Depending on your firmware revision, there may be an issue with BlackBerry Torches and Aggressive Load Balancing. We believe this is the same issue that kept PS3s from seeing our wireless LAN. The Bug ID is CSCtn74703 and has been fixed in latest controller firmware releases, like 7.0(220.0).
Obviously, if you're not using aggressive load balancing, you're running into something else. We're also trying to explain to gamers that they get lower latency, more reliable connections (not flaking out when the roommate goes to microwave a burrito), and higher bandwidth if they bother plugging in a wire, but apparently we're not all that convincing. Toivo Voll Network Administrator Information Technology Communications University of South Florida -----Original Message----- From: The EDUCAUSE Wireless Issues Constituent Group Listserv [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Reilly Steele Sent: Wednesday, November 09, 2011 12:48 To: [email protected] Subject: [WIRELESS-LAN] Game Console Wireless Connection Problems I am a student employee at Western Washington University ResTek and we are having trouble getting PS3s connected to our wireless network. We have just rolled out the first phase of our wireless project this year covering half of our residence halls with wireless service. We have three SSIDs one secure with 802.1x/WPA2, one open with web auth, and one open that only associates with client MACs that have been registered on our website. The last SSID is the one we use for browserless devices and game consoles. Initially we could not successfully connect Wiis or PS3s to this wireless SSID. We fixed the Wii problem by enabling the 2Mb transfer speed on the APs that the Wii seems to prefer however this did not fix our PS3 connection issue. If you have had any trouble, luck, tricks or tips for getting PS3s working on your wireless networks I would love to hear about them. This is the hardware we are running currently: 1 Cisco Wireless Control System (WCS) 1 Cisco 3310 Mobility Services Engine (MSE) 3 Cisco 5508 Wireless LAN Controllers (WLC) 426 Cisco AIR-CAP3502I-A-K9 A/B/G/N APs Thanks! -Reilly Steele Reilly Steele ResTek Network Consultant Western Washington Universtiy [email protected] ********** Participation and subscription information for this EDUCAUSE Constituent Group discussion list can be found at http://www.educause.edu/groups/.
