PS3 troubles (again)

[gwar9999]

A couple of years ago I tried to get Untangle to work nicely w/ the PS3 but I eventually gave up. I was fortunate that my ISP provided me with a few static ip addresses so what I ended up doing was placing a switch before the Untangle host and have the PS3 bypass Untangle entirely-- this hack worked perfectly.

However, I now have a need to get the PS3 back on the LAN. I've tried a combination of a few things:

1) Bypass rules - TCP/UDP incoming and TCP/UDP outgoing
2) 1:1 NAT for the PS3
3) both 1 & 2

In all 3 cases, the PS3 is able to obtain an IP address, access the internet but is unable to connect with the PlayStation Network (which has the latest firmware). If I use the PS3 web browser and point to one of the "what is my ip" websites it shows the public 1:1 NAT ip address (in cases 2 & 3, above) or the primary public ip address (case 1 above).

I'm not sure what else I can try or where I can look to find the cause of this. I'd appreciate any advice. Thanks!

[jcoehoorn]

I suspect your bypass rules are not right. Can you post them (screenshot is best so we can see exactly what they look like)?

[gwar9999]

Thanks for the quick reply. I've uploaded 4 screenshots.

[blueshoes]

I know this is totally different then the PS3, but this is how far I had to go with Unntangle in bridge mode and a SOHO router as gateway. Look thought whole thread for my rules to let a TiVo work. I also had to do the same for my Xbox 360. it took me 2-3 hours for both of drilling down through logs to see what is blocking what and what address was needed. I used the TiVo forums and Xbox forums to get basic ports and addresses to filter, then I had to fine tune when I wa still getting blocking. My gateway is locked down for outbound, so it took longer to get to the outside.

http://forums.untangle.com/networkin...-must-pay.html

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[gwar9999]

My Untangle host is in "router" mode, not sure if that makes a difference. My TiVo has always worked fine sitting on the same switch as the PS3. Additionally, my Panasonic plasma tv has the Vierra features (Netflix, weather, etc) and resides on the same switch and also has no issues.

As far as I can tell looking at the session viewer and running tcpdump on the Untangle host, the PS3 accesses several hosts on 80 & 443 during it's network test which then fails.

[blueshoes]

For the heck of it, try UT in bridge and put up another router so you can use both for logging. It was the Spyware Blocker and Web Filter Lite modules that surprised me when they were blocking an ip address I needed to go to to get things working. Look there as your key blocking point. You have dropped or turned off these two modules in testing I would presume?

[gwar9999]

Just our of curiosity, what were the issues you saw with your TiVo before you got things working properly? Perhaps I'm not using the same features as you. Also I have a Series3, if that matters.

[jcoffin]

Does the session viewer show the sessions to the PS3 as bypass?

[gwar9999]

Yes. The 4th screenshot I posted shows that several attempts of the PS3 to access PSN and Untangle's session browser shows them as bypassed. Running tcpdump on Untangle also shows the activity but not sure what I should be looking for exactly.

[blueshoes]

Just our of curiosity, what were the issues you saw with your TiVo before you got things working properly? Perhaps I'm not using the same features as you. Also I have a Series3, if that matters.

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