Playing online with PS3 is really fun. Me, am a FIFA online player who is quite addicted to play FIFA game (FIFA 10) and 2010 FIFA World Cup South Africa game on PlayStation 3 @ PlayStation Network.
Since I've moved my house and the new place doesn't have broadband cable yet, I got an USB WiMAX broadband internet, but the bad thing with this device is that PS3 doesn't recognize it ... well, it's not supposed to.
But in the other hand, PS3 has wireless connection, so does my MacBook Pro, and Apple Mac OS X Leopard allows you to share internet connection through its wireless networking, AirPort. It means you can share your internet connection with other devices such as other computers, handheld devices and video-game consoles like PlayStation 3 and Xbox360 which have wireless networking.
Here is the instruction of how to share your internet connection on Mac OS with a PS3 machine - I found this solution on the net:
- Connect your Mac to Internet.
- Open System Preferences (From Applications folder or your Dock), go to Sharing (Under Internet & Networking).
- Activate Internet Sharing, then select Airport.
- Open a Terminal (from Applications folder > Utilities folder).
- Type cp /etc/bootpd.plist /tmp/bootpd.plist in Terminal window.
- Go back to Sharing (System Preference) and then deactivate Internet Sharing (deselect).
- Open "bootpd.plist" file in a text editor. This file is located at /tmp/bootpd.plist. You can use TextEdit program (Can be found on Dock) to edit this file.
If you don't know how to go there, open a Finder, from the top menu bar on Desktop, click on "Go" and then select "Go to Folder ...", then type /tmp/
Then you can see the bootpd.plist file there. Right click on it and then Open With TextEdit.
- Then try to find this script which is located near the end of file:
<key>reply_threshold_seconds</key>
<integer>4</integer>
- Change the value 4 to 0 - So it should read: <integer>0</integer>
- Go to back to Terminal, type sudo cp /tmp/bootpd.plist /etc
- Start Internet Sharing from System Preferences.
- On PS3, go to Network Setting > Internet Connection Setting
- Select "Easy", then Wireless, then scan and find your connection.
Enjoy online gaming and surfing on PlayStation3 Network!
Internet Sharing with Mac OS and PlayStation 3 (PS3)
Friday, July 02, 2010
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hi shahryar khan:
it sounds pretty tempting, but i have a quick question,
would You explain what exactly you mean by opening a terminal,this part is not that easy for an amateur user like me to understand and I am stalked.
Cheers
Rouzbeh
Hi Rouzbeh,
Thanks for the comment.
Terminal is an application in Mac OS which allows you to have a command line interface. To open Terminal, you should run Terminal.app which is located at "Applications > Utilities" folder.
If you couldn't find it, use Spotlight to search it.
After you ran Terminal, you can type the the command line mentioned above.
Hope it helps ...
Cheers
Schahryar
dear Schahryar:
thanks a million,it is working for me now.
cheers
Rouzbeh
Hi Schahryar
Followed this word for word but PS3 timed out while trying to get an IP address. I did want to ask
1. The edited file, should this be saved? if yes, at what point?
2. Is it necessary to close Terminal before attempting to connect from PS3?
Thanks
Dini
Hi Schahryar,
Can you break these steps down even more for someone that has no idea what they are doing i would appreciate it
Hi Dini,
1. Yup, you should save the edited file as same file (overwrite) once you changed the variable. Do save it when you're done, your file might be protected, it this case unlock it before saving.
2. I don't thin it matters. But better to quit it.
I suggest you to restart both machines and try again.
Hope it works ...
Schah
Hi Brian,
Thanks for your comment. Sure thing, will try to simplify the steps and explain clearly.
Cheers
http://hints.macworld.com/article.php?story=20071223001432304
this worked on 10.4 for me.
great help!
do we just exit terminal once we finish with it ?
Yes. Just close or exit the terminal once you're done.
Do i have to download any other programs to connect my phone to ps3 for internet share
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