PS3 Not showing up on the diagnostics

Kai Beginner Joined: 21 Aug 2010 Posts: 6

Hello all,

I have recently downloaded Xlink Kai and I am having an issue with it. I have followed the setup for PS3 as said on the wiki but when I go to the diagnostics to see my PS3, it does not show up!

I need some help figuring out what the problem here is.

When I turn on my PS3 I do not get the DNS error, XLink says my network stuff is fine but when I search for games and check to see my console is showing up on the list, no dice.

Thanks for you time!

Kai Spammer Joined: 09 Jul 2010 Posts: 1436

Read this please: http://www.teamxlink.co.uk/forum/viewtopic.php?t=32242

Kai Lover Joined: 21 May 2004 Posts: 957

CriTT wrote:

Read this please: http://teamxlink.co.uk/forum/viewtopic.php?t=32242

@CriTT: Link is not working.

@ Pat_stix :

Please make sure you test this with a game that has a lan option .
Once a game loaded go to the lan option & search for a game . No games will show up , but that's ok . Now on Xlink go to metrics and your PS3 should show up .

Kai Spammer Joined: 09 Jul 2010 Posts: 1436

Strange, the link is working for me.. By the way, you want me to use the EDIT button when it comes to situation like that? If so, I'm up for it :p Wink

Kai Beginner Joined: 21 Aug 2010 Posts: 6

The game I am trying to do it with is MW2, I go to LAN party, search for games, I believe that is what it is asking me to do? I'll take a look at that link CriTT, it's working for me.

Ok, I don't understand why you want me to reinstall it?

Ah something new happened, the UI shut down and it said "You are unreachable, please check the port forwarding".

Kai Lover Joined: 21 May 2004 Posts: 957

Pat_stix wrote:

The game I am trying to do it with is MW2, I go to LAN party, search for games, I believe that is what it is asking me to do? I'll take a look at that link CriTT, it's working for me.

Ok, I don't understand why you want me to reinstall it?

Ah something new happened, the UI shut down and it said "You are unreachable, please check the port forwarding".

Then you need to port forward .
Read more about it here :
http://www.teamxlink.co.uk/forum/viewtopic.php?t=11803

Kai Beginner Joined: 21 Aug 2010 Posts: 6

It doesn't seem to work. I've got my static IP set up, I've entered the port forwarding info on my router but the port checker says it is unreachable. I don't know what to do here.

Kai Spammer Joined: 09 Jul 2010 Posts: 1436

Pat_stix wrote:

It doesn't seem to work. I've got my static IP set up, I've entered the port forwarding info on my router but the port checker says it is unreachable. I don't know what to do here.

Did you port forward to 30000-30000 UDP?

Once you've done that, disable all of your firewalls & anti-virus programs & test & see if the port checker says that the port is open.

Kai Beginner Joined: 21 Aug 2010 Posts: 6

CriTT wrote:

Pat_stix wrote:

It doesn't seem to work. I've got my static IP set up, I've entered the port forwarding info on my router but the port checker says it is unreachable. I don't know what to do here.

Did you port forward to 30000-30000 UDP?

Once you've done that, disable all of your firewalls & anti-virus programs & test & see if the port checker says that the port is open.

Yep done all that, still nothing.

Kai Spammer Joined: 09 Jul 2010 Posts: 1436

Pat_stix wrote:

CriTT wrote:

Pat_stix wrote:

It doesn't seem to work. I've got my static IP set up, I've entered the port forwarding info on my router but the port checker says it is unreachable. I don't know what to do here.

Did you port forward to 30000-30000 UDP?

Once you've done that, disable all of your firewalls & anti-virus programs & test & see if the port checker says that the port is open.

Yep done all that, still nothing.

Did you save the ports before you closed the router's menu? Restart your router after you port forward.

www.youtube.com/user/Lazyhoboguy · Kai Enthusiast Joined: 05 Apr 2008 Posts: 288

If you are using DSL internet that can cause problems. The modem they send you is often a router in disguise so setting up port forwarding on your router wont work. You have to go into the modem(secret router)'s menu and turn on an option to forward the external ip address to your router.

