plug it in
Ethernet Cable
You need an online connection to use the PlayStation Store. A PS3 can connect with an ethernet cable or WiFi to your existing internet service
you need to connect your ps3 to a wireless modem. or use an ethernet cable.
For your PS3 connection you need WiFi or an ethernet cable that is connected to the internet. The HDMI cable only connects the PS3 to the HDTV and will not provide the internet connection.
PS3 can only get an online connection with DSL or Cable WiFi or ethernet
you don't PS3 must connect with ethernet cable or WiFi for the internet
you plug it in at the back of the ps3
no it does not
You do not connect the PS3 ethernet cable to the computer. Just as you connect an ethernet cable to your PS3 to allow it to go online your computer may also have a spot to connect the ethernet cable to allow it to go online. The way the completed system will be set up is that ethernet cables are connected to a router for both the computer and the PS3 and the router is connected to the modem to allow online access to both your computer and the PS3. If you do not have a router you will need to purchase one and until then if you have a computer with online access the computer could be connected directly to the modem which you can unplug and plug in the PS3 to the modem with an ethernet cable. Then you go to network setting on the PS3 and complete the internet connection. In order to use your computer again online you need to unplug the PS3 and Plug the computer back in.
A Cat 5(good) or Cat 6 (better) ethernet cable plugs into the router and the ethernet slot in the back of the PS3 for a wired internet connection.
If you want to know if you need WiFi to get online then no you don't. You can connect an ethernet cable from your cable modem or from a router to the ethernet port in the back of a PS3
If the wireless router is like mine then you also can make an ethernet connection with the PS3 using an ethernet cable