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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 ...
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 cables
I 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
Its no problem, having a crossover adapter is a good idea and something I should have in my tool kit anyhow.
I will try swapping the routers this weekend. I have about 10 machines with either smb/nfs or iscsi. Just need to do it cleanly so as to not cause any host issues.
After connecting the 2x GS116 together with a crossover adapter, it still will not link-light nor send any data to/from the internet.
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