Grr. This is getting very frustrating. I just moved from Chicago to Southern California. I just today hooked up my new Verizon high-speed internet. The local area connection and the wireless connection both work fine on my PC and PS3. But for whatever reason, I haven't been able to get my PSP connected. I know the router is fine, because my other devices work. I'm pretty certain the PSP's internet is fine, since I could connect at my old apartment in Chicago... which was only about a month ago. I tried the "Easy Automatic" setup at first, but now I'm manually entering IP Address and DNS information. I've been matching all those numbers to my PC's Network Connection Details, with the exception of changing the last number in the IP Address so my devices don't conflict. So... yeah. I'm kinda stumped at this point. Googling for help hasn't yielded anything useful... in fact, most of the online tutorials only show the "easy automatic" method, and I'm way past that by now. Anyone know what my problem could be? Any help is greatly appreciated.
Try restarting your router? This has happened to me occasionally on a PSP. Also, have you changed your encryption method lately? Log in to your router's admin page, and change the encryption method to see if that may be it. You could also create an IP address reservation in your router, and make the necessary settings on your PSP. For DNS 8.8.8.8 should be fine. Do you have another wireless network you can connect to to test against that network?
It's possible that your psp's wifi chip burnt out. Or if your router is wireless N, I don't think the psp supports that.
Are you using WPA-2 encryption? I looked it up and it seems the PSP isn't compatible with that kind of encryption. Also, is your router in b/g/n mode?
This is a good suggestion, change your wireless settings to mixed...sounds like that might be the problem. DD
Well, I don't *think* the wireless is burnt out. Like I said, it was working fine in my old apartment. As for the wireless type, the router is set up so that it works for both "g" and "b" type connections. Okay... first, I tried restarting my router. No dice. But then I tried wiping out the router's encryption altogether (just for the sake of argument)... and the PSP didn't like that. I had previously been getting either "timed out" or "signal may be weak" messages. But when I remove the WEP encryption on my router, then also remove it on the PSP, I get a message saying that a connection could not be established, and that I should "check the security settings for the network." Huh? There are no security settings anymore. I even tried restarting both the router and PSP after I wiped the encryption, and I'm still getting this weird message. Unfortunately, there's no other wireless network I can test this on.
Sounds like a good amount of troubleshooting there sir. One last thing I would try is setting the router to just "G" mode, or "B" mode, with no encryption, and see if that works?
OMG, I set it to "b" only rather than mixed b/g, and it connected immediately. Now I just have to check if my other devices still work with the settings this way. That is very weird. b/g is supposed to allow both types of connections. If I'm going to be using this setting can someone explain to me what types of devices would use the "g" type? I really have no idea.
This might also be pointless but try changing the channel frequency. I searched around for your issue and saw a similar post saying that worked for them. What type of router do you have?
You know, I saw those posts too, and I actually ran through all 11 channels. Didn't help me. But changing to "b" mode only seems to fix it. I was able to add the WEP encryption back in as well, and it still works that way. But if I try to change it back to the mixed "b/g" mode, I immediately get hit with an error message. Bizarre. It's an Actiontec router, BTW, I'm getting my internet through Verizon.
I'm glad I was able to help, however I don't suggest using "B". Pretty much everything is compatible with G, and N is backwards compatible with it. What kind of PSP is this? You could also try updating the PSP's firmware, along with the routers (flash DD-WRT or Tomato if your router is supported), and try again with b/g mode?
Is this the same router you had back in Chicago? ISP shouldn't have much to do with it unless it's a DNS issue or something along those lines. You tried doing a hard reset on the router?
It's actually the oldest model of PSP, the 1000 series. I would have gotten a newer one, but I have this one because I got it hella for free... a friend of mine found it in a rental car. The PSP's firmware is as up-to-date as can be. And I just now went and installed the latest firmware for the router. Another test proved that the PSP still doesn't like the hybrid b/g connection type. It will only work when it's set to "b" only. I think I'll just need to leave it there for now. I have both my PC and PS3 hooked up through wired connections, so it's a non-issue there, and I believe the PSP can only do a b-type connection, anyway. I also have a 360, but I don't have a problem switching the wire from the PS3 to the 360 when I need to. Thanks, guys. I think I'll call this one resolved. It certainly is downright strange that the mixed b/g mode doesn't work... must just be a crappy router. I might call Verizon in the next few days and see if I can sort out the reason for that weirdness.
No, it's a different router. I shared Comcast internet there with my two roommates, we had a Linksys, and unless I'm misremembering, it was set on the mixed b/g mode and worked fine. The router I have here is from Verizon, an Actiontec. I do actually have a spare router of my own... a Netgear one. Maybe tomorrow I'll try hooking that one up and see if it works better. But right now it's 10:00pm, and I'd rather not screw with it anymore tonight now that it's finally working anyway. But really, thanks for all the advice. I don't think I would have ever tried switching to b-only mode.
Nah, it was on WEP all along. And besides, I tried wiping the encryption completely and that still didn't get me anywhere.
You aren't allowed to use this phrase. Please redact. Back to your issue- I have no problems with my 1000 on my mixed mode Asus router. Reading through the posts, I would agree that it's the cheap ISP provided router.
