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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
OneJoe2 wrote:
cable modem -> R8000 router -> GS308 switch -> devices
This is considered after the router, yes?
That's right. After all, you are asking the router to tell you what is connected to it.
Out of interest, but possibly relevant, what is this cable modem? Make and model?
OneJoe2 wrote:
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.
So, none of the devices that you add to the network through the new switch will work? Is that also the case for the old switch? Invisible and not working?
I ask because earlier on it was the invisibility that troubled you. Now it is that and the fact that they also don't work.
> That's right. [...]
It's "right" if you start ar your ISP, and count toward your own
computer. Obviously, it's the opposite if you start at your own
computer, and count toward your ISP. I'm unaware of any industry
standard, or any reasonable rationale, which says which way you should
view your network. (But I'm always open to enlightenment.) Hence:
> 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.
Think about it. If you can.