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PS3 on board now; How can I improve my wireless connection

Nov 26, 2007 2:49AM PST

I'm using the wireless conection of my PS3 but only getting about 45% signal strength. Must be the location under the TV and several walls between the router and the PS3. Wife (upstairs overtop of the router) gets much better with her access point/desktop.

Can I use a Linksys access point with the PS3 to improve the signal strength? USB connection?

Thanks,

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No
Nov 26, 2007 4:48AM PST

You could get an after market antenna that has a higher transmit power to it, or you could get a repeater, but other than that, the only real solution is to move the router or the console.

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Or run..
Nov 26, 2007 4:58AM PST

... cable to the PS3. Bummer.

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Let me share...
Nov 26, 2007 9:50AM PST

That I own a refurb Netgear WPNT834 which didn't get a great review and I connect just fine two houses down the street. I have not fitted any antenna.

Bob

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LOL...
Nov 26, 2007 8:44PM PST

I have suspected once or twice that my good neighbors might be cruisin' the world wide on my dime in spite of encryption.

Well, not sure what to do. Must be the location since, as I said, the wife in her office upstairs connects at 90% or more. The PS3 is located on the same floor as the router but on the other side of the house and under the TV which I suspect, (for no technical reason I understand), might affect the signal strength.

I can run RJ45 through the floor in my office, into the basement, and up in the room with the PS3 but it's a pain in the back, (literally; I have a bad back).

Otherwise, I can only juggle the unit around on the three shelves here and there since I have no other place to put it other than the shelf/stand the TV sits on.

If I get an aftermarket antenna would I have to open the case to install it? Can I simply plug it in to a port on the PS3?

Thanks all for the help...

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So far...
Nov 27, 2007 11:24PM PST
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Looks like a good solution but....
Nov 28, 2007 1:50AM PST

... I'm not sure there is a place on the PS3 to connect the antenna.

I'll have to look at the box tonight. Tried to figure it out by looking at pictures of a PS3 on line but can't determine if there is a place to hook up an antenna.

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(NT) I put the antenna on my router...
Nov 29, 2007 1:52AM PST
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LOL... oh
Nov 29, 2007 2:10AM PST

I'll check that out.

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Antenna placement
Nov 29, 2007 5:10AM PST

The antenna is designed to increase the signal output of the router and does not attach to the PS3.

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Will be solving this problem this weekend
Nov 29, 2007 9:17PM PST

I decided to just run cat5. I have cable, ends and the tools, so I'll make up a cable and run it under the floor (ceiling of the basement) from my router to the PS3.

Wanted to avoid this but decided might as well bite the bullet and do it.

Thanks all for the help and suggestions....

Gary

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Add-on worked the best
Nov 30, 2007 2:41AM PST

I had similar issues when I first got my PS3 last year, but found that simply adding an aftermarket esternal antennae to the router (found mine at Fry's for $9.99) I now average signal strength between 85-100%.

It is incredibly easy to pick one of these up at just about any electronics store and your router should have a jack or port to screw the antennae into.

Hope this helps, as I didn't have the option of running a wire direct to the back of the PS3 (always the best option) due to the age and layout of my house.

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(NT) is there and antena you can add to the ps3 and how would you
Nov 18, 2009 7:21AM PST