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No internet connection GS205 connected via powerline adapter
I have just bought a GS205 switch with the intention of moving some anncilliaries out of the living room out of the way upstairs. My incoming service is downstairs (BT wireless router/hub) which is...
Hi Michael
Thank you for your reply. You are spot on. I have resolved the problem it was as you were leaning towards an issue with the PLA. Although it appeared to be working fine winky lights and all that once I reset it it then connected to the switch and resolved the internet issue straight away and has worked fine ever since.
That will teach me to complete all the basics before putting pen to paper - Doh!
Thanks again and best regards
Mark
Not sure that I follow what is going on here. (Probably my fault.) But have you confirmed that the Powerline network with the plugs alongside each other?
Can you plug something other than the switch into the "guest" plug?
Then there is this bit:
Stonnis wrote:
Running Windows diagnostics results in the message "Ethernet doesn't have a valid IP configuration".
What gives you that message?
Howe about this?
Stonnis wrote:
Eveything seems to see the network but there is no internet service.
What tells you that everything can see the network?
Start simple and build on that.
Hi Michael
Thank you for your reply. You are spot on. I have resolved the problem it was as you were leaning towards an issue with the PLA. Although it appeared to be working fine winky lights and all that once I reset it it then connected to the switch and resolved the internet issue straight away and has worked fine ever since.
That will teach me to complete all the basics before putting pen to paper - Doh!
Thanks again and best regards
Mark
Glad it worked.
Stonnis wrote:
That will teach me to complete all the basics before putting pen to paper - Doh!
Anyone who claims that they have never done something like that is either lying of fooling themselves.