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ab6g23
Aspirant
Jul 11, 2023

GS208 - Not able to ping devices in the network

Hi everybody, I'm new here and I'm writing because I bought a GS208 some months ago. Right now I'm using it to connect two different computers on the same network. The problem is that I'm not able t...
schumaku's avatar
schumaku
Guru - Experienced User
Jul 11, 2023

Do the port LEDs of the connected devices show an active Ethernet link (on) and activity (flashing)?

 

ab6g23's avatar
ab6g23
Aspirant
Jul 12, 2023

The fact is that I can see the ip address of the other computer from the prompt (with the netgear device in between), but I cannot ping it. I also turned off the firewall protection on both the computers, but it didn't work.

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    schumaku
    Guru - Experienced User
    Jul 12, 2023

    Explain on how you can see (or discover) the IP of the other computer on the network.

     

    And tell the community a little bit more about these two computers. LAN IP addresses, subnet masks of both for example.

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