Before you put your PS4 into rest mode, you must enable background internet access so that your download will continue while your machine is in standby. Wireless networks can be slow and prone to interference. For a far more stable network connection, ditch wireless altogether and use an Ethernet cable instead. The original PS4 is notoriously bad for its wireless connection, but a wired connection will improve performance on both the Slim and Pro hardware revisions too.
If your router is close to your console, this is an easy fix. But what if your PS4 and router are in different rooms, or on different floors? Ethernet powerline adapters allow you to use the cables that are already in your walls. For many of us, wireless networks are the only option. The original PS4 model only supports While 2. Ideally, the router and console should be in the same room, or as close as you can manage.
Follow these tips to get a better wireless signal. Many users swear that setting up a proxy server on a local machine solved their download woes. A proxy is like a gateway to the internet most commonly found on a corporate network. One Reddit user explains how this can help improve your download speeds:. By getting a computer on your local network to do some of the heavy lifting, it may be possible to increase your download speed.
This is especially true for early PlayStation 4 models, which have notoriously flaky network adapters. Hold the Options key and click on the Network icon in the top-right corner of the screen. Keep in mind that your PS4 will need to use this proxy to access the internet. The DNS servers you use determine which servers are resolved when you enter a web address.
Some have theories that your choice of DNS servers affect which servers your console uses for downloads. The best way to do this is to change your DNS servers on your router, which will affect all devices on your network. When was the last time you tested your internet speed? To learn more or opt-out, read our Cookie Policy. Hell, sometimes just a visit to the PlayStation Store can be fraught with delays and spinning progress wheels.
The true causes of this may not be provable or knowable, but one network specialist has taken a long look at the issue and has some recommendations that may help. The very short explanation is that closing all games and applications seems to work. Juho Snellman, a systems programmer in Zurich, Switzerland, cautions that there may be other reasons for a slow download that are specific to a user's network or internet service provider.
This is a great circular firing squad where Sony could blame your cable company which can blame your router and back and then no one ever has to be responsible. But Snellman says he observed a jaw droppingly small "receive window" when anything was running in the background on the PS4.
Snellman says he ran two tests, the first with the download running in the foreground but a Netflix application running in the background. When the Netflix app closed, the receive window increased significantly. So Snellman began a second test that introduced all kinds of different background functions to see what would happen. In one, the game Styx: Shards of Darkness idled in its title screen.
The big problem is the slow download on PlayStation 4 no matter the Internet connection speed is fast or slow. According to users, it may take as little as 20 minutes to download a huge game on PC but take hours to download on the PS4. This is mainly because there is a flaw in how the console communicates with the PlayStation Network. You can let your PS4 run in Rest Mode to relieve the burden of waiting for a download.
Oct 27, , pm EDT. Oct 13, , pm EDT. Edit Story. Mar 31, , pm EDT. James Plafke Former Staff. Tom Eversley. CCProxy is pretty straightforward. James Plafke.
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