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Port connected to router randomly becomes disabled
I have had this switch for about three months now, it works well expect that the port connected to router would randomly becomes disabled.
The router assigned 192.168.1.100 to the switch, which is different from the default IP address. I don't think this would make a difference.
Anyone has any idea why this is happening?
I have changed the cable (both new and old were Cat6a), and not difference. Is there a setting that we need configure in the router or switch?
Right now, we have to either re-enable the port in the admin console or soft/hard restart the switch, but the port would becoming disabled after a few hours or up to a few days. Not sure what is causing the variance.
- Sorry for that issue, but it seems that a constant DoS attack propagating from the router is mitigated by the switch with either Auto-Dos feature (please configure it here: System Management Denial of Service Auto-DoS Configuration.) or DoS configuration feature (please configure it here: System Management Denial of Service Denial of Service Configuration.).
Maybe because of your NAS services accessible from the internet or a Dos attack against your router, the switch is trying to protect your network. Please can you test and de-activate Auto-DoS in above GUI page, and ultimately configure DoS differently in the other GUI page and let the Community know the results?
Regards,
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Hi JohnCarloV,
Actually, I had opened a case with Netgear support before. So we have gone through the typical steps of troubleshooting, include updating to the latest firmware, chaging cable, changing ports, factory reset/reimport settings. However, none of that worked.
In fact, one workaround I have been using is just moving the cable from the router to another open port, but then after a while that port would become disabled as well. So, I will have to reenable in the console or soft/hard restart the switch.
The Netgear support was very unhelpful, as they just blame our router for being the issue and throw their hands in the air. Hence, I have create this thread to get help from the community.
Cheers,
John
Hi John,
Is there potentially a loop from the other network/network devices connected to the XS for example to the router or another wireless, for example by some media player?
What does the XS log show about the reason for the uplink port becoming disabled?
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