How do I turn on WLAN on my Sony PSP?Hi! I try to go online on my Sony PSP but it will not let me. It says that my wlan switch is off. How do I turn it on? This is a really common question, so common that I've actually taken a photograph of my own Sony PSP to show exactly what you need to do! On the lower left edge of your PSP when you're facing the screen, there's a small silver slider switch: that's your WLAN switch. Slide it upwards:  Can you see it there in the photo? Mine's already up in the WLAN on position. I leave mine on all the time, though it's possible that I'd get slightly better battery life if I left it off except for when I wanted to access either an ad hoc game or the Internet. Dunno, haven't tested it out. Anyway, flip that switch up and the little orange light just above it should sporadically pop on for a second or so, and if you scan for a local network connection, it light up quite a bit! Hope that helps you get up and online!
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Never miss another useful Q&A article again! Subscribe to AskDaveTaylor with Google Reader. wow thanks i was really confused when my psp asked me to that Posted by: Patrick at February 27, 2006 10:14 AMDude, This was EXACTLY what I was looking for. I am not sure why people always make things MORE complicated than what they should be. I finally found your site and found EXACTLY what I needed to know with images to boot. If you don't mind I would LOVE to ad you to my site as a link to places I thnk are great on the web! Cudos and keep up the wonderfully clear info! Scott Devine - Fort Worth - Designmastermind.com Posted by: Scott Devine at April 1, 2006 9:18 AMCrazy that i had no idea what it was...lost the owners manual on the first week... Thankx! Posted by: Steve at April 7, 2006 12:23 PMThank you so much! My son had 10 friends over for a birthday sleepover, and they couldn't get connected to the internat. We found your page and within 10 seconds they were hooked up and ready to play. Now if you could just tell me what to feed 11 hungry adolescents for breakfast... Posted by: Beyhan Trock at April 22, 2006 10:57 PMHi, Can you help me please?? Do you know what is the problem? Posted by: Gust at May 15, 2006 9:30 PMHey i have a psp can i play Online Poker while on the aol on my psp????????????????????? Posted by: james Black at May 26, 2006 8:56 PMAfter I turn on my WLAN switch and try to start a connection, I can't because it says to check my security settings and try again. What do I do? Posted by: steve at June 3, 2006 11:05 AMthanx a lot man!! I finally know how because i was getting frustrated and i thought i needed to buy another one. But thanx again! Posted by: Da G!! at June 26, 2006 9:01 AMI turn on my WLan switch but it still wont work it says its not turned on still and i can hear it click when i move it up or down. Can ya help me? Posted by: Mark at July 19, 2006 5:50 PMHELLO, I AM QUITE FRUSTRATED WITH THIS PSP THING FOR MY BOYS HOPEFULLY YOU CAN HELP ME. I FIGURED OUT THE WHOLE WLAN BUTTON THANKS TO YOUR WEBSITE. NOW I GET A MESSAGE THE ACCESS POINT WAS NOT DETECTED. WE ARE ALSO TRYING TO DOWNLOAD MUSIC ON TO THE PSP AND ARE HAVING TROUBLES. THANKS IF YOU CAN HELP! Posted by: LAURA at August 9, 2006 3:35 PMhow do i know what the password id for the paental controls Thanx a lot. even with the networking skills i would have never though the wlan switch was hardware-related. sony has got some idiots on their team. Posted by: Ease at October 22, 2006 3:56 PMJo, hello there bro. I have this problem, MY FREAKING WLAND IS ON, BUT AFTER SOME TIME IT TURNS OFF BY ITSELF, THAT'S QUITE FRUSTRATING WHEN YOU ARE PLAYING MONSTER HUNTER FREEDOM WITH A FRIEND, HELP ME THERE PLZ... Posted by: Oscar at November 6, 2006 2:39 PMNow I feel like an idiot. Thanks! Posted by: pspnoob at January 5, 2007 4:14 PMHey, I tried flipping the switch on the side of my psp the so called " WALAN " switch. ANd it still says the WLAN switch is off, any reason why this is happening? Posted by: Dakota at January 17, 2007 5:17 PMDo you have to buy seperate parts like a receiver for your computer to plug in to? How do I get music on my psp and how do I use the internet Posted by: dan at February 3, 2007 2:24 PMThis was the best tip about PSP on any of the sites I have visted!! Now can i down load games direct to my PSP?? Posted by: Raj at February 9, 2007 2:04 PMok so i turned the wlan on, but now it says "a connetction error has occurred. The accesse point was not detected." what do i do? Posted by: Dani at February 12, 2007 8:56 PMmy psp light isnt lighting up i dont know what to do Posted by: JAY at February 27, 2007 11:24 PMJay, if your PSP isn't lighting up, then you probably have a hardware problem and either need