Configuring your PlayStation 3 for ResNet
These instructions are for configuring a Sony PlayStation 3 for use with ResNet.
Plug the network (category 5) cable into the ethernet port and into the back of the PlayStation.
- On the PS3:
- Go to "Settings".
- Scroll down to "Network Settings".
- Scroll down to "Settings and Connections Status List"
- Scroll down until you see MAC address, then write it down.
- Navigate to https://hostreg.resnet.cwu.edu (The site may come up as untrusted. Go ahead and add and confirm the security exception.)
- Enter your CWU Safari/Wildcat Connection user name and password.
- There will be a field asking for an 'Ethernet Address'. Enter the MAC address from above into this box
- From the 'Operating system' pulldown menu select "PlayStation 3".
- Click "Agree and Submit".
- Once you have done this, wait 15 minutes.
- Plug the network cable into the PlayStation, then restart the console. The PlayStation should be able to access the internet.
Link to MAC address YouTube tutorial:
Once you have the MAC address, plug the network cable into a computer that has already been registered on ResNet via wired connection (ethernet)..

