I am trying to upload version 2.5 on my PSP. I went to network connection and did the first step. Next it came up with the screen asking my SSID and enscriptioon. I chose scan and it came up with:
wireless — WEP — 80%
belkin54g — none — 10%
Whenever I chose the wireless WEP one, it would ask me for my WEP key. Whats is a WEP key? How do I find out what my WEP key is?
When I chose the belkin54g connection (which would only come up in certain spots)it always had a weak connection and when I chose it it would still not connect. Whenever I would try to connect, the messages “A connection error has occurred. The access point was not detected” OR “A connection error has occurred.(80410D07)
Then when it said address settings I chose “Easy”. Does that have to do anything with it. All I want to do is upgrade my PSP system. Can you please help me?
While it would be nice if wireless networks were a breeze to work with, completely transparent and magically simple, the fact is that there’s still a lot of complexity, a variety of semi-compatible protocols and the entire puzzle of security and privacy.
That’s what you’re seeing with your problems here.
With your wireless network, your Sony PSP won’t connect because you need a special password that was set by the wireless network administrator. That’s what the WEP is: Wireled Equivalency Privacy. It’s one of a set of different password and security protocols (all incompatible with each other, unfortunately) that let you work with a wireless network without exposing all of your network traffic to anyone within range.
A WEP password typically either looks like a word or phrase, if you’re lucky, or a sequence of letters and digits similar to c1164fd533, not exactly something you’re going to be able to guess. Indeed, if the “wireless” network is your own, hopefully you know the password and can enter it when you configure that access point on the PSP itself. If you don’t know the password then that network is inaccessible to you.
In terms of the beikn54g network, I believe you’re exactly right when you guess that the signal is just too weak for the PSP to work with it, even though the PSP device “sees” the network when you do a scan. Can you move closer to that base station so you have at least a 50% strength signal indicator? That might be all you need to do for this to work, actually.
Also, if you’re just trying to upgrade your PSP, please do note that you can accomplish that with a regular computer and a USB connection between your PSP and your computer. I explain the process here: Sony PSP Firmware Update Instructions.
Finally, for those of you who run or utilize wireless networks, there are a lot of important security and privacy issues you need to know about, as my colleague Chris Buechler and I explain in great detail — along with tons of how-to information about remaining secure on open networks — in our new book Connect Safely Wireless Security and Privacy Guide for Windows.
what do i do if i forgot my security password on my psp?
how do i use the network on my psp if my waln switch is malfunctioning and having errors?
my psp keeps saying error timed out i have tried it since i got my wireless router can u please lead me through the steps to get it to work
I need help every time I try to get on the Internet but it says obtaining adress timed out someone help!
Hello there,
I’m buying over a non-updated psp from a friend,
I want to be able to play PSX games on it,
But I don’t know where to get the correct files, and how to NOT destroy the PSP.
I bet you could help me on this one.
Cheers.
hi my psp has 100% strength i am trying to use it at my friends i get an error msg that reads “cannot connect” connection error ip has timed out something like that at my own home however i have normally around 70-75% signal strength what can i do???
mabye beacause you didnt turn on the wlan at the top
u see my router is working fine but i don´t know wy it wont let me conect it up to the internet to play some game online,if somebody knows how to do it pleas tell me
hi i can´t conecct my play station 3 to internet and i have wifi
can u help me pleas’
i can connect to the Internet wireless cause we have a router then when i go to test it it says ip address timed out PLEASE HELP
Hi Dave, i read your instructions over and over and i’m doing everything right but it still won’t connect to the internet? when it gives me the list our signal strength is 100% but when i go to the connection name and i go to its info everything is right, including the password but when i scroll down it says “Proxy Server: DO NOT USE and Internet Browser: DO NOT START”
how do i change that? i took the parental settings off as well. pleaseee help 🙂
i know this sounds to simple but, i was having the same trouble getting my psp to go on line. i have a wireless network, and when i would enter in my pass word it would come up with the same error as all of you. then i tried pushing enter after every number not at the end of the whole pass word. example 1 enter 2 enter 3 enter not 123 enter. i hope this helps some of you.