to send it to Sony for repair or send it to a third party repair service like TechRestore. Here's an article I wrote about different repair options: http://www.askdavetaylor.com/broken_sony_psp_fixed.html Good luck!! Posted by: Dave Taylor at February 28, 2007 10:16 AMHi Steve yea.. my PSP's WLAN switch is up but it dosent seem to have tha blanking light to light up and im here where there is DSL connection will it work then? thankz Posted by: john at March 4, 2007 8:50 PMhi sorry i mean Dave Just wondering with DSL can the PSP connect to it Wireless or with the DSL's code name or online number by entering it into the psp to track it..? Posted by: john at March 4, 2007 8:57 PMhi Dave my psp is sayinng "A connection error has occurred. The attempt to obtain the IP address timed out?" what dose that mean? Posted by: john at March 4, 2007 9:03 PMi can,t seem to access the internet, i bought a secondhand psp but it came without a manual pleas help Posted by: stevie at March 6, 2007 8:04 AMTHX ALOOT i do push up the wlan switch up but when i go to connect it still says the wlan switch is not on Posted by: kk at March 17, 2007 10:18 AMhow do I find the ssid Posted by: Ryan Kheejoo at March 24, 2007 5:59 PMThank you, thank you, thank you. Posted by: John at March 31, 2007 2:29 PMhey when i try to connect none secure connection it says check your security setting and try again and sometime it start the process of getting IP address and after sometime it gives a timeout error. what is it can ya help me? Posted by: Jimmy at April 2, 2007 11:10 PMIt doesnt work i still cant get a good connection on my psp how do i get a good connection Posted by: Like Jeezy I Hyptonize at April 6, 2007 8:20 PMHow do you get pictures and music onto your psp? It wont let me. Posted by: Powelly at April 16, 2007 4:17 AMCan you help me with my psp. When i try to connect to the access point it say that it cannot connect to it? thank you so very much!!!!!!!!!!!1 Posted by: joel at April 25, 2007 12:09 PMit said to hold down the AOSS button down can you please help me find were the button is Posted by: shadrach kidwell at May 13, 2007 9:42 PMhey, i turned the wlan switch on but it still says its turned off. why does it do that Thank you very much for this info. I just got a PSP off ebay with no docs and this did the trick. You rock! Posted by: Jeremy at May 17, 2007 10:20 PMthank you alot i have spent like 2 hours trying to fiqure this out Posted by: leslie taylor at May 24, 2007 2:31 PMhey dave, what is "WPA key"? plz help Posted by: xxx at May 27, 2007 10:14 AMHey Dave! I was looking all over for the friggin WLAN switch and I even looked through the instruction manual (God help me...) and didn't find anything but your site proved useful once again. Thanks! Posted by: Rich at June 2, 2007 8:46 PMit said to hold down the AOSS button down can you please help me find were the button is? Posted by: yashar at June 5, 2007 10:42 AMYour rock. Exactly the information I needed. Posted by: Paul at June 28, 2007 1:08 AMhey when i turn my switch on the orange light dose not come on HELP ME! Posted by: Savannah at July 3, 2007 5:05 PMThanks a lot I have gn to your site a few times and every time i found eactly wat I needed. Thanks Dave. Posted by: MElanie at July 12, 2007 8:23 AMIt helped a lot ill ask you anything else that i need help on with my psp =] Posted by: Dennis at July 16, 2007 9:13 PMeverytime i try to connect its says ip address timed out what does that mean Posted by: rob at July 22, 2007 4:22 AMHey, Everytime I try and connect it says ''The attempt to obtain the IP adress timed out.'' Help please! Posted by: jodie at July 27, 2007 6:15 PMHey dave...I have a huge problem and its pissing me completely off..lol ok here it is...I turn WLAN switch on and the connector orange light does not go off so am like ookkk..so i go to connect and it still says the WLAN switch is not on then i try again and it say"a connection error has occured The WLAN switch is not turned on"am about to throw my PsP at the wall so before i did it i look u up plz email me( userttr@aol.com)or contact me on myspace url is j0nc3na tnx bro What do I do when it says the attempt to obtain the ip adress timed out, so can you really please help me I appreciate it. Posted by: Aghiles at August 2, 2007 5:21 PMYou're the man, spent 15 min. deleting and re-entering settings. googled the question and in less than a minute your page had the answer. Thanks
