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Connecting a PS3 to the Livebox

October 14th, 2008 · 23 Comments

ps4Hey guys, due to some questions on the forum, I thought I’d get some information together on connecting your Playstation 3 to your Orange Livebox. Here are the steps:

Remember, if your PS3 is already working with the Livebox, don’t fix what isn’t broken, and ignore this post!

  1. Go to http://configuration.adsl and log in. See my post on default login details if you are unsure what your login is.
  2. Navigate to Configuration -> Advanced -> Wireless on the left navigation area
  3. If you live in a well-populated area, write down the name of your livebox, which could be something like “Livebox-B1F1″.
  4. Change the security level to “WEP Security Only” if it not already, by selecting the radio button on the left hand side of the text.
  5. Change “Maximum Pairing Time” to “–”, which means unlimited. Make sure “Wi-Fi Easypairing” is on.
  6. Click submit to confirm the changes.
  7. Now go to Security -> Wireless Connection
  8. Take a note of your WEP Key (this helps keep intruders out of your network, so don’t be tempted to change it to something simple for ease!)
  9. Go to your PS3 and bring up the Cross Media Bar (called the XMB), then go to Settings -> Network Settings -> Internet Connection Settings.
  10. Answer “Yes” when you are warned that you may be disconnected.
  11. Select the wireless option, then select “scan”.
  12. If you are in a built-up area, a long list of everyone’s wireless routers should appear. I would advise that you choose yours so that you don’t get your neighbours complaining about losing their connection! It will be the name of the Livebox (see step 3!)
  13. Check the box next to your Livebox name
  14. According to several sources, your signal strength should be at least 30% for a good connection without lag or drops. If it’s lower than this, consider moving your Playstation closer to the Livebox, if you can!
  15. In the “WLAN Security” section, select “WEP”
  16. Type in the WEP key that you got from step 8
  17. Select “Continue”, then select “Easy”.
  18. Now you need to configure your Livebox Firewall to allow games to be played. First, on your PS3, go to Settings -> Network Settings -> Network Connections -> Status List. Look for the IP Address of the PS3, which should begin with 192.168 (unless you have specified something different on the Livebox). Note it down, we’ll need it in a second.
  19. Go to http://configuration.adsl, log in, then go to Configuration -> Advanced -> Router and click the “Add” button.
  20. Select the “Manual Service” radio box, and in the box to the right, type something meaningful, like Playstation or PS3.
  21. Next to the word “Protocol” there is a dropdown box, select UDP, not TCP.
  22. In the “external” and “internal” port boxes, type 4658.
  23. Next to “Server IP Address”, type the IP Address that the PS3 gave you in Step 18.
  24. Hit submit

And you’re done :)

Tags: Tutorials · Useful Information

23 responses so far ↓

  • 1 kevin // Nov 5, 2008 at 2:43 pm

    cant find ps3 ip address? doing my head in as ps3 was fine til phone line went off .

  • 2 kevin // Nov 7, 2008 at 1:45 pm

    after trying this my 2 laptops would not connect? wat did i do wrong ??

  • 3 Fiona // Nov 30, 2008 at 12:42 am

    Thanks so much, that guide was brilliant and simple. I’d tried many other tedious methods with lots of manual inputting a couple of months ago to no avail, and now, after following your guide, it works perfectly (i’d kept getting DNS errors before).

  • 4 Joe // Dec 16, 2008 at 8:20 pm

    Will this method/ is this method likely to work for the Wii too?

  • 5 Tom Hallam // Dec 16, 2008 at 8:29 pm

    By all means give it a go, if it did work – please let me know! :)

    Tom

  • 6 TNT // Dec 18, 2008 at 10:24 pm

    Thanks alot!it worked for me.

  • 7 Jane Jones // Jan 12, 2009 at 10:03 pm

    Hi Tom,
    I have tried everything above and still cannot get a wireless connection. I have even tried wired and I get a DNS error up

    Please help before I throw the damn thing through the window
    Thanks
    J

  • 8 Chris // Jan 15, 2009 at 9:51 pm

    How do i find my PS3’s IP address? its says automatic to me?
    Cheers

  • 9 GB // Jan 29, 2009 at 11:11 am

    Hi,

    It’s easier than the instructions given above. Prior to going through all the PS3 set up steps, you have to ensure that the button marked number 1 (at the side of the Orange Livebox) is pressed and held down for a few seconds. This will start the light at the top flashing quickly.

