Can the PS3 use a WPA2 wireless conection for the internet?

joehesse1954

is the PS3 compatible with WPA2? ordered a new router a safecom one looks like a belkin but better than a belkin , that supports WPA2 , and my last router only supported WEP/WPA

i want WPA2 because its the most secure connection especially for online gaming and downloading files never want to go back to WEP/WPA because someone hacked the passkey so thats why i ordered a good one , who has this WPA2 setting one their PS3? and who has got it running and it works fine?

custardy

looking on google it seems iit does though some have issues
i run wired so cant help

Wickedkitten

joehesse1954 wrote: »

is the PS3 compatible with WPA2? ordered a new router a safecom one looks like a belkin but better than a belkin , that supports WPA2 , and my last router only supported WEP/WPA

i want WPA2 because its the most secure connection especially for online gaming and downloading files never want to go back to WEP/WPA because someone hacked the passkey so thats why i ordered a good one , who has this WPA2 setting one their PS3? and who has got it running and it works fine?

Aye it works fine.

Taffybiker

According to this ebay guide, the PS3 is compatible with WPA2

joehesse1954

ok thanks , i know it uses wpa2 but i dont know whether it uses wpa2-psk or tkip ?
if i set my router settings to WPA2-PSK will it connect also i heard on the ps3 it shows in brakets by the security setting (AES) , (Only on WPA2-PSK , it would look something like this WPA2-PSK(AES)

exup

glad you got it working - although WEP is different to WPA - at the time WEP can be hacked but WPA cant. Although there are some sources saying that WPA has been hacked it is very doubtful whether they are true. Usually its a case of finding out the WPA key by other means (default settings on router that havent been changed - or leaked password etc.)

piggeh

make sure you update your firmware on the PS3, some of the wireless modes did not work for me when I first set mine up. It was only when doing a software upgrade that they worked.