hey man whenever i try to test the connection, it either says check security settings or no access detected, what is happening man, I really need your help Posted by: Emman at August 17, 2007 8:30 PMThank you so much for the WLAN switch help...The PSP is for my son's 16 bday...I wanted to have it all set up b4 he got it!!!! Peachy Days!!!! Cheri Posted by: Cheri at September 15, 2007 2:22 PMAh I feel kinda stupid but thanks for helping me out i now have internet on my psp. aloughti am having a little trouble scrolling down on the internet pages. Thanks for you help you webs site is now on my favorites!!! Posted by: jhon at September 15, 2007 10:01 PMhi, i cant go to the internet in my psp i have wlan at my place , .ive scaned for connections and i got connected to it.but when i want to use the connection, it says-obtaining ip adress...-i wait for some time, and then it says -time to obtain ip adress ran out ....what sould i do? Posted by: alvaro at September 29, 2007 5:55 AMmy psp's acess point was not detected what do i do? Posted by: abeda at October 7, 2007 4:23 PMthanks this page helped alot Posted by: rigo at October 30, 2007 8:54 AMHey man. Thanks fr the help. I am kind of a computer nerd, so my little brother looks up to me, and he is only eight years old. So when i couldn't find the WLAN switch, i felt like he was kinda put out. TY SOOO MUCH!!! Posted by: Game_Wiz101 at November 3, 2007 9:49 PMIm Tryin To Get Online But It Says Your IP Address Has Timed Out.... Wow. Thank heavens for the internet. I could have spent hours trying to figure that out, but thanks to you we fixed it in seconds. Thanks! Posted by: Debra Hamel at November 6, 2007 10:31 AMHI MY psp keeps saying that ''the attemot to obtain the IP adress timed out'' how do i fix this? Posted by: dan at November 10, 2007 6:18 AMwhere is the aoss button Posted by: tonio at November 13, 2007 7:51 AMhey thx alot for helpin me find the WLAN witch but wheres the frickin AOSS button thx Posted by: oris at November 17, 2007 4:46 AMhow can u put internet on ur psp i dont get it i dont kno my wep password where did i ment to get that from so plz can u help me n i puted it on my psp my connection plz so can u tell me give me a messege it will b co kl (KOOL) Posted by: Alam at November 22, 2007 3:19 PMmy psp keeps on saying that obtaing the ip address timed out Thanks so much! I searched many websites before yours, and found that button within seconds, I feel like an idiot now, but at least my frustration has subsided! Posted by: Don at December 18, 2007 5:54 AMYAH im having trouble getting the light itself to turn on buy ... you see , i have the new psp slim and the button that is on the lower left edge of the psp is not on this model so i have to figure out how to do it . if you have any tips plz tell me! Posted by: Riley at December 25, 2007 9:23 PMhay i have it like you sad the switch but it keeps saying error has occurred (00000001) Posted by: toby at December 26, 2007 11:26 PMOk, I found the switch but I'm having more troubles. tyvm u are the best every 1 on psp lite its at top left Posted by: mattymono at January 14, 2008 2:08 AMmine says error 0000001 or sumfin HOW DO I FIX IT Posted by: SAMUEL EVERETT at January 24, 2008 10:14 PMHay Dude Thanks Alot And I Love How Easy It Is To Understand =] Thanks Again Dude You Help ALOT!! xx Posted by: Yazz at January 27, 2008 3:19 PMdave taylor Posted by: bill at January 29, 2008 4:47 PMMy son was fooling around with my PSP and changed my settings, turning off my WLAN switch in the process. Trying to figure out how to get my PSP to go online again was making me nuts. Thank you for posting this!! :o) Posted by: Shannon at February 9, 2008 8:52 AMi turned on the wlan switch and now it says to press and hol the "AOSS Button" of the acess point until the AOSS indicator starts blinking how in the world do i do that???? Posted by: Alex at February 9, 2008 11:31 AMThanks so much for the info! Saved my sanity! David. Posted by: David at February 12, 2008 8:27 AMHello Dave,may I ask how to turn my WLAN switch because I've already tried to slide the left swich to go up but I can't. please answer my question from vincent Posted by: Vincent at February 24, 2008 3:19 AMON MY PSP I CAN DO EVERYTHING AND ALL BUT WHEN I TRY TO USE THE INTERNET IT SAYS(A CONNECTION ERROR HAS ACCURED. THE ATTEMT TO OBTAIN THE IP ADDRESS TIMED OT) WHAT DO I DO? Posted by: JJ at February 26, 2008 6:08 PMHi, whilst trying to obtain a IP address it keeps saying a connection error has occurred and i have been timed out. Any ideas? regards mat Posted by: mat at April 14, 2008 12:05 PMhi with mine being a white 1 is doesnt have that slider on mine and it says ur WLAN is turned off how do i turn it on Posted by: kieron at April 30, 2008 3:30 PMthis is not my problem i always says my IP address has timed out what should i do? Posted by: nate at May 10, 2008 3:35 PMi cant find the aoss button on my silver psp. can you help? Posted by: kiki at May 16, 2008 12:06 PMI have a lot to say, but ...
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