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The Graveyard - Products No Longer Supported => Routers / COVR => DGL-4100 => Topic started by: TMarks on January 18, 2011, 07:45:11 AM
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I have 3 PCs running on this Router with no problems. I go to my PS3 and try to setup the Network Connections and get nothing. The Router and PS3 UPnP are enabled but still no automatic configuring or connection between the two. How would I setup the router to get the PS3 working? I am a Noob at Networking so if you could do a step by step I would greatly appreciate it. Thanks in advance! :)
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Check out the DGL-4500 gaming and gamefuel sticky for PS. Same data should work, might look different on your router.
http://forums.dlink.com/index.php?board=144.0 (http://forums.dlink.com/index.php?board=144.0)
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Thanks for the reply. I went to this link http://forums.dlink.com/index.php?topic=16330.0 and looked at what you have, the part that shows where the PLAYSTATION 3 is already setup, do you have to do that or does it already show up once your PS3 is on and all that? If so I don't even get that much. If I have to Add or reserve then I can do that then go from there with the rest of the setup. Far as my system, with the router on, and the PS3 on the router settings show nothing of my PS3 that is what I need to get going so I can get my router to recognize the PS3 I guess? Thanks and any and all info is greatly appreciated! ;D
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Get ahold of LookIntoMyEyes on the DGL 4500 forum. He's pretty good with PS stuff. I don't have one. He's the one who documented the sticky. I just posted it. Let us know.
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Get ahold of LookIntoMyEyes on the DGL 4500 forum. He's pretty good with PS stuff. I don't have one. He's the one who documented the sticky. I just posted it. Let us know.
Cool Beans will do! Thanks!
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Let us know how it turns out. Should work well for you after it's all connected and configured properly.
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Let us know how it turns out. Should work well for you after it's all connected and configured properly.
Will do!
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Feel free to check on the 4500 forums for info too. I notice theres not much difference between these units. Your just doesn't have WiFi. ::)
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It seems to me like your router and Ps3 are not recognizing each other? What type of error code do you get on the Ps3? Seems to me like your Ps3 Ethernet port is no working, have you tried wireless settings? I would like to know how are you playing online right now? Have a great day. I will try my best to help you any questions or concern let me know, I am here to help you.
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Chris
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It seems to me like your router and Ps3 are not recognizing each other? What type of error code do you get on the Ps3? Seems to me like your Ps3 Ethernet port is no working, have you tried wireless settings? I would like to know how are you playing online right now? Have a great day. I will try my best to help you any questions or concern let me know, I am here to help you.
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Chris
Chris,
It's weird. Here is what is going on. I have the DL 4100 Router hooked up to 3 PCs and they all recognize and work fine on the router. I turn on my PS3 and try to connect to the Internet. I run the network wizard and cannot find or connect to the router or Internet. Even when I go to the router setup on the web it won't even show that the PS3 is hooked up to the router. So I don't know what the heck is up, I can connect using a wireless connection, I don't have wireless in my home I connect to another connection in my neighborhood...LOL!!! The router seems to work fine on all ports and when I hook the PS3 straight to the Modem without the router it works fine and connects to the Internet. Maybe I don't have something setup right in the router for the PS3? I have the UPNP all setup on both the router and the PS3 to enabled. Like I said it's weird to me. Any suggestions?
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One suggestion, is your networking on the PS3 setup for automatic networking? So it will get its IP address from the router?
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Seems to me like a compatibility issue between the ps3 and the router. Mhmmm, I will just try troubleshooting steps. Have you upgraded the firmware on the router to the latest? Or perhaps let me know what is your current firmware. Have you tried a different Ethernet cable? Switch it with one of your pc ones. After we do these I will go into a more detail one and see if we can get them to establish a connection.
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Chris
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One suggestion, is your networking on the PS3 setup for automatic networking? So it will get its IP address from the router?
I think it is? I will check, can you tell me how to set it up just in cast it's not? Thanks!
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Seems to me like a compatibility issue between the ps3 and the router. Mhmmm, I will just try troubleshooting steps. Have you upgraded the firmware on the router to the latest? Or perhaps let me know what is your current firmware. Have you tried a different Ethernet cable? Switch it with one of your pc ones. After we do these I will go into a more detail one and see if we can get them to establish a connection.
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Chris
Chris,
My firmware version is 1.7, is there a newer one? I will try the cable that came with the modem, right now I am using what Comcast gave me. I have tried hooking straight to the modem and it works fine that way, have not tried any of the other ports yet but will do today and get back to you on that.
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Works perfectly with my PS3.
I have been using this same DGL-4100 router with my PS3 since launch (I have a 20GB PS3 from November 2006). It has always worked exceptionally well. I am currently on firmware 1.8, which is no longer available, but it worked fine on 1.7 as well.
