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Aspirant

Oct 11, 2021

Netgear GS208-100PAS

I have a Netgear GS208 8-port Gigabit Ethernet Switch connected by an ethernet cable to my AT&T 2Wire 3801 HGV router. Every time I turn on my second computer that is ethernet cabled into this Netge...

FURRYe38

Guru - Experienced User

Oct 11, 2021

Try connecting the 2nd computer to the modem and test with out the switch.

Ensure your using good quality LAN cables. CAT6 is recommended.

Please visit and post about this over in the Switch forum if it seems to be a switch issue:

https://community.netgear.com/t5/Unmanaged-Switches-Forum/bd-p/business-unmanaged-switches

Thank you.

HarlZuk
Aspirant
Oct 11, 2021
Thanks for the input. I will try this later when I get back home and post the results of this test. I appreciate your help.
- FURRYe38
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  Oct 11, 2021
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