Major wireless issues.

[REFLEX]

So I moved a few months ago, and I'm in a situation where I need to use wireless internet with my 80GB PS3. It was working pretty good for quite a while, then for some reason it starting telling me that it was having connection issues with the PSN, not the internet (as the browser still works), but just with PSN.

It drops me quite often, and some times it drops me every 5 minutes. I get two different errors, both of which (I looked it up on the PS website) just are general errors that are connection issues with the PSN (well no ****!).

Anyway, I have a good internet connection, and a good router. My signal strength on the PS3 from my router is usually around 85%.

Now, I've tried many different things. I have some ports open for COD4, and gaming in general. I have the priority (QoS) set so that traffic to and from the PS3 is #1 priority, and I have very loosely secured network for the PS3 so that there isn't much problems.

But it still kicks me every 10 minutes to every hour, and tonight It's been constant. I'm starting to lose my mind on this one. I've tried letting it do it's own thing, I've set it up manually, let it run on auto settings to the router, and it's always having connection issues to the PSN.

About the only thing I haven't tried is putting the PS3's IP into a DMZ.

[DonMare]

I was gonna suggest putting the PS3 into the DMZ mode. :p

[acekat]

I have mine set as the DMZ, to avoid having to bother with ports. But I doubt it's the problem you're having.

How many other wireless networks can you detect where you are? It could be interference.
Try changing the wireless channel.

I had a similar problem with my wii. PS3 wireless was fine, wii could use internet channel fine, but accessing the wii shop channel would take a few minutes and then give me a disconnect message.

Changed the channel, suddenly all those problems were gone.

[NateTheApe]

Ok this might sound a little simple, and I'm sure you already know this stuff but when I worked at 2Wire (DSL Modem w/ Wireless Router) we had people calling in all the time about these issues even when they had good signal strength, because it was intermittent.

Check around your wireless router and the PS3 for EMI.
-Speakers
-TV or Monitor (Around the router)
-Lamps with ballast
-Or anything else that may have a big magnet or give off alot of power, such as amp.

Check for things between Router and PS3.
-Microwaves
-Large, thick objects
-Cordless Telephones (Change the Wireless channel to try to fix this)

Finally I would try a different outlet for your router. Sometimes a bad power connection will still keep the device on at all times but could really mess with the wireless component and keep it from working properly.

I hope this could help you out a little bit and get everything working properly again for you.

[REFLEX]

Thanks for the tips and help.

I tried putting it in a DMZ, it made it much better, however it still did that disconnection twice tonight, although I could still stay in game (online COD4) and reconnect before it kicked me off, which is strange. So it's far better, but still doing it. So I'll try some of those things mentioned tomorrow. Cheers.