How to get around (or avoid) an IP Ban on PS3 with a VPN
Note from Wololo: This tutorial on How to get around an IP Ban on PS3 was initially published by /Talk member RiotDX, as part of our monthly tutorial contest. RiotDX won the February/March tutorial contest for the PS3 (a $10 PSN code) with this entry. You can find the original post here.
If you’ve ever gotten a console ban from Sony, they may have taken the extra step of banning your IP address as well. This can obviously be quite an annoyance, especially if you have another Sony console that isn’t banned. Or perhaps you’re one of the growing group who has gotten an IP ban seemingly at random. Or even worse, your computer may have been hijacked by viruses that used your connection for DDoS attacks, which can also get you banned (definitely look for a good antivirus program for this).
Well, the easiest way around the IP ban is to use a VPN. Fortunately, there are a number of inexpensive VPNs available (I wouldn’t recommend trying to use a free one; they can be rather slow, disconnect often, and some even give away your internet usage to third parties). These VPNs are easy to set up on your computer, and come with good instructions to walk you through the steps to get up and running. Unfortunately, they are not properly configured to work with your consoles. Here’s how to get around that on your PS3:
- Purchase a subscription to a VPN of your choice and set it up on your computer.
- You must connect your PS3 with an ethernet cable directly to your PC.
- Open your Network Connections window under Control Panel. When you connect to your VPN, an extra ethernet connection should pop up that represents your VPN connection.
- Right click on the VPN ethernet connection, and click on Properties.
- Under the Sharing tab, check both of the boxes and in the drop-down box choose the ethernet connection to your PS3.
Alternately, you could configure a router to connect to your VPN directly, but this makes it difficult to manage your VPN settings.
As an added bonus, most VPNs allow you to mask your IP to make it look like you’re connecting from another country entirely. This makes it possible to, among other things, watch things on Netflix on your PS3 that aren’t otherwise available in your region.
This should work for all VPNs, but some of them may require additional steps. I’d be happy to share which one worked for me with no additional steps in a private message.
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PSN Doesn’t BAN IP Facepalm ,I have jailbroken ps3 since the start…….
Ditto, haven’t heard of anyone personally getting IP banned. Have the chance to accidentally ban a lot of people because of dynamic IPs, and a few sites that banned users under mobile phone 3G/4G networks that resulted in few hundred people banned.
Don’t think Sony would risk that.
Yep, yep, they only ban console ids, accounts, and mac address
Sorry guys to contradict you, but I got my IP, ban, confirm by Sony and my account is still working if i connect externally.
They cannot tell me why my IP was block.
Using usb modding. I have five consoles in the house. ALL were turned off except for the one I was on now all of them won’t go online for games. The account was only on one ps3. 30 days for entertainment.
oh sony do ban ips im ip ban right now
Silly boy, Sony don’t ban IP’s, they ban the account or the console.
The fuc? Sony Banns the ConsoleID and the PSN Account. So this is Totaly Useless.
Looking at some of these recent tutorial contest makes it seem like I could win an easy 10$ PSN card just for telling people how to turn on their PSP/PS3/PSV/PS4
I won a couple with very little effort.
Easiest way: reconnect your Router and you get a new IP. 🙂
But Sony doesn’t ban IP’s.
This whole thing is a lie. Sony doesn’t ban IP addresses. They ban console ID’s and PSN accounts. How about some fact checking before putting up this kind of misinformation?
Sorry guys to contradict you, but I got my IP, ban, confirm by Sony and my account is still working if i connect externally.
PSN doesn’t work on both my PS3 and on my computer, it simply say that the site is down, while i’m able to access it on both my phone (on data plan) and a remote pc.
They cannot tell me why my IP was block.
same here …. i randomly got my IP banned for no reason…took about 10 calls to sony to find that out.
This must be some kind of late April fool, right ? I got banned my PS3 account and my console id, I didn’t even try to play online, I just used to sign on the PS Store to download demos and synchronize trophies; they banned my because I ran unsigned Snes emulator… many times I’ve trolled here before, but NOT this time, I got banned because of Super Mario World… and I could have emulated it even on my microwave
Should’ve disabled syscalls. Your own fault.
