PS3 Online Connection Questions

[DanielPowell33]

A question about hooking up PSN.

-My computer and PS3 are kinda far apart.
Does the length of the ethernet cable affect the connection? (45-50 ft.)
Also, if i switched to a wireless modem, does the distance between the modem and the PS3 affect the connection?

Any help would be appreciated.

 

[Dudemeister]

The length of the cable shouldn't make any difference as long as it's not miles long.
Also, distance will affect the wireless connection a bit more but in my experience, you can have a good quality connection with only 10% signal strength so you should be fine.

 

[Zersy]

A question about hooking up PSN.

-My computer and PS3 are kinda far apart.
Does the length of the ethernet cable affect the connection?
Also, if i switched to a wireless modem, does the distance between the modem and the PS3 affect the connection?

Any help would be appreciated.

1. No it doesn't
2. Yes it does have a effect depending on the obstacles in the way and how far.

(These are pretty common sense questions)

 

[DanielPowell33]

1) No, I think distance has no effect on a ethernet cable.
2) I think there may be a slight drop off if there is a big distance between the modem and ps3, but mine isn't too bad.

Also, how far are we talking?

45-50 ft. cable should work.

 

[DanielPowell33]

1) No, I think distance has no effect on a ethernet cable.
2) I think there may be a slight drop off if there is a big distance between the modem and ps3, but mine isn't too bad.

Also, how far are we talking?

45-50 ft. cable should work.

Well then you are good for the cable. Also, is the computer 40-50ft away? Or does the cable just need to be that long

The cable just needs to be that long. And its not just a straight shot between them, theres rooms between them.

 

[Monocle Man]

The longer the transmission, the greater the loss of connectivity counts for pretty much everything.

As long as you don't plan to connect your ethernet cable from your modem at home to your neighbour's PS3 down the road that loss will be ignorable as far as I know.

For wireless, the loss will be greater as the distance increases and is affected by what stands between your modem and PS3. It would be wise to keep chicken wire fences away of the path (but do encase your house in it, that way your neighbours will get a horrible if any connection from your router so that spares you the trouble of protecting it with a password)

You should be perfectly able to get a decent connectivity from either means.
Do mind that both my PSP and PS3 have this strange thing going on with my router.
When upstairs (modem is downstairs), a few centimetres can mean the difference between a connection of 95% and 20%, I believe a cable would be best for a PS3 since you won't have to rely on your PS3's wireless receiver that way.
But my not too young house has massive walls filled with cables, I hear America has a thing for thin instant-destroyed-by-hurricane walls so that shouldn't be a problem even if you have a wireless internet.