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Couskae
Tutor
Feb 09, 2022

Switch

Hi, can some one pleae help me out. I have a Touchstone® WECB460 Wi-Fi® MoCA® Bridge and its Ethernet Cable I have connected to a Netgear D7000 – Nighthawk AC1900 WiFi VDSL/ADSL Modem Router / D7000 t...
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plemans
Guru - Experienced User
Feb 09, 2022

What are you actually using as a gateway? 

My understanding is the moca device doesn't have dhcp/routing functions but is a moca bridge. 

So if you get rid of the nighthawk, what will be handling routing/dhcp/etc? 

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Couskae
Tutor
Feb 09, 2022

Hi, sorry, my mistake. not too knowledgeable in this area

I should have mentioned that there is a Touchstone DG2470 Data Gateway downstairs that connects to the Moca Bridge (2 Ethernet ports) upstairs via coaxial for cable TV & Internet. I connect from the Moca using 1 port to the Netgear and from Netgear (4 ports) Computer (2), Laptop, etc.

 

thanks   

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    plemans
    Guru - Experienced User
    Feb 09, 2022

    you should be able to use a switch without issues. its a pretty simple unmanaged switch and you'd be running a gateway. 

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      Couskae
      Tutor
      Feb 09, 2022

      Thanks for the info, which of these would you recommend?

       GS308 & GS308E

       

      thanks

       

      • plemans's avatar
        plemans
        Guru - Experienced User
        Feb 09, 2022

        are you planning on using any of the smarter features of the GS308e? If not, I'd go with the simple unmanaged version. 

        Less things to mess up :)

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