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Can't print after installing ProSafe 16-Port Switch
I installed a new switch yesterday. All my peripherals work fine except the Fiery RIP. I can't ping it or print to it. I have Command Central and that won't link either. As far as I know, the switch ...
I'll have to draw up something later today but it goes like this: We have two workstations. Both connected by ethernet cable to switch. The Fiery RIP goes to the Switch. I have to double check but I believe another cable goes directly from the Ricoh press to the switch. Scanner goes to the switch. One ethernet cable from switch to cable modem. Last cable in switch is for people who come in and need to hard wire a laptop. Since we also have wireless wifi we very rarely use the cable and will probably remove.
What was the make & model of the old switch you removed?
It was a Linksys Broadband Router Model RTP300
That is most likely your problem - you're replacing a ROUTER with a SWITCH - the router has a switch built into it, so it can perform switching functions, but the Netgear switch, does not provide the routing functionality.
I wish I was more technical. Our network has been very slow and I went online to see how to make network a little quicker and many of the articles recommended a faster switch. I ran out of ports and was piggy backing a smaller Trendset TE100-ST Fast Ethernet Switch to the Lynksys router. I wanted to replace the two boxes with one box. Should I just buy a new router or just go back to what I had? Something like this: ETGEAR’s FS116 10/100 16 port dual speed switch with uplink button provides your LAN with high-speed, 10/100 Mbps auto-sensing connectivity for as many as 16 users.
Appreciate the feeback.
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