Wireless connection keeps dropping out?

Ps3 wireless network keeps dropping connection?

• pretty normal linksys setup. my ps3 is given dmz, has the proper ports forwarded. after reading other peoples' problems, i disabled ssid broadcast on my router. i also have a static ip for my ps3. when i have the ps3 in the same room as the router, i have ZERO problems whatsoever. but i want it in the basemenet, where i have a wre54g (linksys range expander) set up. down there i still get good signal strength but my connection drops every 10 seconds or so, except ONE time when it worked for an hour or so. any idea what could be causing this? i know my wre54g is set up correctly because my laptop gets a good signal in the basement. last but not least - when the ps3 is in the basement and i ping it from the router, it will keep sending ping replies... but then when it is done and i ping it AGAIN, it will time out three or four times before beginning to send back replies again. ideas?

• Answer:

  Your laptop is probably on a different frequency and also has a better wireless configuration than your ps3, thats why it "stays connected"...you could try changing the ip address of the ps3 or set it to assign automatically as that could also cause a problem with other wireless connections trying to use the same ip as a connection......also check your router config to make sure it doesn't reset the ips....thhis is labeled differently in each configuration but it ususally is laberled something like "keep alive" set it so that it doesn't change......turning off the ssid just makes it so that whnever someone in the area scans for available networks, yours isn't listed as a named connection.