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GS308-100PAS and GS308 - daisy chaining not working
Hi,
I am trying to daisy chain 2 GS308 switches together to extend my network across my basement.
So I have:
Xfinity internet <-> cable modem <-> ASUS router in my den (wifi turned off) <-> Netgear GS308-100PAS in a basement closet) <-> GS308 (in basement media room).
[Note that I originally had bought a TPlink to extend this and ran into all sorts of issues - wasted a lot of time. So returned it and just bought another Netgear to avoid wasting time trying to debug issues - as I read they could be daisy chained. So I sure hope this is something simple. :)]
In my media closet, I normally have the ethernet cable going directly to my TiVo and it works fine - so I know the internet is working fine to the media closet. I now want to have this going through a switch so that I can also connect up my TV directly with ethernet as well as the receiver (so TiVo, TV, receiver to all go via this new switch).
I've tried powering off cable modem, router, swtich, switch and then one by one, powering each on.
This is exactly the problem I had with the TP link switch.
I have the ethernet cable (inbound) going to the leftmost port on the new switch. I am told this shouldn't matter though.
Re: GS308-100PAS and GS308 - daisy chaining not working
Thank you for the reply!
In my case, the switches will be connected via a network cable that is already in the ceiling (say 30 feet apart).
I know the cable works as when it's directly connected to the TiVo, it all works fine.
However, I decided to bring the switches close to each other and used a network cable that came with my Google wifi... and it worked!
So is there some compatibility issue with the cable? I am trying to find the Cat-x of this cable in the ceiling but it is brand new network cable, I'm sure supporting gigabit ethernet. Now, I do see a big roll of it looped up cable in the media closet - so is it possibly a cable length issue? This is probably what it is -- gaddung it if it is....
Re: GS308-100PAS and GS308 - daisy chaining not working
Hi sjje,
Welcome to our community! 🙂
I don't think that the problem is the switch here. We may try to test the switch by disconnecting it to the network and do some ping test. You may need to have 2 computers in order for us to determine if the switch is working properly.
- Connect the switches together on port 1 to port 1
- Connect 1 PC on port 2 and the other PC on port 2
- Set a static IP on both computers with the same gateway address
e.g.
PC 1 - 192.168.1.1 /24 Gateway: 192.168.1.254
PC 2 - 192.168.1.2 /24 Gateway: 192.168.1.254
Then try to use the PC 1 and do some ping test.
Please let us know if you need further assistance.
Re: GS308-100PAS and GS308 - daisy chaining not working
Thank you for the reply!
In my case, the switches will be connected via a network cable that is already in the ceiling (say 30 feet apart).
I know the cable works as when it's directly connected to the TiVo, it all works fine.
However, I decided to bring the switches close to each other and used a network cable that came with my Google wifi... and it worked!
So is there some compatibility issue with the cable? I am trying to find the Cat-x of this cable in the ceiling but it is brand new network cable, I'm sure supporting gigabit ethernet. Now, I do see a big roll of it looped up cable in the media closet - so is it possibly a cable length issue? This is probably what it is -- gaddung it if it is....
I don't think so but it could probably that the cables are not as good as it is. It is possible that it would be the length of your cable that it is too far that it couldn't be recognized by your switch.
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