My roommate got a PS3 for a graduation gift.

It seems now that, whenever we turn it on, one end of the house gets disconnected (the PS3 sits between myself and the wireless router, and my roommate's computer is on the other side of the router). We at first thought it was because the PS3 was connecting wirelessly, but, after running it through a switch, I still get kicked off the network.

We're running a Linksys WRT54G v6 wireless router - both the PS3 and the router are running the latest software. Yes, I know it's the PS3, because my music (which is accessed via a SAMBA share on my Linux box) cuts out whenever the PS3 is turned on (and I lose network connectivity).

Any thoughts as to why the PS3 is such an IP whore?

It seems it's designed to take over the world. Next it will still the cold from your fridge and blot out the sun.

I have the same problem.

You can always turn wireless off if you dont' play online and such. I havn't tried it yet, but when it is turned on and I'm using the internet, I get upset.

Bahaha!

My Wal-Mart is constantly sold out of Wii's, but there's always two or more PS3s sitting there, lonely, looking for someone to huggle them....

At any rate, you might have a better answer at http://ps3.ign.com somewhere on their forums.

We have. It's supposed to be using the hardwired connection (which it is).

Is it assigning itself the same IP as you?

Try setting a static IP for it that isn't being used. :/

I'd think that was the problem, except that it knocks both my desktop AND my laptop off of the wireless network.

PS3 might be saturating your router like a bittorent client would with all kinds of connections.

but then why would only half the house do it?