I was given to day a PCI wireless card. Installed it all easily and the card itself seems to be working fine. What I want to do however, is to basically use my PC as a wireless hub - allowing me to use wireless devices on my internet connection, which is wired from my computer to my (wired) router. However, to complicate thigns, the only wireless device i have for now is my PSP. And it doesn't want to find any ad-hoc networks i set up on my computer. it just tells me it can't find the access point. So i must be doing something wrong somewhere along the lines. Anyone tried something similar with more success than me?
When you get a chance, try using another wireless device and see what happens. If another device works, try resetting the PSP's settings to default. I had the same problem with my PSP, and I reset the default settings; magically it was recognized.
the psp doesnt like some network cards. Its known to be a huge bitch. Mind you so has windows xp. I tried sharing a connection and it took hours to get things working right.
Get an ASUS PCI card. They have the option to be used as a virtual AP. You say you have a router? I'm wondering if the terminology is wrong here.... Router - a device that shares an Internet connection Hub/switch - a device that shares a network connection Most routers are in fact Switch/Routers. They have a router AND a switch. Do you use ICS on your PC and connect on other machines through a switch? Or do you have a router? If so, the router should have your internet connection coming in.. or you have the wrong kind of router! The router method is the best way. Of course, if you already have a router, you could get an access point.. no need for a PCI card, it just turns your router into a wireless network too.
Cheers for the help guys It's a routewr/switch, yes, but not a wireless one. I'm trying to be a cheapskate here - I don't want to buy a new wireless router, or an access point, but i though since I got this WLAN card for free that I may as well give it a go. Seems like it may be that the PSP is being picky though, because its simply not finding any wireless networks when it scans for them, despite being 3 foot from my PC and wireless card!
DO you know if the wireless card even works? If I got anything for free, it would probably be broken! Factor in you haven't had it working with any other devices too (due to lack of) I wouldn't immediately jump to conclusions it was the PSP's fault.
A friend of mine tried this at work with a PCI wifi card and was not able to conect to his PC. We finally configured the WiFi router for our department for the PSP, so he gave up on trying to figure out the PCI card AP setup. Is the card running the newest drivers? Is it picking up an local APs? What brand card? What chipset is the card using (Prism, Atheros, Orinoco etc.)? Here is a list of WiFi cards and their respective chipsets: http://www.linux-wlan.org/docs/wlan_adapters.html.gz If your card is not on that list, you can use Netstumbler to find out what chipset your card is using. http://www.netstumbler.com/downloads/ ^_^_^
I think the wireless card works - it was pulled out of a working pc. It's not finding any other AP's, but then again, I don't think i know anyone else nearby with an AP - the PSP can't find any (even sat outside) and neither can my wireless card. its a belkin f5d 7000 witha broadcom chipset.
fwiw I ended up buying Netgear MIMO wireless router... I do have Netgear router but after failing to link Access Point that I burrowed from mate of mine I just bit the bullet and get the wireless router and besides it's been few years since I bought the router anyway and it's about time to upgrade me think...
I'd do the same but it simply doesn't seem worth it til i get a few more wireless devices. Plus my current router is pretty recent too (Netgear DG834)
Does PSP even support ad-hoc? I've seen cards that LOOK ok. They even see an AP, but say no signal and won't connect. Put a laptop next to it... 70% signal!
PSP definitely supports an Ad Hoc setup, but connecting to an AP using a wirless PCI card is tricky. The main use of the Ad Hoc mode is to connect to other PSPs for WiFi gaming. I would do a search on the card you have, when using it as an AP for a PSP. You see the card in 'Device Manager' correct? Does the cards LEDs show any activity? ^_^_^
its in device manager, yup, and the little wee icon in the taskbar shows its connected to the ad-hoc network I made up for the PSP to connect to. The orange LED is on on the back, but not the Green one
Hmm, ok the card is being recognised, so that is good. The orange LED is probably the link light. Also make sure the card is setup to accept B signals. How old is this card? Try resetting the PSP back to default and connecting with a fresh start. It was mentioned earlier, but do you have access to any other WiFi devices? It would help greatly if you had some other device to test the connection out and make sure you can connect. ^_^_^
Last night I borrowed my mums work laptop - That found the network I set up fine - Didn't connect because it has some fancy network settings for her work network which I didn't want to bugger up. EDIT: Told the card to revert to 802.11b, but it still won't be found by the PSP
on notebook just search for the network and when you see the SSID you assigned for your you can add an enter the passord string to get connected... now for PSP have no idea as I don't have one...
Any luck with this? I can't think of anything else you could try. It is prob just the PSP being fickle with that WiFi card. Try doing a search for people using that WiFi card as an AP for their PSP? ^_^_^
Nope, Nothing yet. I'll just buy an Asus card if decide to try again, since they can do this virtual AP mode. Anyway, the card was free, so I haven't lost anything!
Doesnt the PSP only support ad-hoc on PSP to PSP connections. See here for details on using your Wireless card for forwarding that information - http://www.psp-hacks.com/forums/about90.html But I would recommend just buying the linksys router for PSP over the internet (thats what I do, works great!). For just browsing the net, you'll need to be trying it in infastructure mode.
