Internet Connection Problem

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Hey guys, so I have a static IP set up for my PS3.
The problem seems to be that there are too many devices trying to access all of the ports on my router at once. I live with 5 other people and so there are 3 desktops 5 laptops 2 iPhones and a PS3. Also sometimes our friends bring around their laptops.
This seems to cause IP address conflicts on at least one of the devices. The only way that I have worked out to fix it is to unplug/disconnect all the devices and reboot the router.

So my question is, is there any way to automatically assign IPs to new devices without them taking an IP from another device but still maintain the static IP on the PS3?
 
So make the IP pool bigger or give your PS3 access through the MAC address filter. No reason to have any sort of conflict with a dozen devices unless something is set up wrong.
DHCP set up?
What's your router model?
 
Thanks for the tips. Its an EchoLife HG520s. I dont know what DHCP is sorry :/. How would I go about the things you recommend? Its been a long time since I played with my router.
 
DHCP is what hands out the addresses to the devices on the network. The pool is the range it has to hand out from e.g 192.168.1.100 - 192.168.1.200. So the first device you add would have .101 the second .102 etc. You basically have to set an IP for the PS3 that is outside this range, or set a resevation on the router (if it has that function) to tell it that this IP is in use and not to hand it out.

What kind of router do you have?
 
Start with Google and/or the Wikipedia article on DHCP.

I'm going to hazard a guess here and say you assigned the PS3 a static IP that's within the range of the block of IP's the router is using for DHCP (I think that's what DQuaN is thinking here, too).

Read the manual/help files on your router, looking for the section on setting up DHCP. Next, find the DHCP section on your router's web setup page. I'm assuming it has a web-based tool for setup, but that's pretty much universal nowadays, at least on home routers.

Somewhere in there is something to enable DHCP (you want that, and it's already on from the sound of things). Near there, probably right under it, is something to set the range of IP's to be used for DHCP, either as a starting address and a range, or a starting address and ending address. Make sure that range doesn't include the PS3's IP, adjust whichever needs adjusting as necessary. 50 to 100 IP's should be plenty for the DHCP block, that'll allow 50 to 100 laptops/whatever to connect.

The numbers that you enter in the boxes when setting IP's must be in the range 0-255. The last number in a set of four numbers should never be 0 nor 255, which are reserved for special uses.

Again, though, Google/Wikipedia/router documentation are your friends.
 
Thanks. So I went to the router page and found the part about DHCP, and it was like you said, a starting address and a pool size, which I changed from 20 to 100. I dont know why it was so low.
While I was there I didnt notice that the PS3 was on the list of IPs assigned though, but I thought that might have been because it was off.
 
Okay. Now that you know what the DHCP pool range is, go back to the PS3 and see what IP you assigned to it, and if it's within the DHCP pool range, change it.

If you assigned a static IP, it was done on the PS3 and isn't under the control of the router at all. That's why you won't see it on the router's list of assigned IPs.
 
20 is more than enough. You should have a list of MAC addresses that accessed your router. You assign an IP address to each of those MAC addresses, that's how DHCP works.
There should be a list of all assigned devices with an on/off next to it, in most cases.
Sounds to me like you gave the PS3 and IP address in the PS3's network settings but not the router.
 
Increasing the size of the DHCP pool will not fix your problem. The problem you have is that the PS3 is using an address inside the pool. Either change the pool to exclude the address of your PS3, or change the IP of your PS3 to be outside the DHCP pool. The latter being the better.
 
BobK
Okay. Now that you know what the DHCP pool range is, go back to the PS3 and see what IP you assigned to it, and if it's within the DHCP pool range, change it.

If you assigned a static IP, it was done on the PS3 and isn't under the control of the router at all. That's why you won't see it on the router's list of assigned IPs.
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Ok I did this and then ran Internet Connection Test on PS3 and everything is working 👍

DQuaN
Increasing the size of the DHCP pool will not fix your problem. The problem you have is that the PS3 is using an address inside the pool. Either change the pool to exclude the address of your PS3, or change the IP of your PS3 to be outside the DHCP pool. The latter being the better.
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The problem wasnt the PS3, it was that I thought too many things were trying to connect and there werent enough IPs to go around. What has been suggested and what I have done seems to have done the trick.
Thanks heaps guys. If it happens again Ill know where to come too.
 
So you have more than 20 devices connecting to the network?

If you have now changed the IP of the PS3 to be outside the DHCP range, that is more likely what has fixed it.
 
Well, he did say he's got eleven devices networked already (although I don't believe the iPhones should count there), so bring over a few friends, and yeah, I can see running out. My son and I, between us, have 12 networked devices and that's not including phones.

Given that you have 254 (at least) addresses to play with, I can see no reason not to assign half or more to the DHCP pool.
 
My iPhone showed up in the list of assigned IPs. So I think it does count. When friends come over they all have their phones that connect as well. Some laptops in the mix and we run out of IPs fast.
 
BobK
Well, he did say he's got eleven devices networked already (although I don't believe the iPhones should count there), so bring over a few friends, and yeah, I can see running out. My son and I, between us, have 12 networked devices and that's not including phones.

Given that you have 254 (at least) addresses to play with, I can see no reason not to assign half or more to the DHCP pool.
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WHy wouldn't the iphones count? They still take up IP addresses from the pool.
 

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