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problems at office with network hardware
I look after an office with a number of Real Estate people in it. Over the last year or so, we have had a number of network issues and they all seem to be similar in issue. The last issue that we had ...
My first inclination is to ask why are we supporting D-Link in a Netgear forum - doesn't D-link have one of their own?
The second thing is - without knowing the topology of your LAN there's not much we cab do to assist - in fact - you mention to sides one wired & one wireless and two routers which makes me wonder if there are two LANs.
To answer your questions - as June has already pointed out L2 switches don't control the ip addresses, but better L2 switches - manages or smart switches - can be used to restrict connections to one device per port, based on the MAC address, which I believe can allow you the control you wish
Questions 2 & 3 require more detail to answer properly, but, in general, a single network should have a single router, and adding wireless access to an existing wired LAN is best done by adding an access point.
The second thing is - without knowing the topology of your LAN there's not much we cab do to assist - in fact - you mention to sides one wired & one wireless and two routers which makes me wonder if there are two LANs.
To answer your questions - as June has already pointed out L2 switches don't control the ip addresses, but better L2 switches - manages or smart switches - can be used to restrict connections to one device per port, based on the MAC address, which I believe can allow you the control you wish
Questions 2 & 3 require more detail to answer properly, but, in general, a single network should have a single router, and adding wireless access to an existing wired LAN is best done by adding an access point.
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