Kai Beginner Joined: 21 Aug 2010 Posts: 6

lazyhobobum wrote:

If you are using DSL internet that can cause problems. The modem they send you is often a router in disguise so setting up port forwarding on your router wont work. You have to go into the modem(secret router)'s menu and turn on an option to forward the external ip address to your router.

Do you think you'd be able to help me with that?

www.youtube.com/user/Lazyhoboguy · Kai Enthusiast Joined: 05 Apr 2008 Posts: 288

Pat_stix wrote:

lazyhobobum wrote:

If you are using DSL internet that can cause problems. The modem they send you is often a router in disguise so setting up port forwarding on your router wont work. You have to go into the modem(secret router)'s menu and turn on an option to forward the external ip address to your router.

Do you think you'd be able to help me with that?

Check out this thread.

http://www.teamxlink.co.uk/forum/viewtopic.php?t=27168&sid=8de6f6ba2f3cce6afff415933f2f9efe

Also, I wrote how I fixed this problem for myself on a forum about a year ago. Hopefully this can help you.

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"So, I had to move back to my parents house recently. I got my router all setup, both my parents pc and my pc could browse the internet at the same time alright. So, one would assume everything was setup right and port forwarding would be all that was needed to get my xlink to work.

Well, I tried port forwarding and this port checking program which I always have used before to check if my ports are open ( http://portforward.com/help/portcheck.htm ) was saying that port 30000 was still not open. I had setup a static ip on my pc and forwarded port 30000 to it in my router menu like I have done before, and nothing I did would work.

I tried doing this with other ports, I turned off my firewall, I even set my pc on dmz in the router and STILL, no ports were getting opened.

This made me realize the problem was not with my router, and was with my internet company. I have AT&T DSL Internet (known as SBC in other states)

I used google to just type in stuff about problems with my router and AT&T dsl internet and came upon some interesting forums where they were discussing that a lot of times AT&T "modems" really are routers in disguise. This was my problem.

The brand of my modem is "Westell" and it is a tiny black box that only has one ethernet jack, a jack for the phone chord, and a power chord jack. Here is a picture of it

http://s257.photobucket.com/albums/hh219/lazyhoboguy/?action=view&current=noname-2.jpg

AT&T always referred to it as a modem when dealing with them. It says nothing about it being a router on the top. In fact, it has a sticker on the top which twice only refers to the device as a "modem". However, when I turned it over, I saw in tiny print it said "adsl2 + router" and it gives you an ip address to type in to access the online option menu for the device. Even here it refers to the device as a "modem"

So, for anyone else that happens to have to this model of modem. I will tell you what I had to do in the modem menu to allow my router to function properly. Click on the "Advanced" button. The click on the "connection configuration" button that appears. Then scroll down to the bottom of the screen and you will see it say this

"A very limited number of applications require that the public IP address assigned to the modem be used by the local LAN device."

Then it says "Let LAN device share Internet address?"

By default, the device is set to the "No, use private IP address" option. Instead of using that, change it to "Yes, use public IP address."

Once I did this and restarted my modem and router I could successfully port forward using my router. Until you change this option in the modem menu, your modem is basically acting like the router, then your real router cannot do anything because everything is already blocked on the modem before it even reaches the router. That is why setting my router on dmz even still would not open any ports.

So yea, hope this helps some of you. AT&T DSL internet is pretty prominent around the area I live and I am sure they operate across the USA, even if their company name is slightly changed. Perhaps other DSL internet providers do this same thing, so if you have tried everything with your router and still have no success think about checking out your modem."

Kai Beginner Joined: 21 Aug 2010 Posts: 6

Well, I guess this doesn't matter any more because I have decided to trade in my PS3 to get an Xbox. All my mates play Xbox and I think it is better to play with friends than with randoms.