[fatdoc]

i spent a week getting a patch for it to work in the first place. will that be still "in" the router?

i've lost the patch, the place where it is and all that shizzle..

if it's likely that the router will need a reconfig / patch to mac after a hard reset i'm fuckin it off andgetting the credit card out. i'm well pisssed.

[Bubba]

You shouldn't have to reapply any firmware patches after a reset coz they've been written into the router in a semi-permanent manner.

[Jaspersharpe]

Fucking hell Jon you're really having a nightmare aren't you. Good luck and if in doubt...........

[fatdoc]

firmware did indeed fuck up on restart.

went to town, got a netgear wireless adsl2+ modem router...

typed in 1 password + isp login and i'm back online!!

right... i'm now back where i started, here we go again!!

[Bubba]

If the netgear is the same as mine then:

Go to LAN IP setup
- set the starting IP address to 192.168.0.1
- set the ending IP address to 192.168.0.x where x is the highest number of devices you're going to have connected, so if you have 2 macs, a wii and a ps3 you'll need 4 devices so set the high IP to 192.168.0.5
- use the address reservation fields to permanently allocate each IP address to a device by MAC address, eg 192.168.0.2 to PS3

go to WAN setup
- select the box that says "defaul DMZ server" and put the IP address of the PS3 in there.

That's pretty much it - the tricky bit is finding the MAC addresses of each device. I know how to do it in Windows but no in Mac OS or for the Wii
For the ps3 apparantly you:

Goto the configuration category in the XMB
Scroll down to System Settings
Scroll down to System Information
and the mac address is in there

[slackline]

That's pretty much it - the tricky bit is finding the MAC addresses of each device. I know how to do it in Windows but no in Mac OS or for the Wii

If you let everything connect under DHCP is there not a page that lists connected devices along with their MAC address and assigned IP address?  Note these down then set them all up as static.

[fatdoc]

OK, you two are fuckin patient I'll give you that! a multitude of thanks...
I've got the ps3 and mac mini MAC numbers into the Wireless station access list.

I havnt turned on any security, cos i've just spent 45 mins trying to get WEP or WPA to allow me to connect the ps3, it's not having it. i'm thinking with NAT2 and MAC listed only wireless access i'll be OK...?

guess what, the headset doesnt work on the ps3, great.

right, I'm going for it as directed by bubba / slack later... ( got an appt)

[Bubba]

If you let everything connect under DHCP is there not a page that lists connected devices along with their MAC address and assigned IP address?  Note these down then set them all up as static.

Ah so there is, silly me

The "attached devices" page will list everything that's connected. The only problem is working out which one is the ps3 so you might still have to look it up on the console.

I'd forget setting up WEP/WPA for now - just get the console working properly first....

[fatdoc]

YES YES FUCKIN YES!!


Slack and bubs get

 

I'd like to say

  and 

and would just like to say i've just heard a massive YES as someone snipered me in the head... however i did hear a F*ck... as he has turned round 5 mins previously to get my shotgun in his face from 5 yards...

now that's gaming bliss.

In summery for future Ps3 modem sufferers:

get a bloody recent modem / router... £40 well spent IMO. belkin are SHIT

keep DHCP on, then static ID everything (incl any ethernet conected devices as well as the WIfi one)

get the ps3 into the DMZ...

try not to cry with frustration....

waddage  applied.. you know you deserve more, so do I! get real ill and i'll treat you in return 

i'll mainly be being a bad man in heisting banks and then killing my team mates then... (kane and lynch.. poor one person, great / sick online though)

oh, i'm sooo grateful!!!!

let the cranage begin...

er.. bubs... what about this wep thingie.... is it necessary with what i've done with the named devices???

ta...

[slackline]

Glad you got it all sorted fatdoc 

If you want to add encryption go for WPA or WPA2 over WEP they are more secure.  However, personally I don't bother with any.  When I'm looking at secure websites they all use SSL (the software that means your at https:// instead of http://) and that means that your passwords are sent encrypted.

As I think dobbin mentioned on another thread, anyone who's technically savvy enough to snoop on data passing over wireless will be able to crack your WEP/WPA too.

[fatdoc]

cool.

i'll stick with named MAC wireless only allowed into my router, so then others cant use my ISP, at least that's what I've inferred from the router menu. i've read dobbin's stuff, and i agree from an identity theft point of view, if it's not https then what are you doing divulging your details into a compuer on the www.!!

once again, thanks mate - am indebted to both you and bubba

 

[slackline]

Not a problem, glad I could help (in some manner at least) and its all solved now.

It is possible to find out what MAC address' are being used to connect to a wireless router, and then clone them on your own device, so its not 100% guaranteed to stop people piggy-backing, but your average Joe won't know how to do this (although anyone with a web-browser and net connection could potentially find out, but there might be a circular problem there  ).

[Bubba]

Aye, you're welcome fella

Now all you need is a decent console