My computer can't ping PS3 but other computers can

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I got a playstation 3 about a week ago and I'm trying to get the media sharing to work with WMP 11. The problem I'm having is my computer cannot see the PS3, I can't ping it's network IP, but the other computers on my network can... I'm hardwired to my router and so are the others, I'm running vista x64 and the other computers are running x32, but I don't think that makes a difference.

I have two onboard LAN cards in my computer. One is a nvidia nforce that I use regularly, the second is a marvel yukon that has major problems if I have 4gb of ram installed.

Anyway, the marvel yukon works, it can ping my PS3 and share media. But since I like to use my computer's 4gb of ram, its not really an option, I have to get the nvidia nForce one working.

I don't know what I need to do to get the nvidia nforce one working. As far as internet, sharing files across other computers, it has zero problems with that. It can ping other computers but the PS3.

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  Gabe3 said:
I got a playstation 3 about a week ago and I'm trying to get the media sharing to work with WMP 11. The problem I'm having is my computer cannot see the PS3, I can't ping it's network IP, but the other computers on my network can... I'm hardwired to my router and so are the others, I'm running vista x64 and the other computers are running x32, but I don't think that makes a difference.

I have two onboard LAN cards in my computer. One is a nvidia nforce that I use regularly, the second is a marvel yukon that has major problems if I have 4gb of ram installed.

Anyway, the marvel yukon works, it can ping my PS3 and share media. But since I like to use my computer's 4gb of ram, its not really an option, I have to get the nvidia nForce one working.

I don't know what I need to do to get the nvidia nforce one working. As far as internet, sharing files across other computers, it has zero problems with that. It can ping other computers but the PS3.

do you have the marvell yukon NIC disabled in the BIOS or in Windows? have you installed a recent driver from nvidia.com?

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  k22 said:
do you have the marvell yukon NIC disabled in the BIOS or in Windows? have you installed a recent driver from nvidia.com?

I have yukon disabled in windows right now. I don't think theres a bios option for it. I'm not sure if or the time I installed a driver for the nforce network controller. I do have a roll back option.

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I have yukon disabled in windows right now. I don't think theres a bios option for it. I'm not sure if or the time I installed a driver for the nforce network controller. I do have a roll back option.

run the route print cmd on a machine that can ping the PS3 and route print on the machine that cannot. notice the differences or post the output here.

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C:\Users\Gabriel2>route print 192.168.1.102

===========================================================================

Interface List

8 ...00 11 d8 0e 98 2e ...... Realtek RTL8139/810x Family Fast Ethernet NIC

1 ........................... Software Loopback Interface 1

9 ...02 00 54 55 4e 01 ...... Teredo Tunneling Pseudo-Interface

10 ...00 00 00 00 00 00 00 e0 isatap.hsd1.fl.comcast.net.

===========================================================================

IPv4 Route Table

===========================================================================

Active Routes:

None

Persistent Routes:

None

IPv6 Route Table

===========================================================================

Active Routes:

None

Persistent Routes:

None

C:\Users\Gabriel>route print 192.168.1.102

===========================================================================

Interface List

9 ...00 00 00 00 00 00 ...... NVIDIA nForce Networking Controller

1 ........................... Software Loopback Interface 1

12 ...00 00 00 00 00 00 00 e0 isatap.hsd1.fl.comcast.net.

11 ...02 00 54 55 4e 01 ...... Teredo Tunneling Pseudo-Interface

===========================================================================

IPv4 Route Table

===========================================================================

Active Routes:

None

Persistent Routes:

None

IPv6 Route Table

===========================================================================

Active Routes:

None

Persistent Routes:

None

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not what I was looking for

first, tell me the IP of the PS3, the IP of the computer that cannot reach it, and the IP of the computer that can.

are they all on the same subnet? same network number and same mask? are you using DHCP on all 3 or have you configured a static address on any of them? can you ping other devices on the local network from the computer that cannot ping the PS3?

as far as the route print cmd goes, i don't know if that will really help assuming you are using DHCP to assign addresses to all of them. if you aren't sure about the setup, then do the following:

on the computer that can ping the PS3 and the one that cannot

start, run, cmd, route print [Enter] (do not specify an IP after the route print cmd)

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not what I was looking for

first, tell me the IP of the PS3, the IP of the computer that cannot reach it, and the IP of the computer that can.

are they all on the same subnet? same network number and same mask? are you using DHCP on all 3 or have you configured a static address on any of them? can you ping other devices on the local network from the computer that cannot ping the PS3?

as far as the route print cmd goes, i don't know if that will really help assuming you are using DHCP to assign addresses to all of them. if you aren't sure about the setup, then do the following:

on the computer that can ping the PS3 and the one that cannot

start, run, cmd, route print [Enter] (do not specify an IP after the route print cmd)

Thanks for helping. Here you go.

