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GS105v5
I have never done this before i bought a 5port Ethernet cable out let i am getting lost
how do i add this as extra ports the ones on my Modem is not enough
Many thanks
Regard Jean
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I will ask the Netgear moderator to move your message.Thank you :)
what actual device are you connecting the switch to?
You put "modem".
If its truly a modem only device, for most ISP's you can only connect a single device to it.
If you're wanting more connected, then you need a router or something to assign private IP addresses to.
So again, what modem/router/device are you connecting the switch to?
- I'm connecting to a router... they both worked fine until I replaced the router... one of them is ok.. the 2nd extender doesn't want to connect..
Wbhandball wrote:
I'm connecting to a router... they both worked fine until I replaced the router... one of them is ok.. the 2nd extender doesn't want to connect..You'll have to tell us more.
You have a modem (which one?) feeding a router (which one?)?
The switch should be at the end of the chain, after the modem and router.
What is this "2nd extender"? The switch? Something else?
The word "extender" has special meaning in network world. It is usually something that extends the stretch of your wifi.
The more you can tell us the better. It cuts down how many questions you have to answer before we know what the problem might be.
Hello so sorry i am still trying to work this out i have a optus modem it has all its ports full
so i bought gigabit ethernet swich so i could add another port i must be doing something wrong
as the computer i connected it to in another room doest work i have plugged the switch into our power
board put the ethernet cable in their and put the end in the computer please tell me where i am wrong
many thanks
Regards Jean
govan45 wrote:
Hello so sorry i am still trying to work this out i have a optus modem it has all its ports full
It sound like this anonymous Opus "modem" – there must be more than one model of Optus modem in the world – may be a modem/router. You said earlier:
I'm connecting to a router..Is that the same as the "optus modem"? If not you may be in classic "two routers" territory.
I don't understand this bit:
the computer i connected it to in another room doest work i have plugged the switch into our powerboard put the ethernet cable in their and put the end in the computer please tell me where i am wrong
What is this "power board"?
