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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
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 simultaneously
Yup.
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.
antinode wrote:. But some of this sounds
strangely familiar.https://community.netgear.com/t5/x/x/m-p/1927787
Good memory. I know it's not easy being the sensei and having a never-ending stream of idiotic people appear here to ask the same idiotic questions but I had to bail on that thread.