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Need help with connecting PS4/3 to internet

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  • 01-08-2016 4:01pm
    #1
    ThatOtherGuy
    Registered Users Posts: 13 ✭


    Hey guys, problem here.
    I've moved into a new residence and I have to rely on Wifi for internet access. There is no chance of me using an ethernet cable to connect directly to the modem.
    The problem is that both my PS3/PS4 cannot maintain a solid connection to wifi, but my laptop can. My laptop is running Linux Mint 18 Cinnamon x64. I have tried the following
    1) Connecting console and laptop to Netgear GS108 (unmanaged 8port gigabit switch) using CAT5E. This works for my desktop PC, my desktop gets Internet access just fine, but not my consoles.
    2) Connecting console to laptop directly with CAT5E and setting ethernet port of laptop to "Shared to other computers ".
    3) Connecting console to laptop with crossover ethernet cable.

    When I try to set up, console side, automatically, it fails at the "Obtain IP address" part. I could try going Manual, but I don't know what to put in there.
    I do have a couple left over modems from previous ISPs but I have no idea of how to configure them in their GUI.


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    #2
    ED E
    Registered Users Posts: 36,167 ✭✭✭✭ED E


    You need to run a DHCP server on the Mint laptop or manually setup IP addressing on the consoles. Its quite straightforward, just use ifconfig to check the laptops details and make it the DG for the consoles.


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    #3
    ThatOtherGuy
    Registered Users Posts: 13 ✭ThatOtherGuy


    ED E wrote: »
    You need to run a DHCP server on the Mint laptop or manually setup IP addressing on the consoles. Its quite straightforward, just use ifconfig to check the laptops details and make it the DG for the consoles.

    Okay, so I ran the ifconfig command in terminal and here's what I got

    enp2s0f0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr b8:88:e3:c6:86:24
    UP BROADCAST MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
    RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
    TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
    collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
    RX bytes:0 (0.0 B) TX bytes:0 (0.0 B)
    Interrupt:16

    lo Link encap:Local Loopback
    inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0
    inet6 addr: ::1/128 Scope:Host
    UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:65536 Metric:1
    RX packets:2337 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
    TX packets:2337 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
    collisions:0 txqueuelen:1
    RX bytes:350627 (350.6 KB) TX bytes:350627 (350.6 KB)

    wlp3s0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 84:4b:f5:b9:61:53
    inet addr:192.168.0.52 Bcast:192.168.0.255 Mask:255.255.255.0
    inet6 addr: 2a02:8084:69a2:2600:d0ee:4b24:3968:a9d/64 Scope:Global
    inet6 addr: 2a02:8084:69a2:2600:98b9:89ff:d7f2:18c8/64 Scope:Global
    inet6 addr: fe80::dbad:44a9:d544:9f12/64 Scope:Link
    UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
    RX packets:50561 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
    TX packets:23638 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
    collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
    RX bytes:30449349 (30.4 MB) TX bytes:5056089 (5.0 MB)


    enp2 is my ethernet cable, wlp3 is my wifi. On the console, what settings do I put in?


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    #4
    ThatOtherGuy
    Registered Users Posts: 13 ✭ThatOtherGuy


    ED E wrote: »
    You need to run a DHCP server on the Mint laptop or manually setup IP addressing on the consoles. Its quite straightforward, just use ifconfig to check the laptops details and make it the DG for the consoles.

    Okay, so I ran the ifconfig command in terminal and here's what I got

    enp2s0f0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr b8:88:e3:c6:86:24
    UP BROADCAST MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
    RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
    TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
    collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
    RX bytes:0 (0.0 B) TX bytes:0 (0.0 B)
    Interrupt:16

    lo Link encap:Local Loopback
    inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0
    inet6 addr: ::1/128 Scope:Host
    UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:65536 Metric:1
    RX packets:2337 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
    TX packets:2337 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
    collisions:0 txqueuelen:1
    RX bytes:350627 (350.6 KB) TX bytes:350627 (350.6 KB)

    wlp3s0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 84:4b:f5:b9:61:53
    inet addr:192.168.0.52 Bcast:192.168.0.255 Mask:255.255.255.0
    inet6 addr: 2a02:8084:69a2:2600:d0ee:4b24:3968:a9d/64 Scope:Global
    inet6 addr: 2a02:8084:69a2:2600:98b9:89ff:d7f2:18c8/64 Scope:Global
    inet6 addr: fe80::dbad:44a9:d544:9f12/64 Scope:Link
    UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
    RX packets:50561 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
    TX packets:23638 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
    collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
    RX bytes:30449349 (30.4 MB) TX bytes:5056089 (5.0 MB)


    enp2 is my ethernet cable, wlp3 is my wifi. On the console, what settings do I put in? Which cable do I use, regular ethernet or crossover?


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    #5
    ThatOtherGuy
    Registered Users Posts: 13 ✭ThatOtherGuy


    Uhh ooops, can a mod delete reply 3 please?


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