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2x gs116 wont link
I have 2x GS116 switches. The first is my primary switch, out of the router. The second is in my server room, and port 1 is connected with a straight-through cable to the second. It will not link ...
Some other notes:
1) I know the cable is good as it works currently between the old GS116 and the 8port switch.
2) The new GS116 doesn't work, even when moved next to the old GS116 and directly connected.
3) Regardless of which port on the new switch I try to use for the uplink, it doesn't connect, no port lights and no connectivity.
4) I have not tried switching both the GS116 as that would involve an outage which would be difficult to manage (nfs mounts and iscsi traffic between multiple nodes and a qnap array). Ill see if I can do that in the next few days to see if the new switch can uplink to the router.
Here is a pix of my testing setup.
The working GS116 is in back, the new GS116 is up front.
I have a straight through cable connected from the old GS116 to the new GS116 in port 1.
As you can see, no lights on the new GS116, although the old GS116 shows both port lights on.
Computers plugged into the new GS116 can talk to each other, but cannot see anything through the uplink. The internet is not visable and the default router is not seen either.
Thus, my conclusing that the switches cannot uplink.
Looking for suggestions as I need to use this GS116 in the server room as I am out of physical ports on my 8port netgear currently in the server room.
usao,
Kindly try to use a crossover cable between the 2 GS116 switches. Let us know the results.
Regards,
DaneA
NETGEAR Community Team
Ive ordered a crossover adapter from ebay, will take a week to get here.
However, reading GS116 docs indicate it supports auto uplink.
Auto Uplink™ automatically adjusts for straight-through or crossover cablesI apologize for this. I did not mean that you will have to buy a crossover cable.
I assumed that you already have a crossover cable or will make a crossover cable out of the typical ethernet cable. You are right that the GS116 switch supports Auto Uplink. However, by the time I have read your reply, I have thought to isolate the problem by using a crossover cable. That is why I suggested it in order to isolate the problem since swapping the 2 GS116 switches (as I have also suggested) would involve an outage as you have mentioned from your previous reply.
Regards,
DaneA
NETGEAR Community Team
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