Can I connect my Sony PSP to the Internet via USB cable?Dave, if i take a usb cable from a psp and a dsl cable and I cut them both in half and connect the usb to the dsl cable would that make my Internet work on my Sony PSP? I have firmware version 2.70. Oh, there are so many reasons that your idea is wrong, but let me state right up front: don't do this or you'll fry your PSP and possibly your DSL modem too. Okay, I feel better now. If all electrical wires and data wires were really like the plumbing in your house, your solution would be a novel and ingenious one. Unfortunately, it's not water flowing through whatever pipe and connectors you can hook up, it's electricity, and that has an infinite variety of different voltages and frequencies. Get it wrong and either your device simply won't see the electrical signal (imagine connecting your power cord to a 9 volt battery rather than a 110 volt wall outlet, for example) or it'll be more than the device can handle and you'll quite literally destroy the device. There are yet other problems with what you suggest too: more likely than not, your DSL modem connects to a computer via an Ethernet cable and when you say "a dsl cable" you're probably talking about a cable that's actually comprised of 8 or more active wires, each sending a different signal at, possibly, different voltages. USB, however, only has five wires: four 'pins' inside the USB connector and the outside itself, which I'm guessing serves as a shield more than anything else. Different number of wires = big problems. But there's a bigger problem with what you suggest, even if you could figure out a junction box or connector that would let your DSL modem speak USB directly (and some do, to be fair): the Sony PSP cannot connect to the Internet via USB. That's right, you can't do it anyway. I get questions from people asking if they can 'piggyback' off their existing Internet connection by hooking up their PSP to a PC via USB and while they can definitely access files, copy movies, etc., there's no way that I have heard of that lets you instruct the PSP to look to the USB cable rather than wifi circuitry to find an Internet connection. Thanks for the darn interesting question, though! :-) Additional useful reading: • PSP Internet Help
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Never miss another useful Q&A article again! Subscribe to AskDaveTaylor with Google Reader. Hello Dave, There are some discussions on the net about connecting a keyboard to the USB port, however none of the participating people seems very knowledgeable about the subject. One said that it requires a power feed or a "host mode" that the PSP USB port does not provide. What is your opinion? Regards, how can i hook my usb cable to pc i did it my psp. Posted by: omar at December 27, 2006 10:05 AMmy question is is there anything i can buy to hook into my dialup computer to project a wifi signal so that i can play my psp online because i live to far in the woods to get highspeed internet so can u help me? Posted by: patrick at February 17, 2007 1:02 PMHow could I watch Tv cable on my PSP? Posted by: Gabriel at March 10, 2007 5:42 PMYour website rocks!!!!!! How could I watch Tv cable on my PSP? Posted by: Gabriel Armijo at March 10, 2007 5:52 PMi cannot connect to the internet it says that there are no access points!!! :( FROM JOSHUA Posted by: joshua at April 25, 2007 4:08 AMi cannot connect to the internet it says that there are no access points!!! :( FROM JOSHUA Posted by: joshua at April 25, 2007 4:12 AMFor those of you who don't already know this and can afford it, the WiFi MAX for PSP sold at CodeJunkies.com allows you to connect your psp to your computer via a usb wireless dongle adaptor that shares your Internet connection to your psp. This little accessory costs $40. I've invested in it and I'd just like to say that it works GREAT! Go get yourself one now. Posted by: Angelo at May 1, 2007 9:08 PMtry going to someplace with wireless i got a 10% signal from my computer and its not even wireless get a wireless laptop n put the psy near pr next to it im sure ull get a strong signal Posted by: jamar at July 1, 2007 8:32 PMi had the comcast cable guy come out to hook up the cable from the back of the cable box to this pc he had to install the cd but wasn't picking it up he said either he said this couputer is old or he said its the settings Posted by: heidi at July 26, 2007 2:44 PMdave my psp says when i try to conect to the internet that a conection error has acured the atempt to obtain the ip address timed out please can u help me. Posted by: tom at September 8, 2007 7:32 AMI still can't get connected to the internet after following all the instructions it says there is a connection error and a connection to the access point has not been established bla bla bla but my computer is right beside me how come it won't connect me, plus the internet is on hmmm.....toughy can you please help i feel jealous looking at your screendumps on google haha Posted by: tracy ward at October 15, 2007 6:26 PMhow do i find out what my wep code is? there is a way of connecting ure usb to a psp and then to a t.v. if u want iknow how go to http://newerrunescapemastercom.blogspot.com/to Posted by: poy at October 19, 2007 2:48 AMhow can iconnect internet by usb cable Posted by: rahees at December 8, 2007 8:09 PMI have put everything in correctly for psp online manually put it still reads "internet connection: failed". if anyone can give me some help it will be greatly appreciated. Posted by: Trey at March 19, 2008 6:44 PMWhen i try to connect it takes a little and than a box pops up say that the acess point has timed out please help me dave Posted by: you dont need to know my name--ha at March 31, 2008 8:38 PMvery good helpfull i am not a computer wizz. as i connect my sony psp to the computer through usb cable the error msg comes that the usb device is unregognized help me out Posted by: vijay at June 17, 2008 5:13 AMhow can i put internet to my psp by a cable? Posted by: adonis at June 20, 2008 7:26 AMhow to put internet t my psp by my dsl modem? Posted by: adonis at June 20, 2008 7:46 AMcan i connect my web ready phone to my pc then hardwire my psp to my computer and have my pc go online via webphone throu the psp wlan Posted by: john at June 22, 2008 3:09 PMI have a lot to say, but ...
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