How to Bypass PS3 Firmware 3.21 and Connect to PSN

[PS3 News]

i'm trying to use an older linux method with ettercap but the http://www.ps3news.com/etter.dns doesn't exist anymore.

I checked, and this is all that was in that file (which as you said, doesn't exist on the server any more).

#PS3News.com ETTER.DNS FILE
#Enjoy- Visit PS3News.com!
fus01.ps3.update.playstation.net A 75.125.48.114
fjp01.ps3.update.playstation.net A 75.125.48.114
feu01.ps3.update.playstation.net A 75.125.48.114
fkr01.ps3.update.playstation.net A 75.125.48.114
fuk01.ps3.update.playstation.net A 75.125.48.114        
fmx01.ps3.update.playstation.net A 75.125.48.114
fau01.ps3.update.playstation.net A 75.125.48.114
fsa01.ps3.update.playstation.net A 75.125.48.114
ftw01.ps3.update.playstation.net A 75.125.48.114
fru01.ps3.update.playstation.net A 75.125.48.114
fcn01.ps3.update.playstation.net A 75.125.48.114
dus01.ps3.update.playstation.net A 75.125.48.114
djp01.ps3.update.playstation.net A 75.125.48.114
deu01.ps3.update.playstation.net A 75.125.48.114
dkr01.ps3.update.playstation.net A 75.125.48.114
duk01.ps3.update.playstation.net A 75.125.48.114
dmx01.ps3.update.playstation.net A 75.125.48.114
dau01.ps3.update.playstation.net A 75.125.48.114
dsa01.ps3.update.playstation.net A 75.125.48.114
dtw01.ps3.update.playstation.net A 75.125.48.114
dru01.ps3.update.playstation.net A 75.125.48.114
dcn01.ps3.update.playstation.net A 75.125.48.114

I assume you would need to change the IPs to ones for your own server hosting the file.

[thinnpikkins]

i've tried logan5 and another program to no no avail, im running win7 ultimate if that matters, with logan i can't even connect and with the other i test the connection and its suceeds but tells me there is an update and to install it still, what is really going on, never used one of these things and have been reading and downloading since yesterday but again to no avail. Anyone care to suggest anything?

[Musoka]

@thinnpikkins the PS3 as long as it is online will always check and ask if you want to update, it doesn't matter if your signed into PSN.

Therefore, and I am new to trying this myself, but if you connect, tell it no you do not want to update, and then if I understand the way this all should work right, you should be able to play online and use your PSN, just tell it no don't update and keep going Try it out.

[thinnpikkins]

@thinnpikkins the PS3 as long as it is online will always check and ask if you want to update, it doesn't matter if your signed into PSN.

Therefore, and I am new to trying this myself, but if you connect, tell it no you do not want to update, and then if I understand the way this all should work right, you should be able to play online and use your PSN, just tell it no don't update and keep going Try it out.

Yea, just tried your advice and logan5 will get the correct firmware but will not bypass it, i keep getting do you want to update now, i hit no about 5 times in a row, then hit yes just to see what would happen and it took me to the eula so i'm guessing this wont work on win 7, because if people are having success with it they must be using something different.

Half of the time i get the (error code 5) in the logan5 but then again half the time i done... and i dont see why it wont work because win7 ultimate has compatibility with other versions of windows, it can run in the background.

Thanks for the input though my friend, very helpful none the less.

[daGraveR]

If you happen to have Linux-box running 24/7, this might be an interesting alternative.

Difficulty: Moderate

Requirements: Any machine/OS capable of running a DNS-server and HTTP-server
(I used a Bind 9 DNS-server and Apache 2 HTTP server on a dedicated virtual machine running Ubuntu 9.10.)

Solution presented: Change the DNS-server setting in you PlayStation 3 to connect to the custom DNS-server and redirect everything from *.ps3.update.playstation.net to the HTTP-server, presenting the PlayStation 3 with 'old' update lists.

Note: if you already have a DNS-server and HTTP-server in play, you can most likely fit it right into the existing infrastructure.

Step 1: installing prerequisites

sudo apt-get -y install bind9 apache2

Step 2: Configuring DNS

To override DNS, we need to add the zone ps3.update.playstation.net

Get the zone-file

cd /var/lib/bind
wget sudo wget http://www.xs4all.nl/~graver1/ps3/ps3.update.playstation.net.hosts

Edit the line '*.ps3.update.playstation.net. IN A 192.168.1.3' so that '192.168.1.3' reflects the IP-address of the HTTP-server

sudo nano -w ps3.update.playstation.net.hosts

Then, edit /etc/bind/named.conf.local and add the zone:

sudo nano -w /etc/bind/named.conf.local

Add the following:

zone "ps3.update.playstation.net" {
	type master;
	file "/var/lib/bind/ps3.update.playstation.net.hosts";
	};

Reload the DNS:

sudo rndc reload

The server should respond with:

server reload successful

Step 3: Preparing Apache2

First, we go to the WWW-root and extract the old update files:

cd /var/www
sudo wget http://www.xs4all.nl/~graver1/ps3/ps3update.tar.bz2
sudo tar xf ps3update.tar.bz2

The hard part is done, now configure the PS3 to use our custom DNS-server:

Go to 'Settings' -> 'Network Settings'
Click 'Internet Connection Settings'

On the 'Select a setting method.'-screen choose 'Custom'
Configure as usual, but at the 'DNS Setting'-screen choose 'Manual' and enter the IP of the machine running DNS.
The rest of the settings should be obvious. (Note: we do not require a proxy server!)

Have fun

[thinnpikkins]

Just stumbled on a much better way to the guy that gave me advice... no programs whatsoever. Network settings > Internet Connection Settings > Custom > Set everything as normal) > Set Primary DNS IP to 67.202.81.137. Works flawless.

Thanks for the help though, and i hope this helps others that can't connect via proxy progs.

[daGraveR]

Just stumbled on a much better way to the guy that gave me advice... no programs whatsoever. Network settings > Internet Connection Settings > Custom > Set everything as normal) > Set Primary DNS IP to 67.202.81.137. Works flawless.

Thanks for the help though, and i hope this helps others that can't connect via proxy progs.

If you fully trust the person that runs this DNS-server, I guess you could try that. But there's nothing preventing him to easily carry out a man-in-the-middle-attack...

[sprayer]

PS3 Proxi v1.1 on fw3.15 works fine.

[livpool]

Yea, just tried your advice and logan5 will get the correct firmware but will not bypass it, i keep getting do you want to update now, i hit no about 5 times in a row, then hit yes just to see what would happen and it took me to the eula so i'm guessing this wont work on win 7, because if people are having success with it they must be using something different.

Half of the time i get the (error code 5) in the logan5 but then again half the time i done... and i dont see why it wont work because win7 ultimate has compatibility with other versions of windows, it can run in the background.

Thanks for the input though my friend, very helpful none the less.

you forgot to UNtick the checkbox in LOGAN5 lol

[Musoka]

I actually had not tried again with logan5 yet, and I thought it was the other program you were having success with connecting. I tried with logan5 before the update to see if I could get it to run and was having some issues. I was suggesting you try with the other program and try to just say no to the update with that one.

At any rate, I gotta sleep and will give things a run tomorrow night. Thanks to sprayer for the tip.