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Netgear GS305 switch - NOT WORKING
Good afternoon, I recently purchased a Netflix GS305 5 port switch following my tp-link swtich deciding to nolonger work (upon review this was common). I assumed this would be a plug and play situ...
Hi Kelso88,
This is a LONG shot answer but I just had what appeared to be the same issue. If I ran a long cable from my gateway to my PC I was connected, if it went through my GS305v3 I was not connected.
Believe it or not, the issue was that I had two DHCP servers on my setup. The path was this:
ARRIS gateway -> Nighthawk MK63 -> GS305 -> PC.
If I bypassed the GS305 it worked! I was thinking that the switch was the culprit. But, after swapping out switches with others I had, even ones from other companies, the behavior was the same.
It turns out my ARRIS was a DHCP server as was my Nighthawk MK63. Although I configured them to use different IP pools it was causing issues.
I changed the ARRIS configuration to be the only DHCP server and the wired connection problem was fixed! I also changed the wired configuration to now be:
ARRIS gateway -> GS305 -> PC.
I'm now working on a separate issue where my wireless devices can connect to my Nighthawk but they can't connect to the internet. UGH! More fiddling with the configuration.
Good luck!
Larry.
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