how do you get the ps3 hooked up to the internet

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#1 sdughui
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i could really use your help

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#2 mutill
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Are u using a wireless router?
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#3 pizzatastesgood
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just buy an ethernet cable pug one end into the back of your ps3 and the other into a router or modem
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#4 mutill
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If he has wireless connection, it'd be much easier. He's not answering though..
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#5 sdughui
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no
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#6 sdughui
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dont have a router

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#7 mutill
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Ok then, u might want to get an ethernet cable and do what that guy says.
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#8 sdughui
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i will

thank you

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#9 dope2u
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hey everyone..really need some help here...

ive got a sony vaio fz21z connected directly to the internet via ethernet cable..im trying to use it as a hotspot but the damn ps3 cannot find it when i run scan for wireless networks!!! any help thx

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#10 jimm895
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hey everyone..really need some help here...

ive got a sony vaio fz21z connected directly to the internet via ethernet cable..im trying to use it as a hotspot but the damn ps3 cannot find it when i run scan for wireless networks!!! any help thx

dope2u

You need a wireless router preferably a G series one and not a N series because for some reason the N series seems to not work with the PS3 as of now, maybe later with a firmware update.

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#11 daewoo10356
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ya for wireless i would try to find a router and like has been mentioned for some reason the ps3 doesn't like n routers but if you can i would go for a wired connection it has seemed to help out with download speeds some plus hardly any lag in warhawk
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#12 dope2u
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thise are the detailas of my wlan card from device manager INTEL(R/0 WIRELESS WIFI LINK 4965AGN...n where did u get such info? thx ahead
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#13 dope2u
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my laptop wlan card supports 802.11 a/b/g/n!!! i tried fiddling around with the wlan settings disabling n mode and making b/g the defualt mode but still n detected!! help anyone