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Aspirant

Dec 23, 2016

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2x gs116 wont link

I have 2x GS116 switches. The first is my primary switch, out of the router. The second is in my server room, and port 1 is connected with a straight-through cable to the second. It will not link ...

Troubleshooting

DaneA
Jan 01, 2017
@usao,

It seems that the new GS116 is faulty. I suggest that you return it from the store where you bought it and asked for a replacement.

Regards,

DaneA

NETGEAR Community Team

DaneA

NETGEAR Employee Retired

Dec 27, 2016

usao,

Kindly try to use a crossover cable between the 2 GS116 switches. Let us know the results.

Regards,

DaneA

NETGEAR Community Team

usao

Aspirant

Dec 28, 2016

Ive ordered a crossover adapter from ebay, will take a week to get here.

However, reading GS116 docs indicate it supports auto uplink.

Auto Uplink™ automatically adjusts for straight-through or crossover cables

DaneA
NETGEAR Employee Retired
Dec 29, 2016
@usao,

I apologize for this. I did not mean that you will have to buy a crossover cable. I assumed that you already have a crossover cable or will make a crossover cable out of the typical ethernet cable.

You are right that the GS116 switch supports Auto Uplink. However, by the time I have read your reply, I have thought to isolate the problem by using a crossover cable. That is why I suggested it in order to isolate the problem since swapping the 2 GS116 switches (as I have also suggested) would involve an outage as you have mentioned from your previous reply.

Regards,

DaneA

NETGEAR Community Team