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GS105 stopped 'talking' to Visio smart TV
I have a GS105 that no longer communicates with my Visio smart TV. Model V585x-H1. My internet ethernet cable was plugged directly into my computer. When I purchased the TV, I also purchased the GS1...
This is my internet setup: My internet is supplied by a company called LR Communications. In my yard I have a 12 - 14 inch satelite type dish that points to a tower 2 miles away. The system is from Cambium Networks. Signal comes from tower to dish, then dish via Cat 5 cable to AC adapter in house. The AC adapter supplies power to the dish. There is a Cat 5 cable from AC adapter to the GS105 switch. Previous to having the switch this cable plugged into computer.
I do not have a router.
From the sound of it, only 1 devices will work at a time?
Might be that the isp is only supplying 1 ip address at a time now. maybe they changed something on their end.
It might be time to get a router.
No, I don't think so. I can disconnect my computer from the switch, and the switch will not connect to the TV. I just did that.
Why a router? Please help me with the need and benefits. All I want is the computer and TV to connect to internet.
Thank you for your help.
Try contacting your isp.
If they're only allowing 1 IP address at a time (why rebooting the antenna link might restore the connection) then a router is needed to assign private IP addresses.
I'd try contacting the isp to see if they changed anything on their back end for this as most users have some type of router controlling their system.
I could not get ahold of the isp. I'll try later today.
Here is a summary of connections;
Internet input connected directly to TV cable--Connection is OK on TV
Interent input connected directly to Computer cable--Connection is OK on Computer
Internet input connected to GS105 and TV cable connected to GS105--No connection to TV
Internet input connected to GS105 and Computer cable connected to GS105--Connection is OK to computer
Internet input connected to GS105 and both TV cable and computer cable connected to GS105--No connection to TV; Connection to Computer is OK
This tells me that the switch will not communicate with the TV. The TV can directly communicate with the isp. But not thru the switch. Therefore I think it is a switch issue.
The TV has a different IP address than the computer. When the TV successfully connects to the internet, the IP address is displayed on the TV.
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