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Nighthawk M1- Ethernet Port
Hello All, I have a Nighthawk M1 devce and its working just fine, however I have a question regarding the use of the ethernet port... I have been unable to get this to behave in a manner that I w...
Hi Colin,
Thanks for the detailed response.
I have been discussing internally and may have an idea on what you are seeing.
I will ask one of our support reps to reach out to you to gather further info.
Steve
Could it be that a switch may work in the Etherrnet port if a cross over ethernet cable is used? All the evidence points towards the possibilty that this Ethernet port is a switched port and hence requires a crossover cable. Can someone test this?
This is not likely to be an issue due to MDI-X support, cossover cables are now mostly non existant due to this.. note that only one connected device needs to support this and in my case the switch I use does... I don't know whether the Nighthawk supports MDI-X, but I would be surprised if it did not.
Hi, Well MDI-X is available in the switches I configure at work such as Cisco, however I am not so sure that it is available in SOHO devices such as the nighthawk M1. Yes, just one device supporting MDI-X should be all that is required. So I assume your switch works ok when plugged into the Nighthawk M1? What brand/model of switch are you using if you don't mind me asking?
I have a couple of options, both a Netgear Pro Series switch and a Ubiquiti POE switch which is the one I would prefer to be using... I have not had time to go back and get this sorted, hopefully over the weekend :)
Steve