i was scrolling pass all of the slow learners with internet and all on there psp. Dave check this out and pay good attention. I got the psp 3001 im on my wireless router. Now i got a sony location free player my router is in my livingroom on that computer i want the location free player on my computer in my bedroom how can i get it to register on my computer in the room. Note idownloaded the software on both computers but when trying to open the player on my livingroom computer wich is windows xp it sys an error had to stop running suddenlly,but when opening it in the bedroom where the computer is vistas it opens up for set up but cant get it to register on router out in livingroom, Now dave honestly these are real interesting questions for you not that easy ip address and wep security stuff try to holla back quickly cause im pressed to watch tv over my family’s house for christmas plus i need to get my 150.00 worth like right now and if it is to much the ask throw in how i can access this through my grandmothers computer away from my house. by the way MERRY CHRISTMAS & A HAPPY NEWYEAR.
Every time I try to use the internet my PSP for game sharing, internet, ect…. It says, “A connection error has occurred.(80410B050)” PLEASE HELP!!!! Oh, and i cant download any songs or movies either, any ideas?
Almost always, Hillbilly, my answer is part of the original article. For those that aren’t, there’s usually insufficient information for me to duplicate the problem and thereby figure out a solution. 🙂
Dave, seems like you are kinda behind on answering these posts. I can read questions anywhere, it’s answers we need, man.
hey dave. i bought a psp and when i try to acess a wi fi connection, it says an error has occured or their is a problem with the dns point or address or ip address no matter how many times i try(372 times).Could u please help me!
Make sure that the web enable button on the lower left side of the PSP is turned on.
My psp won’t show the screen i haven’t played it for months and now it wont turn on. I’ve charged the batterie and everything what do i do?
Hi Dave….
am John…I need to downloadable solfware to upgrade my sony psp the system varsion nnber is 3.15
my psp and ps3 stopped connecting to my network all of a sudden, wtf
when i connect to the internet it says time out.. do you have to know every code for the psp to connect to the internet. please help
What does it mean when it says ‘key information timed out’. I have typed all the relevant info in correctly, the psp is no more than 3 inches from the working router but it still won’t accept the settings. Please help?
Alright, I’ve been hitching a wi-fi ride on one of my neighbors’ connections for a while. About a month ago, they had it turned off or something, but then had it turned back on a few weeks ago. Now, however, whenever I try to connect to it, the screen just says “Connection to the server failed. A DNS error has occurred. (80410410)”. I have absolutely no idea why it would do this, and I don’t know a way around it. Any suggestions?
were is the aoss located and how do u just get enternet
WHEN I GO TO THE WEBSITE FLASHENABLED.ED.COM AND I USE LINKSYS IT SAYS “CUMMUNICATION WITH THE SERVER FAILED.A DNS ERROR HAS OCCURRED (80410414?” CAN YOU HELP ME PLEASE ALSO LIKE GOOGLE IT GOES TO THAT WEBSITE BUT TO THE WEBSITE FLASHENABLED.ED.COM IT DOSENT GO.
i was getting so frustrated with the PSP connection,
but after reading your review, it have to say, it did help A LOT.
thanks so much 😀
hi i am correctly folowing the steps to obtain a wireless network on my psp but for some reason it keeps saying that the connction error has occurred. i am correctly entering my wep key and i also have full signal strength but however it is not working however hard i try please could you help me. thankyou
All i want to know is if i culd connect my psp wirelessly to my computer without a router or access point, to share internet
i dont care how id do itthe “hacker way” if i have to
hey there i need a hand. ive just got my new psp, (ive owned one previously) and im trying to get it to connect to my wireless network. i have a very good D-Link Router and ive got it configured on network magic. ive set up wireless to my bros laptop and wired to my ps3 and xbox 360 as well as the wii. now since ive just got this psp im trying to configure it to wireless internet but i cant seem to get it, each time i try to test the connection (ive done the scan and got all the settings and im not using a wep or wpa, no passwords, i just have my system locked so i dont have intruders) anyway, when click add new devices on network magic it unlocks the router and internet so i should be able to add the psp. each time i try to connect with the psp it says “a connection error has occured. a connection to the access point could not be established. check the security settings for the network and try again. Now ive done this several times. damn thing. so like i said ive tried everyting i know, and ive already done it once so i dont know why it wont work now, can you help me out?
more issues than solutions.
The guide was nice. Followed step by step.
