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Retired_Member
Mar 18, 2021Unable to access Internet from gs105 unmanaged switch
Basically the title. Purchased the switch with the intention of using it to have access to more internet-capable ports in my room, so that I wouldn't have to contantly swap the cable from device to d...
- Mar 24, 2021
@rapidlypen,
Welcome to our community!

It seems that you are having issues with adding the switch to your network. May I know if you already tried using your PC to directly connect it to the patch panel? Does it receive an IP address? This switch is just a plug-and-play unit. We can only isolate cases for us to identify the problem.
Regards,
John
NETGEAR Community Team
JohnC_V
Mar 24, 2021NETGEAR Employee Retired
@rapidlypen,
Welcome to our community! 
It seems that you are having issues with adding the switch to your network. May I know if you already tried using your PC to directly connect it to the patch panel? Does it receive an IP address? This switch is just a plug-and-play unit. We can only isolate cases for us to identify the problem.
Regards,
John
NETGEAR Community Team
- Retired_MemberMar 24, 2021
Yeah, I ended up finding out that the issue was the wall sockets.
I wanted to get to get as many threads out as possible so as to produce a bunch of different things to attempt. My apologies, this issue is resolved.
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