So we upgraded our router to a new Netgear Wireless-N set up. We set it up with a WPA encryption. All of our computers can connect just fine, but the PS3 can't connect at all. This also includes all of our mobile devices such as an iPod Touch, and Blackberrys.

Any reason for this? I'm wondering if the PS3 can't support N networks or something.

Help would be appreciated as I can't login to my PSN.

Thanks guys.

 

PS3 does not support N. You have to set your router to G/N mixed mode.

 

Ah ok, I'll take a look and see what I can do. Thanks man.

 

I have a Netgear wireless-N router also, and all I had to do for the ps3 to use it was set up the internet connection again, that's it, and it works fine. To my knowledge my router is only running as a N router

 

its most likely running in mixed mode by default.

 

Gigatron_2005 is correct: the PS3 isn't built for wireless N. You may be able to buy an adapter for it or use another router as an adapter if you want it to connect to a strictly wireless N network.

Keep in mind that if you're using a mixed network, the overall throughput of the router will be reduced to the slowest active connection. If you're using a client with wireless G capabilities on a mixed network, the advantages to having a wireless N network will be negated. Of course, the difference may not even be noticeable unless you're transferring large files frequently within the network, so it really isn't a big deal. You can always get around this by having two separate networks, one G and one N, that interact when necessary and otherwise maintain wireless N's stated performance.