Still no connection. No wep just wide open.
Router isant the issue. PC’s connect without no issues and they are wireless.
PSP see’s the router but will not connect.
Funky.
so um hi the (wep key) is a key for secured networks that have u know keys kinda like passwords for ur networks so other people won’t drive up 2 ur house and steal ur connection that if u don’t have a wep key code so it is located on the back of ur router on the bottom try some of those keys itwill work
Hi
I own a PSP lite 2000 series. Bought it in Del, India and got custom firmware 3.7 M33 loaded. Since then the WLAN is not working. Everytime i scan for a network (I have all network codes and two laaptops work on an ad-hoc setup), the psp reports an error and comes back to the main menu. I dont know whether is a hardware error or a firmware patching error. I cannot play on WLAN with my friends.
Please please provide some feedback.
hey i have the WEP key but when i enter it it ways an error has occured that i havent used the right letters or numbers, and yes i am sure that it is the right WEP key can u help me?
I i am using a WIFI max and whenever i try to load ZDLAN utility it opens and quickly closes.Why does this happen?
Ummm my psp keeps saying ip address timed out
and im confused at that and i dont know my wep
password how do i find it im stressing out about
this can anyone help? @_@
Just my two cents, hopefully this will help. For some reason, my PSP won’t work unless my router is set to B AND G support, not just G. Once changed to Mixed support for both types of network, it works just fine. I said to me that it was a security issue with my WAP, but it wasnt.
Good luck!
PSP sees my network, it has 100% signal strength but the security is not supported. I have a Linksys WRT300N wireless router. How can I connect to my network?
Many thx for any help you can provide.
I know this thread is old but I need some help. I am having a problem where my PSP will only detect my router part of the time even if im sitting right next to the router it will always show it at 100% when it does see it but it only sees it about once in every 15 scans. For some reason it seems to not have any problems at night though. I do have it set up on WPA-PSK (TKIP) and thought that might be a problem but even if it was it should still be able to at least see the connection.
hi my psp dount work when i turndit on go on enternet comes up it says (1)signal two weak(2)IPadress A connection error(3)A connection to access could not be established(4)help man!
When I enable WEP encrytion, the PSP will only accept 8 characters. I have a D-link router and my WEP key is 10 characters. If I don’t have any security on my wireless router then I can connect my psp to the internet just fine. Please Help!
hi, i’m having some trouble here, my psp netwroking doesnt work, everytime i try to connect it says “A connection error has occurred.(80410D07” what do i do?
Alright, I know my WEP key, and I put it in, and this fixed my problem a while back. Now my dad got a laptop and switched us to VerizonFIOS. I have no idea which one made it not work, but one of them did something.
I now can get through EVERYTHING on this, connecting to the network and such, but when I try to connect to the internet it says the connection is failed. I have no idea what is going on, and I don’t have time to sift through everything online to do this. I don’t understand what happened, and I’ve tried both internal and external IP combinations and DNS things…not that I know what the DNS does or anything.
Help?
Hey dave, I ave a laptop with WI-FI and i always used this conenction called defualt and so when I got my PSP I scanned for it and found it with the signal being at 67 percent but every time I try it it says “A connection error has occurred. a connection to the access point could not be established. check the security settings for the network and try again WHAT DO I DO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
please help me dave a connertion error has ocurred
please help me tnx tnx tnx.
how do you get enternet on your psp without scanning the area?
And i scanned my area and a name came up and the strength was 56% and i clicked it and it came up (a connection error has ocurred) what do i do about that also?
Hi again,
i kind of understand that IP thing, but now i’m wondering about my WEP key. i don’t know how to find it, and i hear people talk about a router, but i don’t know what that is either.
Hi,
I don’t know weather it’s my PSP that’s screwed up, or my computer. i know it’s not my PSP because it was worked in other houses. My problem is, i can’t go on the internet, every time i would try, it would say, “Obtaining IP address.
Please wait…” then it would say, “A connection error has occurred. the attempt to obtain the IP address timed out.”
what should i do to fix this? the PSP or computer. if any, please tell me.
dave i have strong connection to choose which internet i want but they all come with security and i dont know the password. HELP ME!!!
i dont understand how to connect my psp to my computer. i dont know wat is a SSID or the WEP passeword.help me!!