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DrGerm
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Jun 01, 2016
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GS748T v5 Managed Switch Randomly Disconnecting

I am having a problem with my network randomly going offline.   I am trying to identify the culprit. Every time this happens, it's purely only affecting connected devices. WiFi devices are not affe...
  • DrGerm's avatar
    Jun 04, 2016

    I noticed on a different log that my router was being blocked due to DOS attacks. And I had turned on Auto-DOS-Control. I turned that off. Things seem more stable. So, maybe that was part of the problem. I will have to rely on the router and server firewalls.

     

    I still have some problems with some devices, so, trying to take things one step at a time, I did a factory default on the switch, will see if that fixes anything.

     

    I'm still researching on how to set the time automatically. I've had problems before with a different network device that didn't have a correct time, so just want to rule that out.

     

    Next step will be to plug those problem devices directly to the router to see if they still go offline.

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