Fs608 v2 - 8 Ports: How to connect to DsL Modem

antinode
Guru
Jan 02, 2019
> The modem is just a modem. Not a modem + Router

   That's unfortunate (if true). To connect multiple devices to the
Internet through your DSL ISP, you'd need a router, not only a switch.

> I have connected the DSL Modem [...]

>    What, exactly, is your "the DSL Modem"? [...]

   Still a mystery.

> [...] to a 4 ports switch from a different manufacturer.

   Not a very detailed description of that gizmo, either. How much of
everyone's time are you trying to waste with these vague
non-descriptions? It's adding up.

> [...] The cable from the modem is connected to the WAN port of the
> switch now.

   I would not expect a network switch to have a "WAN" port, so I
suspect that your "a 4 ports switch" is actually a router (which might
have a built-in switch with four external ports), but without an actual
maker and model number, it's hard to be confident of much.

> [...] But i Can't find a WAN port of the FS608 switch. I see only LAn
> ports.

   That's because, on a simple network switch, the all ports are
equivalent. Unlike the ports on a router, where there's a WAN-LAN
distinction.
- Prim
  Aspirant
  Jan 02, 2019
  You're right. I have connected the Modem to a edimax router. The name of the modem is
  
  Draytek Vigor 2132.
  
  So, What you're saying is that i can't connect the draytek to the FS608 switch?
  - antinode
    Guru
    Jan 02, 2019
    > [...] I have connected the Modem to a edimax router.
    
       Yow. Did you really think that "a edimax router" was a useful
    description of anything?
    
    > [...] The name of the modem is Draytek Vigor 2132.
    
       Plain "2132", not "2132xxx"? To me, that looks like a router, not a
    
    modem, and not a simple switch:
    
          http://www.draytek.com/ftp/Vigor2132/Manual/DrayTek_QS_Vigor2132-Series_V1.2.pdf
    
    > So, What you're saying is that i can't connect the draytek to the
    > FS608 switch?
    
       What I said was that connecting a modem to a switch would probably be
    a mistake. But your "the Modem" seems to be a router, so connecting a
    switch to one of its LAN ports should be fine. Except that a "Vigor2132
    Series Security Giga Router" would seem to have gigabit Ethernet ports,
    so that a "Fast" Ethernet switch could add a new bottleneck to your
    network.
    
       If you ever decide to reveal what your equipment actually is, and how
    all of it is connected, then it might be possible to stop guessing, and
    make some actual progress. (I won't hold my breath.)

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Fs608 v2 - 8 Ports: How to connect to DsL Modem