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gs316 seems to kill network traffic
I just purchased a new GS316 for my home. Unfortunately, anything running through that switch seems to run extremely slowly. To the point that my web pages that I am trying to access actually timeo...
Hi bvz,
Welcome to NETGEAR community!
At first, please reduce your temperature, the switch can bear the range:
Operating temperature 0°–40°C (32°–104°F).
If your closet is 58 degrees, maybe the switch chipset will have higher degrees.
The second point, if your switch can support power saving function, please try to disable it. Due to it can control your traffic for power saving.
Look forward you reply, thanks.
Regards,
NETGEAR Employee
Original poster here...
In my case it appears that the switch was overheating. My closet was 58 degrees Fahrenheit, not Celsius. Even so, it appears that I had mounted the switch with the vents too close to the wall. So even though the closet was very cool, the switch itself wasn't able to vent properly.
I'm not much of a networking person, but have you tried turning off the router? Only connect a number of devices together via the switch and see if they operate quickly. Basically simplify the network and only then add devices one by one to see if the switch is the problem or maybe simmering else is conflicting with it.
In my case it appears that the switch was overheating. My closet was 58 degrees Fahrenheit, not Celsius. Even so, it appears that I had mounted the switch with the vents too close to the wall. So even though the closet was very cool, the switch itself wasn't able to vent properly.
I'm not much of a networking person, but have you tried turning off the router? Only connect a number of devices together via the switch and see if they operate quickly. Basically simplify the network and only then add devices one by one to see if the switch is the problem or maybe simmering else is conflicting with it.
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