Update: It seems many people have troubles connecting the Internet with their PSP, if you followed my guide and still can’t get online or you get some weird error message go to this PSP Knowledge Center page for troubleshooting.
Many people do not know that the PSP can connect to the Internet and visit web-pages just like a computer although not as refined ad a laptop but it still does the job for a little bit of casual surfing or reading emails. The on-screen keyboard takes a bit getting used to. I would not recommend using the PSP to chat with your friend online to long because the keyboard is a little clumsy.
Connecting the PSP to the internet is pretty easy once you get all your settings in place. Here’s how to connect the psp to the Internet. You will need a wireless router in order to connect the PSP to the internet or you could “borrow” your neighbours wireless access although it’s better to have your own. Wireless routers are very cheap nowadays you could find a good one for about 30 for 50 bucks.
- With your Psp turned on go to the “Settings” in the menu (scroll to the left)
- Scroll all the way down until you have reached “Network Settings” and click the “X” button to enter
- Select “Infrastructure Mode” and hit “X”
- Select “New Connection” and hit the X button again
- Now you will have a number of options for connecting to a wireless connection. Choose “Scan” and press the control pad to the left, the PSP will now scan for wifi signals around your area
- When the PSP finishes scanning you will probably have a few different wifi connections. SSID is the name of the connection, the Security column tells you whether or not the connection is password protected, and the last one is the signal strength the higher the better
- If you want to borrow your neighbors unprotected wifi select a connection with “None” in the Security column and a strong signal. If you want to use a secure wifi than you will need to know the password. Select one and press the X button
- Now the Psp will confirm your settings proceed by pressing left on the d-pad and save your settings
- Now test your connection if you are able to connect, awesome. If you were not able to connect try doing the settings again
- With the connection settings in place we can now connect the PSP to the internet. In the home menu scroll all the to the left until you have reached “Network” and go down to “Internet Browser” and hit “X”
- Your browser will appear, select the little square box to enter the web address, play around with the different options. Have fun with your PSP online
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The WEP key is the password that whoever set up the router used to protect the wireless connection, this prevents your neighbours from using your wireless connection,
hey i have a problem
when i try to connect to the pc with my psp
it say that the time to obtinting the adrees has time out
what do i do??????
help
Vince is right it also happing to me! what do i do!!
right look everyone has neary the same problem! mine is that it keep saying someting has timed out and it wont let me on the web!! i have sky so what is the wep key for that?
YES! i did it today!! if you cant get the WAP key then have a look at the side of your router it should say it!
help some one out there help
now!!!!!!!! no idea!!!!????
You need to have your WEP key connected into the information. Check what your internet box is called, then connect to you as your WEP. Your WEP key is on the side of your box, like on the BT hub-box. It is generally a random string of letters and numbers. I have done it, it is quite annotying at first, but once you got it, it seems very easy.
I try TO!!!! connect a internet in my PSP but it can’t work, can anyone tell me please. You know I’m Batista Bomb from WWE….. Smackdown.
steve is right u need to have a look at the side of ur box or if it is not there then ask the person who set up the box they might know!
if anyone out there needs my help just say what the problem is and i may be able to help!
How do you find out your WEP key, i asked my mum and she told me what it was then i tried to use the password to connect to my PSP and it said “The characters you entered are not valid. For hexadecimal: Use 10 or 26 characters from the ranges 0-9, a-f and A-F For ASCII use 5 or 13 characters.” Can anybody help me? If the code is written somewhere, I just don’t understand what you’re on about. Someone help me.
hi, trying to connect my psp to the internet but keep on getting the message “The key information exchange has timed out”
Anybody got any solutions???
Yea i do
the WAPA is a password the person who sets up the internet gives to the internet. this stops othere people using ur interenet!
u should ask the person who set up the internet for it, or, it should be on the side of ur router. ( sometimes it could be called a net work key).
people im here is u need my help just say my name : maz2
my psp says that its connecting than it exhcanges key information then starts again
antohny u might need to change the WAP key because it may be wrong ! try that and see what happens!
how do i know when to update my psp 300 softwere
yes, i have a problem. whenever i tried to connect to the access point, it always say that the connection has timed out. how do i solve this problem?
how do i download music on my psp slim maz2 and wahts a wap or a key and all that
my psp says that the connection has timed out and it always happens man how do i fix it?????????????
it connects to internet and says error occured when my connection says 100 percent
Im having the same problem im on virgin media and when i try to connect my PSP it keeps telling me connection error my access point has timed out how do i solve this. cant understand it as my PS3 and my wii have no problems connecting
MY psp won’t even scan what’s happening??? can anybody help me????
my psp has the same problem what do i do
I solved this problem, when I switched my router to both WIFI B-G band. Then I can connect PSP using WPA2.
MAZ2 i need ur help i tried connecting my psp 2 my router and the password im using is definately correct and even if i stand right next 2 my router with 100% connection, it just says connecting, then exchanging key info, and them repeats 4-5 times, and then says error: connection timed out! my router has mac adress firewall stuff so do i need 2 add my psp’s mac adress to my router’s thing where you tipe in the ip adress and it needs ur name & password? i would be extremely gr8full for any help, ty, greenbl0b.
Hi
My grandson’s PSP was working fine.He could download ISO,CSO games and they would play fine, but he went to his friend’s house where they installed internet on his system, I don’t know what they did but now his PSP doesn’t play any type of CSO or ISO. I have tried reformating his memory stick to no avail,can anybody help Me?
P.S. My grandson is 10 yr. Thank You
how can i connect my psp to the internet
What do i do if it says a DNS error occured
trouble connecting psp to wireless router just did mine found it to be the space between the letters on the pass word enter letter triangle for space then use the square to move the cursur back to the last letter worked for me good luck
the internet can not connect to the psp
maz2!!!: i reset my router and everything and my friend got his itouch to connect like 2 minutes after but it keeps saying connecting to access poit…..pleas wait…..error the connection to the access point has timed out and dont tell me to tchange the passward cause i dont know how but my friend used the default passward and got in the second try…wtf am i doing wrong?
Hi maz2, it say that the time to obtinting the IPadrees has time out
what do i do?
i scanned for my wirless but it doesnt let me click on it its 100 percent but i cnt clik on it its just darkend out and wont let me click on it what do i do
Hi maz2. How can I connect my PSP to the internet?
can someone help me evrytime i try to go online on my psp it brings me to a cradle point to acess the internet it tells me to login i type in my password then hit login then my password disapears and nothin happens and everytime it looks like its goin to work it says communication error something with dns acsess point can u help
I would like to noe if wat u browse on ur psp is shown in any bill history or on ur computer history??
help, pls help me my analog is controlling it self
hey…..when i connect to internet on my psp via my computer….it says..The access point was not detected…
what should i do….
hey i have a problem with ma psp it needs a wep key and i don’t have it plz help me
The WEP (Network key) can sometimes be found on the back of your router or sever. ( It usally is on B.T and SKY).
DAN all you need to do is go on to settings and right and the bottom it should say ‘Network Settings’, press X on that, it should be pretty stright forward from there!!
Mar it shouldent show in any bill or on your computer history! It will only show on browsing history on your psp!
Media go help ful if you dont internet download videos,music still trying to download demos got a commmon error.
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