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Are Ethernet switch problems easy to diagnose?
My ethernet system is crippled. Some ethernet devices are not on the network anymore... It will only work on 3 of 4 ethernet ports out of the R8000 router. I disconnected the 8-port switch which ha...
I finally pulled the trigger and installed the new 16-port GS116NA ethernet switch.
POOOOOF!
Problems solved. Apparently it was a bad 8-port ethernet switch that gave up the ghost and was cause all kinds of problems that did not make the problem obvious!
Thank you.
Have you heard of interfernce cause by some kind of "looping" which messes up somehow the ip addresses ?
I finally pulled the trigger and installed the new 16-port GS116NA ethernet switch.
POOOOOF!
Problems solved. Apparently it was a bad 8-port ethernet switch that gave up the ghost and was cause all kinds of problems that did not make the problem obvious!
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