The current situation with the Internet is such that almost all residents of our country have access to the network. Of course, when you buy some kind of modern gadget, you immediately want to use all its features, which appear only after connecting to the Internet.
Modern consoles for video games are by no means an exception. In a word, to learn how to connect the PS3 to the Internet, it will be interesting to each of its owners.
Simplest case
The easiest way is when an Ethernet cable from your ISP just enters your apartment. If the company does not bind the equipment by MAC address, then you can simply attach the console to the network. Everything should be immediately determined and earned.
But! If your provider has a bad habit of doing such a binding, you will have to look for other ways. If you are thinking about how to connect your PS3 to the Internet, you should know that you cannot change the MAC address on it.
Router
Everyone who uses the Internet from the notorious Rostelecom will immediately receive a router after completing an agreement to connect to the Internet. And other city providers often use similar equipment.
In all modern models, there are several ports at once, in one of which you can connect the console itself without any problems. Since connecting your PS3 to the Internet in this way can be difficult, do not be too lazy to carefully read the instructions for the router: most often, manufacturers describe the connection procedure in detail.
If the router has only one port, then everything becomes easier. Prescribe in the prefix settings the information that you received from the provider, after which you can safely go online. Of course, in this case you will have to constantly juggle cables, flipping the switch from the computer to the PS3.
Wifi
In most cases, this method is also as simple as possible. You just need to enter into the settings of your device all the necessary identification data, after which the connection will be established. Since connecting the PS3 to the Internet with this method is quite simple, it can be recommended even to beginners.
Virtual access point
There is another way, again related to wireless connections. Suppose you don’t have a router, but the cable from your ISP comes into the apartment, and you have a laptop with a Wi-Fi adapter of more or less the latest generation. What do we have to do? To begin with, we note that in order to perform the operation described below, you will need Windows OS not lower than Vista version. In this case, you can launch a virtual access point through which any PS3, of which we are considering the Internet connection, will go online.
To do this, run the command line in administrator mode. Enter the line "CMD" in the "Search" field in the "Start" panel. On the file with the same name, right-click and select "Run as administrator" in the context menu.
In the command prompt that opens, enter the following line: "netsh wlan set hostednetwork mode = allow ssid =" UUU "key =" "keyUsage = persistent", where instead of "" you need to enter the password you need and replace "UUU" with that is the name of the network. After that, do not close the input line, but insert the following parameter into it: "netsh wlan start hostednetwork". The last command starts the access point.
All! Through it, your device will again be able to access the network. As you can see, connecting your PS3 to the Internet more often than not is not that difficult.