Has anyone improved download speed by using a proxy?

#1 Posted by Barrock (3184 posts) - 7 months, 21 days ago

Downloading Tokyo Jungle and it's pretty slow. I looked into improving speeds and saw that you can use a proxy program to use your PC as a proxy, dramatically improving download speeds. I went through the process, but my PS3 is unable to connect to the internet after changing the settings.

Has anyone successfully done this?

#2 Posted by Barrock (3184 posts) - 7 months, 21 days ago

Did a restart of the program and it worked. Like, 10 times faster.

#3 Posted by BraveToaster (12588 posts) - 7 months, 20 days ago

I was having the same issue but I found a similar solution.

http://www.giantbomb.com/playstation-network-ps3/60-88/how-to-increase-download-speeds/35-558205/#1

#4 Posted by BlackLagoon (979 posts) - 7 months, 20 days ago

That this is working is pretty interesting. It seems more like the PS3 is having trouble with certain network configurations than PSN simply being slow as many are assuming.

#5 Posted by RandomInternetUser (6779 posts) - 7 months, 20 days ago

I seem to be one of the few people that has never had a problem with download speeds from PSN. I actually get faster speeds than I do on Steam sometimes.

#6 Posted by AuthenticM (3514 posts) - 7 months, 19 days ago

@Barrock: What's the program you used ?

#7 Posted by TeflonBilly (4722 posts) - 7 months, 19 days ago

@AuthenticM said:

@Barrock: What's the program you used ?

I did this with Privoxy and while it improved my PSN speeds, it's still way slower than my comp, 360 or even my Wii.

#8 Posted by Barrock (3184 posts) - 7 months, 19 days ago

@AuthenticM said:

@Barrock: What's the program you used ?

Used Privoxy.

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