PS3 IP: 192.168.1.102

Broken computer IP: 192.168.1.101

Working computer IP: 192.168.1.105

I think they are all on the same subnet? Everything is set up automatically. Although, I configured the PS3 and broken computer to static IP's but that did nothing to help. So they are back to automatic. I can ping other computers from the broken computer.

working computer

C:\Users\Gabriel2>route print

===========================================================================

Interface List

8 ...00 11 d8 0e 98 2e ...... Realtek RTL8139/810x Family Fast Ethernet NIC

1 ........................... Software Loopback Interface 1

9 ...02 00 54 55 4e 01 ...... Teredo Tunneling Pseudo-Interface

10 ...00 00 00 00 00 00 00 e0 isatap.hsd1.fl.comcast.net.

===========================================================================

IPv4 Route Table

===========================================================================

Active Routes:

Network Destination Netmask Gateway Interface Metric

0.0.0.0 0.0.0.0 192.168.1.1 192.168.1.105 20

127.0.0.0 255.0.0.0 On-link 127.0.0.1 306

127.0.0.1 255.255.255.255 On-link 127.0.0.1 306

127.255.255.255 255.255.255.255 On-link 127.0.0.1 306

192.168.1.0 255.255.255.0 On-link 192.168.1.105 276

192.168.1.105 255.255.255.255 On-link 192.168.1.105 276

192.168.1.255 255.255.255.255 On-link 192.168.1.105 276

224.0.0.0 240.0.0.0 On-link 127.0.0.1 306

224.0.0.0 240.0.0.0 On-link 192.168.1.105 276

255.255.255.255 255.255.255.255 On-link 127.0.0.1 306

255.255.255.255 255.255.255.255 On-link 192.168.1.105 276

===========================================================================

Persistent Routes:

None

IPv6 Route Table

===========================================================================

Active Routes:

If Metric Network Destination Gateway

9 18 ::/0 On-link

1 306 ::1/128 On-link

9 18 2001::/32 On-link

9 266 2001:0:4137:9e66:2879:c58:3f57:fe96/128

On-link

8 276 fe80::/64 On-link

9 266 fe80::/64 On-link

10 281 fe80::5efe:192.168.1.105/128

On-link

9 266 fe80::2879:c58:3f57:fe96/128

On-link

8 276 fe80::d187:cb96:e9c6:6ebc/128

On-link

1 306 ff00::/8 On-link

9 266 ff00::/8 On-link

8 276 ff00::/8 On-link

===========================================================================

Persistent Routes:

None

Broken computer

C:\Users\Gabriel>route print

===========================================================================

Interface List

9 ...00 00 00 00 00 00 ...... NVIDIA nForce Networking Controller

1 ........................... Software Loopback Interface 1

12 ...00 00 00 00 00 00 00 e0 isatap.hsd1.fl.comcast.net.

11 ...02 00 54 55 4e 01 ...... Teredo Tunneling Pseudo-Interface

===========================================================================

IPv4 Route Table

===========================================================================

Active Routes:

Network Destination Netmask Gateway Interface Metric

0.0.0.0 0.0.0.0 192.168.1.1 192.168.1.101 276

127.0.0.0 255.0.0.0 On-link 127.0.0.1 306

127.0.0.1 255.255.255.255 On-link 127.0.0.1 306

127.255.255.255 255.255.255.255 On-link 127.0.0.1 306

169.254.0.0 255.255.0.0 On-link 192.168.1.101 30

169.254.255.255 255.255.255.255 On-link 192.168.1.101 276

192.168.1.0 255.255.255.0 On-link 192.168.1.101 276

192.168.1.101 255.255.255.255 On-link 192.168.1.101 276

192.168.1.255 255.255.255.255 On-link 192.168.1.101 276

224.0.0.0 240.0.0.0 On-link 127.0.0.1 306

224.0.0.0 240.0.0.0 On-link 192.168.1.101 276

255.255.255.255 255.255.255.255 On-link 127.0.0.1 306

255.255.255.255 255.255.255.255 On-link 192.168.1.101 276

===========================================================================

Persistent Routes:

Network Address Netmask Gateway Address Metric

0.0.0.0 0.0.0.0 192.168.1.1 Default

0.0.0.0 0.0.0.0 192.168.1.1 Default

===========================================================================

IPv6 Route Table

===========================================================================

Active Routes:

If Metric Network Destination Gateway

1 306 ::1/128 On-link

9 276 fe80::/64 On-link

12 281 fe80::5efe:192.168.1.101/128

On-link

9 276 fe80::2c4e:ea7:2577:a802/128

On-link

1 306 ff00::/8 On-link

9 276 ff00::/8 On-link

===========================================================================

Persistent Routes:

None

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  k22 said:
when you installed the nvidia driver did you install the firewall software that comes with it?

no.

I just installed the nforce drivers, with them came a ethernet driver but that did not help at all. Made me re-activate vista.

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