No internet connection through switch gs324

Hello community,

I submitted a ticket with Netgear support and received a suggestion to isolate the problem with only one host on the Switch network. I followed their suggestion and removed all cables from my wifi router and switch, restarted router and made a single connection to test Netgear support engineer's suggestion. The connection I made was Cable Modem to Router's WAN port and from Router's LAN port to Switch's Port #1 and then from Switch to my laptop. Restarted Switch.

This single connection worked just fine. 

Thereafter I slowly reconnected cable after cable in my home network and the network so far has been working OK for the last 15 minutes.

I'm guessing that there was a loop in the switch of some sort with my previous connection. I swear I double checked everything, but since I'm unable to prove at this time, I'm second guessing myself.

I will keep an eye on the network for the next 24 hours. Thank you for your assistance Netgear Support.

Thank you!