    After doing this, go through the set up, scan for the livebox, enter your key (very long string of numbers and letter) using the WAP-WPK or what ever it is method.

    Confirm the use of all automatic settings and then test the connection. It will go through and hopefully, everything will go through.

    I did this last night after weeks of messing around trying to get this to work, and this DID!

    There is no need for an IP address or DNS numbers, as these will be found/issued automatically.

    Good luck.

  • 10 Sid Vicious // Feb 2, 2009 at 12:59 pm

    Cheeerrs for the guide mate! worked a charm. To kevin, mate what you might wanna do is connect your laptops to your livebox via the yellow wire or the red one on the side of the livebox, and they should configure themselves. Easy, and Chris what you have to do is to actually allow your PS3 to connect to your livebox. Ater you’ve followed the above steps, (after entering your wep key etc) once everythings done hit the 1 button on the back of your livebox to enable pairing mode. Then on your ps3 go to test connection and then it should obtain your IP address. Good luck mate.

  • 11 joe // Feb 9, 2009 at 7:05 pm

    i keep on trying what you said and it aint working. do i need to press a button on my livebox? and it keeps on saying the connection point timed out and i have set the fing as unlimitid time on my livebox do i need to set somthing on my ps3 ?

  • 12 Craig // Feb 19, 2009 at 7:41 pm

    at first the instructions got me connected.

    the next time i tried to use it, it couldn’t find the I.P. address…any ideas?

  • 13 Jenny // Mar 7, 2009 at 7:23 pm

    Please help can’t find my livebox password and user name to download stuff onto my ipod touch.

    Jenny

  • 14 mike // Mar 10, 2009 at 6:32 pm

    hey
    are u gonna help us out with the xbox 360.
    i keep gettin a mod nat, ive followed steps mentioned here:
    http://www.xboxlivetheguide.co.uk/News/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=2580&highlight=livebox

    but its not helped, any 1 can help me cos i need to get some fifa going!

    cheers

  • 15 Ewan // Mar 31, 2009 at 1:50 am

    Thankyou very very much! So close to throwing it out the window!

  • 16 andy tyson // Apr 8, 2009 at 9:28 pm

    hi there i followed ur guide step by step but hen i get to step 17 after entering the wep key select continue then easy i dont have that option it jus gives me the option to enter the ip address wich i cant get my ps3 to give me. any ideas?

  • 17 rica // Jul 20, 2009 at 9:34 am

    Hi. Is there anyone know how to connect Ipod touch to livebox 1.1?

  • 18 Ben // Aug 20, 2009 at 2:58 pm

    Hello , Im trying strengthen my internet connection to my ps3 like the playstation helpline advised i have the port numbers here , can some one please give me a simple step by step tutorial on how to portfoward your ps3 to your orange livebox but as a wired connection as i use a ethanet cable thank you very much!! would really appreicate it ALOT!

  • 19 Steve // Nov 21, 2009 at 9:15 pm

    got to point 17 after entering my wep security key it comes up characters not valid says something about hexadecimal use 10 or 26 charachters or asc11 use 5 or 13 characters???

  • 20 Christian // Nov 23, 2009 at 4:16 pm

    Don’t need to open any ports for Playstation 3. You just need to assign a fixed IP Address to it (you do it on the ps3 – XMB) and then at the router configuration set the ps3 (ip address) into DMZ zone (outside firewall). Ps3 is linux and can not be hacked throw the internet

  • 21 dariusbogdan // Dec 27, 2009 at 12:00 pm

    how do i connect my iPhone 3GS to livebox ?

  • 22 james // Jan 3, 2010 at 2:30 pm

    please help me!
    i have done what you said and it worked for the ps3 but now the three laptops and the computer wont work. what shall i do?.. please get back to me.

  • 23 adam d.c // Jan 23, 2010 at 7:44 pm

    this does not work its doin me head in it keeps telling me a dns erro please will some one help meeee !!!!! please :)

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