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unmanaged GS308Tv3 switch not allowing internet to local computers
Purchased an unmanaged 8-port Netgear GS308Tv3 switch just a week ago for a home network. Connecting to a Starlink setup with the Starlink Ethernet adapter. Ran an ethernet cat5 cable from the adapter to the switch (Port 1) and began stacking in all our devices up the ports (2] HOH Phone for captions, 3] Smart TV and 4] Unify WAP Wifi extender) w/o any issues. Using cat5 cables for all devices. Confirmed all cat5 cables are working by exchanging the ones that I thought might have been bad into the devices that are working, and they all work.
Next.... - and this is the issue - I attempt to connect each of our 2 HP-All-in-One desktop computers w/o no luck. They both work if I connect them via ethernet direct to the Starlink Ethernet Adapter port, so the switch seems to be preventing them access for some reason. I am still able to connect each computer to the Starlink Router via WiFi, but get nothing when connected through the Switch. I've also attempted switching around the cat5's to the other ports, and get the same issue. The items that work work, independent of the port used, and the HP computers don't work in any of them.
Finally, I connected the HP to a Port and rebooted the router, and then rebooted the switch, then the computer, and then did that in reverse just in case there was some weird sequential reason it needed that done, and still no dice.
Any ideas would be appreciated.
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Hard to imagine this should be an issue caused by the GS308T. Despite of the it's a smart managed switch, many are using unmanaged or even Orbi systems connected to the Starlink Ethernet adapter.
Does a system connecting to the Ethernet port (direct), get an IP like100.77.n.n or is the Starlink device configured as a NAT router, issuing 192.168.1.x /24 (255.255.255.0) addresses?
If it's assigning a 100.77.n.n address, a reserved Carrier Grade NAT address, you could consider adding any generic Ethernet NAT router (using it's WAN/Internet port), and let the NAT router handle the difficult job. Here you can connect additional switches like this GS308Tv3.to provide more LAN ports on the NATed private IP subnet LAN.
Another possible point to start your investigations would be to access the GS308T — S350 Series 8-Port Gigabit Ethernet Smart Switch switch.
Start with the ubiquitous NETGEAR Switch Discovery Tool (NSDT). If not on a DHCP assigned LAN IP address (the computer), manually configure the computer adapter to an IP address in the same subnet of the switch. Now try to access the switch Web UI
Note: To my knowledge, there is no GS308Tv3 model - probably the OP does really talk of a GS308v3 — 8 Port Gigabit Ethernet Unmanaged Switch. So the above does not apply....
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