PS3 in Hungary and your ISP routes you over a low quality connection.

The problem with Wirless is that you often getr a little loss of quality which doesn't upset your surfing or download experience but does impact your gaming experience, as many people have seen.

So, I find the ethernet over powerline to be a good solution (as long as you don't go over a lot of circuits or a surge protector etc).

It's also worth noting that "old" copper wires can support over 1Gb bandwidth, so just being copper dosn't mak it bad :-)
 
Mad Matt
It's also worth noting that "old" copper wires can support over 1Gb bandwidth, so just being copper dosn't mak it bad :-)
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Yes but the reality is many broadband subscribers lose much of their connection speeds because of these copper wires. Did you know that only 5% of the UK population actually has a connection above 5mbps! This is quiet staggering really considering many ISPS advertise 8mbps. The simple reason is the length of these copper wires and unless you literally live on top of the exchange you will not obtain these speeds.
 
Shakey
I play GT5:P in a 'studio' thats built at the end of my garden, but i get problems with my internet connection, as my wireless router is situated in my house (already at the closest part of the house to the studio) i have a wireless N router so its powerfull enough to reach out to my studio but i still only get about a 17%-20% connection, which is very poor for playing GT online. Im assuming this is because the PS3 doesnt have a wireless N adaptor. Is there anyway that the PS3's wireless adaptor can be upgraded, or do you know if theres a way to feed the internet connection from a PC thats in the studio which has a wireless N adaptor, and gets very good signal, to the PS3? My online experience is just no good at the moment :(
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Run this internet test and let us know what your download and upload speeds are. http://www.speedtest.net/



II IVORBIGUN II
When I compare to what I used to pay £24.99 for 2mb down/244kb up im delighted with my connection. What is even more impressive is these speeds are being delivered using the old copper lines and not fibre optic and if I was closer to my exchange I would get 20mb down. My connection is ADSL+2 via a LLU operator.

Around 2010 onwards BT are going to start rolling out fibre optic to many homes across the UK with fibre to the cabinet which should bring between 50-100mb.

Im not sure what the situation is with broadband in Australia but I would be interested to hear what it is.
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No offense but that is a terrible connection. I hope you aren't hosting any games with that. You might not see lag or problems but I guarantee other people playing with you are.
 
II IVORBIGUN II
Yes but the reality is many broadband subscribers lose much of their connection speeds because of these copper wires. Did you know that only 5% of the UK population actually has a connection above 5mbps! This is quiet staggering really considering many ISPS advertise 8mbps. The simple reason is the length of these copper wires and unless you literally live on top of the exchange you will not obtain these speeds.
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According to an article I read on The Register it's not so much the copper wire connection to the exchange but that they over sell the bandwidth. So at busy tims there just isn't enough to go round. I had a stable 3Mb connection via 2km of copper cable for a number of years.
 
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