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Should the R8000 UI see devices connected via a GS308 switch?
In the supplied user interface, on the Basic tab, "attached devices/wired devices" area, should I be seeing any info at all (like status, IP, MAC address) for devices on a connected GS308v2 or is ...
You should see all devices connected to the switch
You should see all devices connected to the switch
Thank you!
As long as the switch as after the router.
- After the router .. yes. Thanks!
cable modem -> R8000 router -> GS308 switch -> devices
This is considered after the router, yes?
I replaced the switch with a new GS308v3, changed to new cables and still can't "see" the devices on the switch.
All devices work fine if I connect them directly to the router but not on the (new) switch.
I assume it doesn't matter which of the 4 ports I use to connect the switch to the router and that it's okay to be using the other 3 ports for other devices simultaneously
And that it doesn't matter which port on the switch that I use to connect to the router?
Either my expectatons are wrong, the router is broken or my connections are wrong?
> This is considered after the router, yes?
I don't know what "before" or "after" a router means. It's an
ambiguous nonsense concept. I do know what the WAN side and the LAN
side of a router mean.If a port on your switch is connected to a LAN Ethernet port on the
router, then things should work properly.Now, let's move on to actual facts.
> [...] still can't "see" the devices on the switch.
What are these (unspecified) "devices"?
> All devices work fine if I connect them directly to the router but not
> on the (new) switch.
Is your complaint that these (mystery) devices do not _work_ if you
connect them to the switch, or that they work, but don't appear in an
Attached Devices report on the router, or what, exactly?> I assume it doesn't matter which of the 4 ports I use to connect the
> switch to the router [...]Any one of the four router LAN ports should be fine for the
connection to any one of the switch ports.> [...] and that it's okay to be using the other 3 ports for other
> devices simultaneouslyYup.
Now it's my turn. _I_ assume that these devices have some kind of
LED port-status indicators, which only one of us can see. Care to share
the enlightenment? Have you tried swapping cables?
> Either my expectatons are wrong, the router is broken or my
> connections are wrong?Your expectations seem ok. If a router LAN port works with an
individual device, then it should work with a network switch. A bad
switch could cause problems for a device which is connected to the
switch. I can't see your "my connections". But some of this sounds
strangely familiar.
