Portsettings for a PS3

[ben]

Hey,

I've installed a cisco switch 3550 in my network.

No i wanted to connect a playstation 3 system to this. These systems (should) have a gig port. But this goes wrong.

• When i connect the ps3 to the switch port: no network cable connected
• When i connect a portable to the switch port: connected on 1000MB
• When i now connect the ps3 with fixed setting 100FD, the switch detects it like 100HD (with a lot of collisions)

• When i fix both sides to 1000MB, the ps3 tells me again: no network cable connected.

Of course, in the ps3 system, you can't change a lot concerning the port settings. Except the speed (auto-10-100-1000) and MTU.

Any suggestion how i could try to get it up to 1000MB?

Can i do anything else in the switch that could help?

[paolo bevilacqua]

That is very strange. Are you using a good quality cable ?

Try hardcoding 100 FD on switch.

If all else fail, try a 10 euro switch between PS3 and Cisco.

[ben]

When i connect a portable (laptop) in place of the PS3 it works.

So the switchport and cables seems to work for 1000MB.

But the PS3 and cisco don't like eachothers speed it seems...

The problem is that with the PS3, you can't do a lot. So i would like to find a solution that can be done on the switch side...

[paolo bevilacqua]

The fact that one cable works with a given system does not imply that is good quality.

I've indicated two possible solutions above, you can try them or remain with the problem.

[ben]

I've did some tests with a FLUKE cable tester from my work, and all tests came back positive.

When i now connect the patchcable instead of into the cisco switch, into my providers router (build in 4 switch port), the PS3 connects to 1GB.

Since it's not an option to leave it there (wrong vlan), and also just because i want to know it, any suggestions who i can resolve it?

I've tried the option of 'no negotiation auto', but this didn't do a lot...

[ben]

I can confirm that it's not a cable issue.

When i put a SFP module in the switch, it connects perfectly on 1GB. Full auto.

When i now connect the cable (the exact same one) now to a "normal" gigabit port, it fails, it goes to 100MB.

Any idea what the difference is between these ports?