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Alan T · 04-26-2010, 09:21 AM

I don't own a PS3, so am only speaking from hypothetical situations here...

It really isn't that difficult to produce hardware ethernet adapters or write drivers for them, so I'm guessing Sony didn't run into problems there. What does happen fairly often however might be issues where it is detecting the port settings incorrectly. A very common reason for slow downloads to the point of being unusable can simply be the adapter not negotiating the Speed/Duplex settings for your network correctly. It could also be a case where for some people it works fine and others it does not simply because you use a different type of switch/hub. Other factors may complicate it, if you use a gigabit network and it does not, or vice versa as well.

Once again, this is just a guess so could be entirely wrong. In the network configuration screen, does it have any ability to define the settings for the network adapter? (to set it as auto-detect, or 100/full-duplex for instance) If it does, you could try to force it to match your network (ie if you are using a standard fast ethernet dumb-switch, set it to 100/full-duplex).

04-26-2010, 09:21 AM	#8
Alan T Hall Of Famer Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Mass.	I don't own a PS3, so am only speaking from hypothetical situations here... It really isn't that difficult to produce hardware ethernet adapters or write drivers for them, so I'm guessing Sony didn't run into problems there. What does happen fairly often however might be issues where it is detecting the port settings incorrectly. A very common reason for slow downloads to the point of being unusable can simply be the adapter not negotiating the Speed/Duplex settings for your network correctly. It could also be a case where for some people it works fine and others it does not simply because you use a different type of switch/hub. Other factors may complicate it, if you use a gigabit network and it does not, or vice versa as well. Once again, this is just a guess so could be entirely wrong. In the network configuration screen, does it have any ability to define the settings for the network adapter? (to set it as auto-detect, or 100/full-duplex for instance) If it does, you could try to force it to match your network (ie if you are using a standard fast ethernet dumb-switch, set it to 100/full-duplex). __________________ Couch to ??k - From the couch to a Marathon in roughly 18 months.