Ipad stopped ps3 and laptop connection

Peter Maden · Sep 6, 2013

I was playing away on my PS3, my laptop was on the Grand Turismo forum giving me car set ups to help me beat the online PS3 track when the stepson came down stairs and got the password off the Wifi router to connect his Ipad.
I thought nothing of it until, shock horror, half way into my best lap the PS3 screen told me...error... disconnected from GT5, that meant that even if I did get gold it would not register.
Even more, when I looked at laptop screen that had errors too, cannot find server etc. Both had disconnected.
The modem though was happily downloading Ipad data, its little lights flickering away!
Anybody got a clue wots going on?
After a couple of hours of the Ipad downloading (he went out not long after !)
both machines connected again.

RealBeast · Sep 6, 2013

Are your connections PS3/laptop wired or wireless? What kind of Internet connection, a standard 3Mbps cable/DSL or a nice fat pipe?

If he was using a lot of bandwidth, like streaming video, that could have been a problem. Did you check your router to insure that there was not an IP address conflict? Perhaps your DHCP range is not large enough?

Most likely though it was some high bandwidth or connection heavy application. I've seen this issue with gaming, video streaming, and torrents -- all fairly demanding of bandwidth.

If your router supports QoS, use it and prioritize your connections/programs.

Peter Maden · Sep 6, 2013

RealBeast :

Are your connections PS3/laptop wired or wireless? What kind of Internet connection, a standard 3Mbps cable/DSL or a nice fat pipe?

If he was using a lot of bandwidth, like streaming video, that could have been a problem. Did you check your router to insure that there was not an IP address conflict? Perhaps your DHCP range is not large enough?

Most likely though it was some high bandwidth or connection heavy application. I've seen this issue with gaming, video streaming, and torrents -- all fairly demanding of bandwidth.

If your router supports QoS, use it and prioritize your connections/programs.

Peter Maden · Sep 6, 2013

Hi Realbeast, yes all Wireless, through standard set up. Had a feeling it may have been bandwith. My son set my IP address on the laptop at a more priority level but I was surprised when the Ipad just jumped in there and took everything although the PS3 and Laptop where probably idling at the time.
Not sure what QoS is, the router is a standard Sky modem so I may not have it.
Was reading on these forums about DHCP range, I can't get to grips about what they where on about, they say about fifty channels, I guess this is for IP Addresses that,are given to each device but that means that all three devices where using the same one in this instance ???

RealBeast · Sep 6, 2013

Using wireless you are especially prone to such issues. When setting up networks, I try to keep all the high bandwidth uses on wired connections if possible.

For a DHCP range, if you have more than the number of connected devices by just a few you are safe, most wireless routers can only handle 10-15 connections anyway just because of the limitations of wireless. Each device requires a separate IP address, conflicts only occur if there are more devices than available addresses. Since you are all wireless, I am highly confident that IP conflicts are not the issue -- it is wireless bandwidth.

I doubt that the Sky modem has much in the way of QoS, although that simply prioritizes uses, it does not really fix the underlying issue of insufficient wireless bandwidth.

When nothing else is on the wireless, if you go to www.speedtest.net what kind of speeds down and up do you get?

Peter Maden · Sep 6, 2013

RealBeast :

Using wireless you are especially prone to such issues. When setting up networks, I try to keep all the high bandwidth uses on wired connections if possible.

For a DHCP range, if you have more than the number of connected devices by just a few you are safe, most wireless routers can only handle 10-15 connections anyway just because of the limitations of wireless. Each device requires a separate IP address, conflicts only occur if there are more devices than available addresses. Since you are all wireless, I am highly confident that IP conflicts are not the issue -- it is wireless bandwidth.

A doubt that the Sky modem has much in the way of QoS, although that simply prioritizes uses, it does not really fix the underlying issue of insufficient wireless bandwidth.

When nothing else is on the wireless, if you go to www.speedtest.net what kind of speeds down and up do you get?

Peter Maden · Sep 6, 2013

Getting Download at 3.85mbps and upload at 0.65mbps. Thats with this laptop and my missus on hers at mo.

RealBeast · Sep 6, 2013

That is enough bandwidth that your real issue is the wireless -- if you can go with Ethernet cables to your PS3/computer it will help this problem.

Peter Maden · Sep 6, 2013

RealBeast :

Peter Maden · Sep 6, 2013

Thanks for your feedback ............ much appreciated.
My first forum so I apologise for any mistakes. Very interesting though !
I used to be quite good with computers in the old days of Amiga, ST and 48K but can't keep up with all the wifi, 3g, 4g, smartphones etc.
Once again ...... many thanks ........... Pete

RealBeast · Sep 6, 2013

No problem, I built my first computer in the late 70's. It is sometimes hard to fathom my 60Mbps Internet when I think back to upgrading from a 150 baud to 300 baud modem

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