lanning wrote:I followed the advice given in the how-to. When I click Activate, I get
Determining IP information for eth0... failed; no link present. Check cable?
I have the newest PS3 system soft, Airport Extreme Bases Station with DHCP handing out addresses.
All my other DHCP clients work.
PS3 in game mode mode works over wifi
Please advice what can I do to move forward. I have no ethernet wired connection in this room, I must use wifi.
Although you say you followed the advice in the how-to, I'd like you to double check these parts:
viewtopic.php?t=33991. You
must enter an access point name. Also - the access point name is case sensitive.
Linksys is not the same as
LINKSYS is not the same as
linksys to Linux. Use the
Specified radio button on the Wireless Settings tab of the Wireless Device Configuration control panel to un-grey the Network name (SSID) field.
2. If you're using WEP security with a HEX key, you need to indicate that the key is in hex by prefixing it with a
0x - that's a zero and a lower case x. An example of a 64-bit, ten digit WEP HEX key entered for Linux would be
0x1234567890 . The digits a, b, c, d, e & f in a WEP HEX security key are
not case sensitive.
3.
Beware of spaces. If you're using WEP security with an ASCII key, try using a key without spaces at first to troubleshoot. Same goes with SSID names that have spaces in them - try using a name without spaces at first. Be especially vigilant against trailing spaces - make sure that you remove them from both the SSID name that you enter in your Wireless Access Point configuration and in the YDL Network Configuration control panel. Windows seems to ignore trailing spaces, but since a space is a valid ASCII character, Linux keeps track of them. Once you get your system working, then try carefully adding spaces back in, if you can't live without them.
4. WEP authentication
must use
Open System and
not Shared Key. You want to use Open System anyway - oddly enough - it's
more secure. (See here:
http://forums.wi-fiplanet.com/archive/index.php/t-1905.html) Other security tricks - like disabling SSID broadcast - should work.
If, after you carefully follow these steps, you still get the No Link Present message, you might be the exception to this rule:
Remember this: On a DHCP enabled network, if you have to manually enter IP Address information to get Wireless to Activate, yet Internet access fails, 9 times out of 10, you have an error in your encryption settings. Setting IP Address information manually bypasses the initial encryption check. Your PS3 wireless will appear to be Activated, but it hasn't actually authenticated to the access point.
Manually set your IP Address, Subnet Mask, Gateway address & DNS Address(es) from the parameters the PS3 uses in the GameOS side.
If it still doesn't work, we'll need to go thru your airport settings one by one.
Cheers,
Paul