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GS208v2 keeps disconnecting the devices attached to it
I bought on of these to use in my home office and before that, my LAN was going from my wireless router to my desktop directly. Everytime i connect that LAN cable to the switch and then a cable t...
ElaineM wrote:Net-Gear What happened?
Hi Elaine,
I should have reported earlier. Well it was user error. I was using what looked like a LAN cord as you know it looks just ike a regular ethernet cable (it was a ptach cable). This one didn't say CAT 5 etc on it.
So i switched to one that was CAT5E and it worked. I have had continuous connection with the GS208 since,no issues at all.
There is no firmware for it as it's an unmanaged switch (also called dumb switch).
Can you confirm the following to help isolate the issue?
- when the connection is down, does the pc say network cable unplugged?
- do the port LEDs on the switch are lit? Still or flashing? (Both the port to the pc and the port to the router)
- does the pc still have an ip address?
- in case you use DHCP, can you try static IP?
Can you confirm the following to help isolate the issue?
- when the connection is down, does the pc say network cable unplugged?
- do the port LEDs on the switch are lit? Still or flashing? (Both the port to the pc and the port to the router)
- does the pc still have an ip address?
- in case you use DHCP, can you try static IP?
omicron_persei8 wrote:
There is no firmware for it as it's an unmanaged switch (also called dumb switch).
Can you confirm the following to help isolate the issue?
- when the connection is down, does the pc say network cable unplugged?
- do the port LEDs on the switch are lit? Still or flashing? (Both the port to the pc and the port to the router)
- does the pc still have an ip address?
- in case you use DHCP, can you try static IP?
When the conection goes down, theLAN icon botomright of the screen just has a red X on it
Are you suggesting I assign a static IP to the switch?
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