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New GS308 switch will not give internet and assigns a weird ip. is this for internet or just network
New GS308 switch will not give internet and assigns a weird ip. is this for internet or just network pc
The proposed of the switch is give more ports to connect more devices to the internet right?
I connected a new gs308 from working netgear wifi router to switch then the device to the switch and there is no internet, i cannot see the switch connected to the network and the switch gives out a weird ip to the device.
There is no labels on the ports of the switch so i guess i can use any port to connect to the switch (i tried the 1st port)
I'm i connecting it wrong?
My set up works fine without the switch.
I would appreciate the help thank you.
@l3ny
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> New GS308 switch will not give internet and assigns a weird ip.
What, exactly, does "a weird ip" mean to you?
> The proposed of the switch is give more ports to connect more devices to
> the internet right?
The purpose of a network switch is to connect multiple devices to
each other. One of these could be a LAN port on a router whose WAN
("Internet") port is connected to the Internet. That would let more
devices on your LAN connect to the Internet.
> I connected a new gs308 from working netgear wifi router to switch then
> the device to the switch and there is no internet,
Which port on which device is connected to which port on the other
device?
> i cannot see the switch connected to the network
The GS308 is a simple (unmanaged) switch. It has no IP address of
its own, so you won't see it in a network list or map.
> and the switch gives out a weird ip to the device.
The GS308 is too simple to give out any address to anyone. If "weird
ip" means one of the self-assigned 169.254.x.y addresses, then what that
means is that the computer in question is not connected to your DHCP
server, which is normally your (unspecified) "netgear wifi router".
> There is no labels on the ports of the switch [...]
Right. All the switch ports are equivalent. The same is not true of
all the ports on your "netgear wifi router".
> I'm i connecting it wrong?
If you reveal how all your stuff if connected, then even a
non-psychic like me might be able to say.
You could also have a bad cable. Are there interesting LEDs
associated with any of the Ethernet ports on these devices?A weird IP is a totaly uncaracteristic of an ip address.
The cable moden to the wifi routher with 4 ports then one cable(pecfectly working cable) to the switch. And since the switch doesn't have any mark I've tried on the 1 port and all of them. and i do not get internet on divices connected to the switch.
I guess i should ask at this point if some one can please can recomend me a way no connect more divices to the internet since my wndr3700 routher got all 4 port used. i need to connect more things not to each other but to the internet.
than kyou
> A weird IP is a totaly uncaracteristic of an ip address.
What's the number? Or do you just enjoy creating information-free,
vague descriptions?
> The cable moden to the wifi routher with 4 ports then one
> cable(pecfectly working cable) to the switch.
If that means that you connected one of the router LAN ports to one
of the switch ports, then that should be right.
> [...] the switch doesn't have any mark I've tried on the 1 port [...]
How can you identify the "1 port" if "the switch doesn't have any
mark"? In all the pictures I can find, the ports are labeled 1-8.
> Are there interesting LEDs associated with any of the Ethernet ports
> on these devices?
Still wondering. The GS308 picture which I saw showed some LED
indicators.
> i need to connect more things not to each other but to the internet.
If you connect them (properly) to the router, then you'll be
connecting them to each other and to the Internet. A network switch is
the way to expand the router's available LAN ports. You need a working
switch and good cables. As you've noted, all the switch ports are
equivalent, so it's not easy to foul up the switch connections.
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