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mloschiavo6's avatar
mloschiavo6
Aspirant
Jan 30, 2021

R6300 through a GS108p netgear switch

Is there a known issue when connecting a R6300 rounter through a netgear GS108P switch?  

I have a switch setup in the basement which has cables running to my kids computers without any issue.  I wanted to put the Netgear Router R6300 in the far end of the house which would entail being connected through the switch.  We have a cable that runs back up through the floor so the router could be at the far end, connected through the switch which then runs up to the cable modem.  This works when directly connected to the cable modem, but seems to fail going through the switch.  

Is this a known issue?  Can it be fixed?  Is there a simple setting that needs to be enabled?

Thanks
Mike

 

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  • antinode's avatar
    antinode
    Guru
    Jan 30, 2021

    > Is there a known issue when connecting a R6300 rounter through a
    > netgear GS108P switch?

     

       Through it to _what_?

     

       I got lost in your makes-my-head-hurt geography.  What you need to do
    is connect the modem (Ethernet port) to the R6300 WAN/Internet port.
    Just as it shows in all the relevant User Manuals.

     

       Visit http://netgear.com/support , put in your model number, and look
    for Documentation.  Get the User Manual (at least).  Read.

     

       You _can_ connect an Ethernet switch port to a _LAN_ port on the

    R6300.

     

    > [...] the switch which then runs up to the cable modem. [...]

     

       That sounds wrong.

     

    > [...] Can it be fixed? [...]


       Don't connect an Ethernet switch port to the WAN/Internet port on the
    R6300.  Or to the modem.

     

       It's unfortunate if that restriction spoils your wiring plan, but
    these gizmos are more complicated than Christmas-tree lights, and, in
    the words of the philosopher Jagger, "You can't always get what you
    want."

      • mloschiavo6's avatar
        mloschiavo6
        Aspirant
        Jan 31, 2021

        Unintentionally posted the picture without the description.  

        The top pic shows the current non-working setup.  

        The lower pic shows how it was setup and working normally. 

        My goal was to increase connectivity to the far end of the house rather than have two broadcasting wifi units in one room which was now overkill since Comcast actually has a good cable modem.  We had the XB3 before (or sb... forget the code...)  

        The main idea was that when running out of the cable modem directly into the netgear router, it was working fine.  

        So:

        Cable modem -> netgear router = working router

        Cable -> switch -> netgear router = non-working router

        I'm hoping this can be fixed.

        Thanks,

        Mike