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Can't get gs108 to work on both wifi and LAN
My house is prewired for a home network so I bought a prosafe GS108 switch and a netgear gigabit CM700 modem. I connected everything as advertised in the box. Modem to switch and switch to prewired C...
Hi josemose
When is comes to wiring throughout the house, one common problem is something called Auto MDI/MDIX. I have explained here, in a thread similar to yours:
https://community.netgear.com/t5/Unmanaged-Switches/GS116-Warranty/m-p/1346459#M2078
Your issue is very likely because of this.
Also, the way to setup the network is:
"Internet connection" <--> Modem <--> Switch <--> LAN throughout the house.
But please have a read at the above thread. It think this will solve it for you.Cheers
Hi josemose
When is comes to wiring throughout the house, one common problem is something called Auto MDI/MDIX. I have explained here, in a thread similar to yours:
https://community.netgear.com/t5/Unmanaged-Switches/GS116-Warranty/m-p/1346459#M2078
Your issue is very likely because of this.
Also, the way to setup the network is:
"Internet connection" <--> Modem <--> Switch <--> LAN throughout the house.
But please have a read at the above thread. It think this will solve it for you.
Cheers
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