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govan45
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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 

Model: GS105v5|ProSafe 5 ports gigabit switch
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Re: GS105v5

Visit the support pages:

Support | NETGEAR

Feed in your model number and check the documentation for your hardware.

That page will also have any software, firmware and drivers for your device, if they exist.

Look for the model number on the label on the device.

Begin with the Installation Guide.

While many questions about routers are generic and could be answered anywhere, some things need specialist knowledge.

You might get more help, and find earlier questions and answers specific to your device, in the appropriate section for your hardware. That's probably here:

Switches - NETGEAR Communities

I will ask the Netgear moderator to move your message.


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govan45
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Re: GS105v5

Thank you 🙂

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plemans
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Re: GS105v5

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? 

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Wbhandball
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Re: GS105v5

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..
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@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.

 

 

 

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Wbhandball
Tutor

Re: GS105v5

Thanks to all who responded and helped me with my extenders.. they are both working now...wayne
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govan45
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Re: GS105v5

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

Model: GS105|5 Port Gigabit Ethernet Switch
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@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 power

board 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"?

 

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