When the PlayStation is downloading a new game or file, avoid playing anything on the console. Even placing the PlayStation 4 inside a cabinet can block the connection, and its download speeds will suffer. Place the PlayStation 4 and the router in the same room with a direct line of sight for better results. If your PlayStation and router are in different rooms with multiple walls between them, you’ll see low speeds, sometimes less than a megabit per second. Move Your PlayStation Closer to The Routerĭistance and interference greatly diminish the PlayStation’s Wi-Fi speed. A hardwired connection is more stable and circumvents the faulty Wi-Fi card in many of the earliest models of the PlayStation 4.
An Ethernet cable is typically several times faster than Wi-Fi.
