How to Boost Download Speeds on your PS3 .. !!

[ahmadka]

Hi guys ... Well I decided to make this short tutorial on how I solved a problem I was experiencing for a long time: Despite having a 4 Mbps connection, the download speeds on my PS3 were extremely slow (like 40 ~ 50 kb/sec), and this was a big problem when I wanted to download big files ...

So the solution here is to use your PC as a proxy server, and then your PS3 would connect to the Internet via your PC ... And this way you get full download speeds and an awesome connectivity .. AND you can monitor exactly at what speed your PS3 is downloading via Netlimiter (Explained below) ...

Requirements:
1) You need a PC and a PS3
2) Both the PC and PS3 need to be on the same network


So here is how to do this:


1) First, you need to determine the local IP of your PC. This is the IP at which you're communicating with the modem/router, which is in turn connected with the PS3. This IP can be something like 192.168.x.x, or maybe 10.10.10.x, or something .. There are several ways of determining this .. Its something very basic which you can just search Google for .. (Just search for 'how to find out your LAN IP' or something) ..


2) Next, On your PC, download Privoxy:
Privoxy's website: Click here
Direct download link to the latest version at the time of writing this (v3.0.17, Win32): Click Here

3) Start the installation, and its recommended you check the 'Run automatically at startup' option during setup, so that you don't have to manually start Privoxy everytime you want to connect your PS3 to the Internet ..

4) Complete the installation, and then start Privoxy.

5) When the main window is open (looks like notepad), go to 'Options' --> 'Edit Main Configuration'.

6) Search in this document (In Notepad: 'Edit' --> 'Find' or press CTRL +F), search for the following text:

listen-address  127.0.0.1:8118

The text around this line should be like this (the line we were searching for is marked in red):

#      Suppose you are running Privoxy on an IPv6-capable machine and
#      you want it to listen on the IPv6 address of the loopback device:
#
#        listen-address [::1]:8118
#
listen-address  127.0.0.1:8118
#
#
#  4.2. toggle
#  ============
#
#  Specifies:
#
#      Initial state of "toggle" status

7) When you find this text, change the 127.0.0.1 to your IP .. So for example in my case, the LAN IP of my computer was 192.168.1.10, so I changed this line to the following (change is marked in red):

listen-address  192.168.1.10:8118

And after this change, the text in this portion of the file should be like this (change is marked in red):

#      Suppose you are running Privoxy on an IPv6-capable machine and
#      you want it to listen on the IPv6 address of the loopback device:
#
#        listen-address [::1]:8118
#
listen-address  192.168.1.10:8118
#
#
#  4.2. toggle
#  ============
#
#  Specifies:
#
#      Initial state of "toggle" status

8 ) Now save this file and close the editor.

9) Make sure this program (Privoxy) is unblocked by any firewalls on your computer !

10) Make sure your computer is connected to the Internet, and is ping-able.

11) Switch to your PS3 now ..

12) Go to 'Settings' >> 'Internet Connection Settings'.

13) Choose 'Custom' when asked, and go through all the entries as normal, until you arrive at the point where it asks you if you want to use a proxy to connect to the Internet. Select the 'Use Proxy Server' (I think this is what it's called), and go next ..

14) For the proxy server's IP address, enter the LAN IP of your computer (which in my case was 192.168.1.10).

15) For the port number, enter 8118.

16) Go through the rest of the settings and then save the settings.

17) Once saved, PS3 will ask you if you want to test the new settings. Do so, and your PS3 should be connectable to the Internet. If its not, there is some problem ..

18 ) You should be able to sign in, downloads stuff from PS Store at awesome speeds, and do everything else as normal as well !

19) Keep your PC on and make sure Privoxy is running whenever your tend to connect to the Internet on your PS3 ..

20) That's it ! All your downloads should be blazing fast now !


Further highly recommended steps (optional, but would really help if done!):

1) Set a static IP for your PC in your modem's/router's settings. This way the same IP is assigned to your PC everytime is connects to the network, and so you won't have to repeat the Privoxy settings again.

2) Install a software called 'Netlimiter' on your PC, which shows to how much data bandwidth each process running on your PC is eating. This is shown through realtime readings and graph plotting. You can use this to see exactly at what speed your PS3 is downloading at a given time, by monitoring the Prioxy process here !


That's it ... Any problems or comments can be mentioned here and I'll respond as soon as I can ..

[TrueCoolGuy]

Awesome Tut, its kinda like mine but different. Thanks for the effort will try this out soon

[Major Aly]

Awesome tutorial ahmadka !

Although I do get nearly 4MB speed without doing anything, but will try this method

For those wanting to setup a static IP but don't know how to do it, here's how:

1. Right click the 2 PCs icon (XP)/single PC/wireless signals bar (Vista/7) in the taskbar

2. After the pop-up appears, goto settings (XP)/goto Open Network and Sharing Center (Vista/XP)

For XP:

3. Goto properties>then select TCP/IP or IPv4 from the list and then again properties>a new window will open up

------------------------

4. In this new window, select Use The Following IP Address, and fill in all the details...

5. If you're unsure what to fill, just go to the command prompt and type ipconfig /all and press enter

6. Scroll up and find something similar like in the picture.



7. Now that you have all the details, fill them in, apply and you're good to go

For Vista/7:

3. After opening the Network and Sharing Center, click on the connection you are connected to right underneath homegroup on the right side. This will open up the adapter settings through which you are connected to the internet, may it be wireless or wired...


4. Next you will have the same window as stated above in the XP steps, so follow the steps above in XP from 3 and onwards.

5. Done

Enjoy static IP

Combine it with the tutorial above to get blazing fast speeds

EDIT: Tried and tested, works like a charm

[manigamer]

pretty good stuff there ahmed ! this should be usefullto those who whine about ptcl and ps3 connectivity

[ahmadka]

Thanks man ... Yeah this slow speed was really pissing me off ... Then I searched around and turned out its a very common problem with the PS3 .. :/

[Muaaz]

I have tried Privoxy and it does work but its still not as fast as downloading on PC. However I'll give your tutorial a try and report back.

[Ashhad]

it works!it really does!thanks now im downloading movies directly to my ps3 and getting awesome speed

[ahmadka]

I have tried Privoxy and it does work but its still not as fast as downloading on PC. However I'll give your tutorial a try and report back.

Have you tried Netlimiter to actually check the speeds in realtime ? ... Waisay yes even for me, sometimes its not the full speed, which should be like 450 kb/sec on my 4 Mbps, but its something like 375 ~ 400 kb/sec .... But hey, anything's better than 50 kb/sec

it works!it really does!thanks now im downloading movies directly to my ps3 and getting awesome speed

Glad to hear its working for people

[Ashhad]

Have you tried Netlimiter to actually check the speeds in realtime ? ... Waisay yes even for me, sometimes its not the full speed, which should be like 450 kb/sec on my 4 Mbps, but its something like 375 ~ 400 kb/sec .... But hey, anything's better than 50 kb/sec



Glad to hear its working for people

thanks again!now i dont have to copy movies on a usb then put em on my ps3!now i can download em directly!thank u soo much

[Muaaz]

Okay I haven't read the tutorial yet but people should know that you have to keep your PC on if you want to use this method. If your PC turns off/restarts or anything your PS3 connection will instantly die.