Okay, first thing first; make sure you have your PSP and router turned on. On the router; make sure the lights are all blinking/on and you can confirm an internet connection with a computer which is connected to the internet through the router. Second; make sure your router is a "wireless router", you can normally tell this if there is an antenna or not, and if there is a wireless light on the front of the router.
After you have done this, it's time to make a connection with your PSP.
Turn on your PSP and navigate to "Settings", scroll down to "Network Settings" and hit cross.
-Select "Infrastructure Mode" and push cross.
-Select "[New Connection]" and push cross.
-Select "Scan" and push right.
-Select your AP (Access Point) and push cross.
-Enter SSID if blank and push right
-Select the security setting being used on the access point and push right.
-If using security, enter in your key.
-Select "Easy" for Address Settings and push right.
-Name your connection, example- "Home", then push right.
-Push right again after viewing the setting list, and push cross to save the settings.
-Push cross to Test Connection.
-Scroll down to "Internet Connection"
If it says Succeeded then congratulations, you have succsefully made a connection.
If you weren't able to get this far or is said Failed, then continue to the advanced setup guide.
There are one of two reasons why you are reading the advanced setup guide, either; 1. You were unseccseful with the quick setup guide, or 2. you need to open ports or find your key for the security. First thing first, confirm you have an internet connection, and you have a wireless router, and the wireless lights and internet lights are on and blinking/on.
Let's login to the router so we can setup the router and fix any settings which are keeping your from connecting. To do this, we need the default gateway (or router IP).
-Click Start, Run, type "cmd" (without quotes) and hit enter.
-Type "ipconfig" (without quotes) and hit enter.
You should get something very similar to this...See the "Default Gatway.......192.168.X.X"? Type those number into your address bar (i.e. 192.168.1.1) and hit enter.
You might be prompted with a dialog box asking for a username and password, enter this information if you know it, if you don't; then read below.
Default Username and Password Combinations: (Without quotes)
- Netgear: Username-"admin" Password-"password"
- Linksys: Username-"admin" Password-"admin"
- Belkin: Username-"admin" Password-leave blank
- D-Link: Username-"admin" Password-leave blank
If none of these work then read through your router's owner manual, or ask the person who setup the router. One thing that can be done is reseting the router, push and hold the pin size hole on the back of the router for thirty seconds, doing so will reset the router to factory defaults, including the password.
Now that we are logged into the router, it's time to play with the settings.
Wireless Settings
First thing is to make sure the router is in mixed mode. The PSP uses the protocol 802.11B, most G routers are set to G-Only, which makes it faster, but doesn't allow B-Only signals to connect. But we also want to do this so all devices can connect, therefor we will set the mode to mixed mode, or g/b mode.
-To do this; navigate to the Wireless Settings, and set the mode to "mixed" or g/b.
-Note: The SSID should be displayed around here, if you don't know it/the SSID is hidden from broadcasting, it would be a good idea to make a note of the SSID.
Wireless Security: WEP, WPA and MAC Filtering
Some of you may be reading this because you need to find the key, or you want to setup security, or you need to add your PSP to the list of allowed devices in MAC Filtering. Either way, you will be able to find all the information below.
Setting up Security/Acquiring the key
Let me get one thing clear, the PSP (as of fw3.90) only supports WEP, WPA-PSK, TKIP & AES, the PSP does not support WPA2, and shared keys will not. work. Navigate to the Wireless Security, Security or Advanced tabs.
On these pages, you will find the options to set/change the security mode, the settings for the key being used, and the settings of the authentication.
MAC Filtering
If you need to add your PSP to the list of allowed devices in MAC Filtering then read below.
Navigate to the MAC Filtering tab (located under Wireless sometimes).
There should be a block and allowed list. You want to add the PSP to the allowed list.
When adding the PSP into the allowed list, you need the PSPs MAC Address. The PSPs MAC Address can be found on your PSP by going to "Settings", scroll down to "System Settings", push cross, and scroll down to "System Information" and push cross, here the PSP will display the its MAC Address, nickname, and firmware version.
Port Opening
Most of the times, if you want to play a certian game online or even to use the microphone, you need to open ports in the router. One of the limitations with this is that you can't open the same ports for two devices, the best way to overcome this by opening ports for one device, and putting the other in the DMZ (if your router has this feature). Another thing you can do is play with the routers firewall setting. Bringing it down will open more ports/let more through, and putting it higher will close more ports.
Port opening (and DMZ) require static a IP with the device being used. We need to enter a static IP for the PSP, I will be using 192.168.1.45 as an example.
Turn on your PSP and navigate to "Settings", scroll down to "Network Settings" and hit cross.
-Select "Infrastructure Mode" and push cross.
-Select "[New Connection]" and push cross.
-Select "Scan" and push right.
-Select your AP (Access Point) and push cross.
-Enter SSID if blank and push right
-Select the security setting being used on the access point and push right.
-If using security, enter in your key.
-Select "Custom" for Address Settings and push right.
- IP Address: 192.168.1.45
- Subnet Mask: 255.255.255.0
- Default Router: Router IP (Default Gatway)
- Primary DNS:
- Secondary DNS:
You can find the DNS numbers off of your routers home or administration page, or by using the ones found when entering the "ipconfig" command.
-Name your connection, example- "Home", then push right.
-Push right again after viewing the setting list, and push cross to save the settings.
-Push cross to Test Connection.
-Scroll down to "Internet Connection"
If it says Succeeded then congratulations, you have succsefully made a connection.
Now that your PSP has a static IP, it's time to open ports.
On your router, navigate to the port forwarding page, found sometimes in the applications/gaming and advanced tabs.
Enter in the application name (can be anything), and enter the starting and ending port numbers, the PSPs IP address and enable it.
When your done, try getting online with your PSP and make sure it works, if it doesn't then go back and review or post.
DMZ
What this does is; it puts the device in front of the firewall, so the need to port forward is none, but you still need a static IP, and only one device can be used with the DMZ.
Double check the settings on the PSP and router.
Read through the guide(s) again to make sure you covered everything.
If you lost internet connection, but had it before, power cycling the router/reseting it will usually get you back up and running again.
If you're still experiencing problems, then fell free to post and let anyone who is able to help.
Unofficial PSP Networking Guide
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