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@silus It is almost certainly a problem with your wifi environment or settings. If the WPA Auto isn't the source of the problem, as you say, then I suspect it is caused by one of the other devices in your wifi providing an Adhoc wifi hotspot on the same SSID, passphrase/WPA key in the vicinity that the PS4 is being handed off to (like your mobile phone, laptop, tablet) or uPnP is active and failing to work correctly with your PS4 (ie disable uPnP). Alternatively you can manually check the bssid address matches the one that the router broadcasts on, as this is guaranteed to be unique even if the SSID isn't. |
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@Sir_Walter_Rally When you say the first day was fine, what kind of speeds were you getting? This sounds pretty much the same as the problem I encountered.
I set mine up during launch weekend and was getting dire speeds of 3mbps, even 250kbps on our 30mb line. Where my PS3 and other devices get a solid connection of around 15-25mbps. Had to plug in a wifi booster into the mains in the end and hook it to the PS4 via Ethernet in the end to get a solid 23-25mbps. I put it down to the amount of people accessing the network but don't understand how it could get a solid connection when it was wired if it PSN at fault.
Hopefully one of you guys manages to solve it. If not, I'd suggest trying a wifi booster if you have a couple handy. One has to be plugged into the mains and connected to your router.
It's not a perfect solution but maybe worth giving it a try? When I re-open mine at Christmas I'm going to try it upstairs (near to the router) to see if it does pick up a stronger signal. If not, I'll be contacting Sony.
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Dougs 100,414 posts
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@Sir_Walter_Rally
Yes, but it might be something similarly related. Having experienced the same problem with an old router and a Nintendo DS many years ago I would suggest you set the dhcp host name in the PS4 connection to be PS4-500GB and setup the ip address, netmask, gateway and dns1 to static values. Eg if your router is 192.168.2.1 then set your PS4 ip address to 192.168.2.50, the netmask to 255.255.255.0, the gateway & dns1 to 192.168.2.1 or the gateway/dns1 & dns2 numbers your router page shows.
That way it might just be a problem with your router's dns server (because the router needs replaced), which was the problem my Nintendo DS went through with a router that on the face of things worked fine with all my other hardware. -
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So this is only happening while playing a specific game or set of games online? Does it disconnect when downloading demos for instance? If it only happens while playing online, it could just be the game servers kicking you out or you might want to check the firewall settings on your router to check it is properly configured to block network attacks as it is unlikely but still possible your disconnections are caused by skulduggery by opponents using network exploits.
But in all fairness, if you aren't eliminating possible issues for yourself, like isolating if it is just wifi/Lan, console wide or online gaming only, or resetting your network config, backing up/reinitialising the PS4 to factory defaults, rebooting routers, checking if they've overheated, verifying the specific settings, then it is going to be really tough for anyone to help you.
Consumer Electronic devices aren't mission critical and should expect to get a timeout/rest now and again, and aren't perfect at migrating old settings to new firmwares and sometimes need to be manually reconfigured after reinitialisation, to let new settings take affect. But sadly most customers don't get this and expect things to just work and be bug free and easy to troubleshoot. -
simonhughes 4 posts
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Registered 8 years agoDesign mistake. Hopefully they will release a patch to allow PS4 users to select a static channel for their PS4s Wifi.
At the moment, It's on AUTO. Your problems kick in when it opens up it's OWN WiFi. When it then uses the SAME channel as your home WiFi (lol) you get massive interference and your network connections for half your devices drop out.
Utterly stupid eh
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simonhughes 4 posts
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Registered 8 years agoTry something like inSSIDer from your iphone or android device and look at your home network and anything else on the same channel .gif)
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simonhughes 4 posts
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Registered 8 years agoChanging your router's wifi channel WON'T help lol. The PS4 sooner or later will then show up with it's own WiFi on.. yes you guessed it.. the SAME CHANNEL. lol.
Not surprisingly the nice strong signal will then proceed to butcher your home network, resulting in choppy performance (or none) for your house. -
simonhughes 4 posts
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Registered 8 years ago@Sir_Walter_Rally If youre one of the many people suddenly experiencing a choppy home wifi try turning your ps4's remote play off... I've recently been told that options there in the settings. -
mothercruncher 19,474 posts
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Registered 15 years agoCan you not just cut to the chase, buy some PowerLAN adaptors and wave goodbye to shitty wifi? -
mothercruncher 19,474 posts
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Registered 15 years agoLooks like it. I have no idea what cables running through cables is btw. -
Vortex808 15,593 posts
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Registered 13 years agoSir_Walter_Rally wrote:
Dougs and mcmothercruncher have given you the answer already. Buy homeplugs. One Ethernet plug into a socket for powering the machine. Another Ethernet socket goes in by the plug by the router.
You know what I meant, stop being stupid. I can see you are of no help anyhow, pimping that stupid gimmick when there is no need for it, like it is some cure-all.
Router is 3 metres away max, and there is only one other wifi signal in the area on channel 12, where I'm on 6, and they don't overlap.
Job done. No cables running everywhere, nice fast wired LAN through the wires in your house.
They are the best thing ever IMO.
With pass-through plugs you don't even lose the socket.
Edited by Vortex808 at 12:14:26 18-12-2013 -
GamesConnoisseur 433 posts
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Registered 15 years agoI got both Xbox One and PS4 in the house (Xbox for my son really but we take turns!), Xbox wifi pretty fast and smooth, but not so for PS4, wifi got connected fine, dropped a few times though, but downloading takes far longer than Xbox (hope that's not PSN).
I gave up trying reconfiguring router (a pretty neat Netgear model) and used Ethernet cable to power line electronic network to link up to router in a separate room.
It's was the best solution but not perfect. I hope one of these firmware updates will improve the PS4 wifi teething issue, all my other devices (too many) works perfectly including the Vita. -
mothercruncher 19,474 posts
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Registered 15 years agoI'm being stupid, when giving you the answer and you're the one that typed "I don't want cables running through the cable like a fucking ghetto".
Wifi is a shitty technology, subject to interference from fuck knows where, from your radiator to next doors baby monitor you don't know about. It also adds latency- something that doesn't matter while you browse the web, but matter a twat load when you're twitch gaming.
But, you don't want our solutions- you want your solution, huh?
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mothercruncher 19,474 posts
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Registered 15 years agoIt could be either of those things, yup- in which case you could wait to see if a software update fixes things... eventually.
Or it could be something about newer wifi protocols introduced since the PS3 that hobble older set-ups. Or Sony could have put a poorer antenna in. Who knows at the moment, but all that stuff is permanently done away with via, well, you know...
At no point do you need to lift your carpet- you plug the homeplug in next to where you plug the PS4 in and then run a short Ethernet cable alongside the normal power cable to the back of the unit.
Edited by mcmothercruncher at 14:25:49 18-12-2013 -
Then buy pass-through plugs like i mentioned. Put that in the wallsocket, then plug your power strip in to that. Simple.
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Devolo-AVplus-Starter-Pass-Thru-Filter/dp/B002WRQV7K/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1387381874&sr=8-3&keywords=passthrough+home+plug
Why the link bit no work like it used to. I am cry. Anyhoo, paste that into your browser and you'll see what I mean.
Edited by Vortex808 at 15:55:23 18-12-2013
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