I have a new very fast internet, however I'm not sure if PS3 supports it (my laptop for example is only able to use 1/3 of the speed). How to check what speed PS3 can use?
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On your XMB, go to Settings and choose Network Settings. One of the options should be Test Connection Settings. Wait for the test to end completely, the bottom two lines should show your tested download and upload speeds
It's highly likely that every device on your network is capable of speeds that are faster than your internet connection. The real bottleneck is whatever server on the internet you're trying to talk to is capable of, and how much 'real' bandwidth you have available.
Most devices on your home network are capable of at least 100 Megabit per second (wired) or 54 Megabit per second (wireless, assuming 802.11g). Most broadband connections top out at a fraction of this; the fastest available in my area is 10 Megabit per second. (Other countries vary)
However, the speed of your network devices and internet connection are only part of what factors into overall speed. When you download something from the internet, you're sending tons of data back and forth to a remote server somewhere on the internet. That server may have other clients and limited bandwidth itself. Therefore, there's a strong possiblity that you won't be able to get a full 10 megabits per second. I tend to get pretty good download speeds from Steam, and major companies like Microsoft or Google.
Layered on top of this is the fact that often your internet service provider will advertise one speed and not give you that full speed all the time (or ever!)
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Note that 'megabits' are generally used to give network speeds, but you may be looking at 'megabytes' per seconds in your download rate. If you need to convert megabits per second to megabytes per second, divide by 8. Therefore, 10 megabit per second internet service would allow you to download (at maximum, under ideal conditions) 1.25 megabytes per second.
To summarize, there are three speeds you have to be concerned with when trying to determine how fast you can download something from the internet:
- How fast can my device send/receive data? Usually this is very fast, 54 or 100 mbit.
- How fast can I send/receive data to/from the internet? This is determined by how much you pay your ISP, and how honest they are about giving you what you paid for.
- How fast can the remote server send/receive data to/from me? This is determined by conditions on the internet, and can vary wildly depending on the time of day, the server in question, conditions on the internet, etc.
The slowest of these three determines the overall download speed.
The most real-world test for download speed on your PS3 would be to try to download something off of PSN. Any other test is likely to give you artificial results.
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This is for those who are not ready to give up on their PS3. The problem with PS3 is it has the 802.11b/g wifi card which is limited and slow. After doing network tests it only gave me at most 5mbps upload and download speed. It is good for netflix, but if you want to stream media from your DLNA server it is not fast enough for HD content. There are few options to speed up the network speed on the PS3. Connect it directly to the router with a ethernet wire, wire up the PS3 to a second wifi router that supports faster speeds, connect it using ethernet over coaxial or power lines. I didn't want to run any wires i chose to use a 802.1n router with DD-WRT to create a wireless adapter. This instructable will work with any router that has dd-wrt installed on it.
To be able to set this up you would need a router with DD-WRT installed, to have some networking knowledge and is comfortable logging in to the router and changing/trouble shooting its settings.
If you have a router which does not have DD-WRT installed then here is a great instructable on how to install it on WRT-54G router and it should work on most supported routers.
https://www.instructables.com/id/Old-Dog%2c-New-Tricks%3a-Mod-a-Linksys-WRT54G-series-R/?ALLSTEPS
Here is a list of DD-WRT supported devices
http://dd-wrt.com/wiki/index.php/Supported_Devices
Here is my device list, but this instuctable should work with any router with the dd-wrt firmware.
My main home router that is connected to the cable modem is
Asus rt-n66r with stock firmware
The router that I used for the wifi adapter is D-Link D600 with dd-wrt
I also used TP-Link TL-WR702N which worked but gave me lower speed then the DLINK
1xEthernet cable
Computer to setup the router as an adapter before connecting it to the PS3
You will need 5 Unique IP address that are not in the DHCP range and are not used by any other machine on the network.