Well this tutorial is really good if u have someone that’s using “call of ddos” and start booting u offline
Considering I made this tutorial originally for a friend of mine who DID get IP banned by Sony when a virus hijacked his computer and used it to launch DDOS attacks, I’d say IP bans by Sony are a very real thing.
Either your friend is an idiot or you are a liar.
Seriously Wololo IP Ban, be careful what you front page…
there is no such thing as ip bans on psn.
Sony IP bans are actually a thing.
Most people on the internet who ask if PSN is down or not on the internet are having a temp ip ban. I got temp banned for 2 days twice the past 2 weeks for no reason; don’t have any devices with homebrew or cheating capabilities and I don’t use voice or text chat in any game nor do I use offensive names so ye.
Whenever trying to acces a Sony service you’ll see a website temporarily unavailable or you get an error code when trying to sign into PSN. Renewing IP/ tethering phone and switching to regular internet after logging in or using a VPN worked fine.
Also should probably mention that all devices using the same IP got blocked, so it isn’t a MAC address block either.
We live in a world that your ISP will be more at fault for restricting access than Sony would. I’ve had blackouts with Comcast, cutting off access to number of sites I figured I’ve been IP banned from, but could be accessed with a cheap proxy or VPN. Next week, I could access them. Small sites too that I haven’t even registered for.
Yeah, my router’s built in firewall will sometimes blacklist gaming networks for no reason until I reset it. I’d get rid of it but it’s the one that my IP provided. It’s just too much of a hassle to get them to replace it
This guy talking about IP bans on PSN is clearly just talking out of his rear end
there ARE IP bans on PSN. i just had it happen today to me. ps3 and psp stopped connecting to PSN. then my computer stopped too. “access denied” when trying to get to their websites. i can log in to my PSN account via my phone on my data plan, and my psp and ps3 CAN connect on my friends internet. my account is NOT banned, my devices are NOT banned, but my home’s internet connection IS.
since there were a lot of DDoS attacks towards sony, they have changed how they defend against DDoS. the company that does it now (akamai) is really strict. if you attempt to log in too many times in rapid succession, even to different accounts, your IP is flagged for a possible DDoS attack. then they block you.
from what ive read, usually it is a temporary block, but there are now thousands of thread posts popping up about sony blocking people’s IP addresses. once your ISP gives you a new IP address (releasing local IP address does nothing, nor does changing your local mac address), the problem instantly goes away. and i mean INSTANTLY.
so tell me again about how they dont block IP addresses?
Yep Same issue here.. and it’s been going on for over 6 mos for me.. I can sometimes get on both PC and PS3.. and other times for days.. I talked to a rep today from Sony and he said my IP is blocked by them due to Violation of ToS maybe not from me.. but from somebody in the block of numbers they ban.. and they told me to contact my ISP (Mediacom) and have them give me a new IP and try again.. Well my IP Is dynamic and they don’t change those IP’s only Static business accounts.. so I talked to sony again.. and they told me it was my problem not theirs.. (Exact words from the rep.. ) he kept saying call my ISP.. i told him I did and he said call them again and again and again till they are tired of hearing from me.. I told him to jump off a cliff basically.. If this isn’t fixed soon.. I am finished with Sony .. and just keep gaming with the other guys..
Sony does indeed ban IP’s. I can access the PSN Store from my phone on LTE, but not from any device on my home network. Not my laptop, console, or phone when its on my home wifi. My accounts are fine I can log into them using a device off my home network.
I ran a traceroute to the PSN Store and my hops went all the way, but access denied when I try to use a browser, or console. This means my IP has tripped something on the SONY network causing my IP to be added to an ACL on their sever, that denies me access. Armed with the traceroute and simple logic, I contacted SONY, who at first tried to blame my ISP, until I went through the traceroute line by line explaining it all in baby steps.. finally they agreed it was something on their end blocking my IP address, and escalated to network ops. or so they say. They say I will hear from them in about a week. boooooooo.. This is the support we get from a pay to play service? I want my money back.