NETGEAR is aware of a growing number of phone and online scams. To learn how to stay safe click here.
Forum Discussion
Austen
Jan 26, 2017Aspirant
R7000 wired device no internet
Hi, I have an R7000 which has been working perfectly for some time. Yesterday, my playstation 4 had no internet (wired). Everything that is connected wirelessly has internet and the playstation ...
- Feb 01, 2017
Thanks for the replies,
It seems that suddenly my internet settings on the ps4 just stopped working.
I have it manually setup for a static ip address so i can open ports to the ps4.
I just changed the settings to automatic and it worked fine.
I fixed the static ip by setting the router to give a specific ip address to the mac address on the ps4.
Strange that it worked for years and now suddenly stopped.
I think it was to do with the subnet mask i had set to 255,255,255,0.
On the router it was 255,255,255,128. I tried that on the ps4 and all that happened was it had to think a bit longer before coming up with "internet failed".
Anyway, all is working fine now, thanks!
Austen
Feb 01, 2017Aspirant
Thanks for the replies,
It seems that suddenly my internet settings on the ps4 just stopped working.
I have it manually setup for a static ip address so i can open ports to the ps4.
I just changed the settings to automatic and it worked fine.
I fixed the static ip by setting the router to give a specific ip address to the mac address on the ps4.
Strange that it worked for years and now suddenly stopped.
I think it was to do with the subnet mask i had set to 255,255,255,0.
On the router it was 255,255,255,128. I tried that on the ps4 and all that happened was it had to think a bit longer before coming up with "internet failed".
Anyway, all is working fine now, thanks!
StephenB
Feb 01, 2017Guru - Experienced User
Austen wrote:
I think it was to do with the subnet mask i had set to 255,255,255,0.
On the router it was 255,255,255,128.
255.255.255.0 is the usual value for most routers. If you set it manually on the router, it might be a mistake.
The consequence is that local IP addresses that end in 128-255 will misbehave.