My current setup is as follows:
Oceanic/Time Warner cable modem -> WAN (CAT6)
TrendNET TEW-637AP wireless-N access point -> Port-1 (CAT6)
D-Link DGS-2208 gigabit switch -> Port-4 (CAT6)
And I have 4 computers and my PS3 all hooked to the switch (all CAT6).
Originally I had 3 computers and the PS3 all wired directly to the router with CAT5e and that worked great too. I can't imagine what your problem could be. It's definitely not a compatibility issue with the PS3. My DGL4100 has always worked flawlessly with my PS3, even through several firmware revisions (of both the router & PS3).
I'd say try another Ethernet cable, and/or other ports as suggested above.
When you are trying to set up your PS3 are you going to Settings > Network Settings > Internet Connection Settings and then choosing Easy?
If that doesn't help then we will need more info, like who is your ISP (company, cable or DSL) and what kind of gateway are you connected to (modem only or combo-modem+router, make, model)?
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Chris,
My firmware version is 1.7, is there a newer one? I will try the cable that came with the modem, right now I am using what Comcast gave me. I have tried hooking straight to the modem and it works fine that way, have not tried any of the other ports yet but will do today and get back to you on that.
Sorry It has been a while since I last Posted over in these forums, how has it been? Has your issues been addressed? Have you tried upgrading the firmware? Try checking for a new firmware over at D-link.com I would also suggest maybe its time for a upgrade? Maybe the DGL 4500? Thats the one I have and it works flawless. Also it could be you have a faulty unit. I wish you the best and hope you come to a solution.
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Chris
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I presume all the information is good, however I presume that Tmarks might have either resolved this issue or moved on to something different since the date of this post is getting older. ::)
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Thanks I will check everything out again and do what you have suggested and get back with you ASAP! Thanks again!
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Have you tried rebooting your router and cable/DSL modem with the PS3 connected?
Who is your ISP, and are you connected using a modem, or is it a gateway device (modem+router combination)?
If it's a modem-only then you should be able to plug the router in and go. If it's a gateway device then adding a router could cause complications (essentially you would be running two routers, and while it can be done, it's not plug and play).
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Have tried rebooting. Comcast is the ISP. Modem to Router conncection. I agree with your statement on two routers etc...Which in my case is probably why. The Comcast Moden is being used for Phone and Internet, since I have the service with them. Any suggestions? Thans bro!
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Might try to see if the cable modem/router has a DMZ you can out the IP address of the 4100 in. There has been some issues with these Cable modems having VoIP and using external routers such as the 4100. Unfortuneately these cable modems are not bridgeable as this would disable the VoIP I presume thus I don't think they can do this like DSL modems can. I had a buddy who had this same issue with his Arris cable modem with phone. He eventually gave up the phone and went with a Motorola SB 6120 stand alone modem. Been great since.
Let us know.
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FN, I hear ya! Thinking of giving up home phone all the way and just go Cell. Great advice/info! Thanks!
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OK man, let us know what you do. I bet if you take that 4100 to someones house with a stand alone router, it will work great.
Keep us posted.
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Is the comcast device just a cable modem, or is it a gateway (modem+router)?
If it's a gateway then setting the router up as a DMZ device is the way to go. I'm testing DSL and they supplied me with a gateway, so I connected my router to one of the ports (gateway Ethernet port to WAN on router) and set it as a DMZ device. The gateway then assigned the router its own public IP and I had to reboot the router to renew its IP. After that it worked as before.
Note that if the gateway and router have the same base IP address range (192.168.1.xxx) you will have to change one of them. I had that issue initially, so I set the gateway to use the 192.168.2.xxx IP mask and resolved the issue.
Again, the above is only for an ISP supplied gateway. If it's just a cable modem you shouldn't need to do that.
I seem to recall some drama about Comcast blocking certain ports on their connection. That was a while ago, so I don't know if they're still doing that nonsense, but it's something else to consider... The fact that your computers work and your PS3 doesn't is what's confusing here.
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His Cable modem has VoIP so there is a built in router involved. It's not like DSL where you can bridge the modem. I think the VoIP depends on the built in router for services.
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The DSL gateway I have can't be bridged either. It has a setting for it, but when I tried it nothing worked (probably because it's also used to deliver digital TV and phone service). But it works with my router in DMZ. I have the gateway's #4 port connected to the DVR set top box, and port-1 going to my DGL-4100's WAN port. Set the 4100 to DMZ and after a quick reboot I was back on-line.
It's odd that the OP is having trouble with the DGL-4100 and his PS3. The reason I went through the trouble of setting it up, instead of just using the DSL gateway, is that the DGL-4100 actually works better with the PS3. The gateway kept spontaneously booting my PS3 (I use remote play with my PSP and I could not leave remote start on with the gateway). Once I got the DGL-4100 set up the problem went away (didn't even have to set the PS3 to a static IP or forward any ports). This router has always just worked, with everything I've tried. It really is a great router.