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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:
The cable modem is a Cisco DCP3008.
If that is the DPC3008 then that rules out some possibilities.
OneJoe2 wrote:
But I may have found the problem. I removed all the cables fron the switch and reconnected them one at time, stopping to check the wired device status on the router UI. This first device I connect did appear on the wired devices list and the 2nd one did too. But when I connected the 3rd device, they all disappeared from "wired devices".
You seem to have homed in on the problem.Good research Sherlock.
You can narrow it down to the cable, and rule out the devices, by testing the third device with one of the other cables.
Maybe you did that.
michaelkenward wrote:
OneJoe2 wrote:The cable modem is a Cisco DCP3008.
If that is the DPC3008 then that rules out some possibilities.
Yes .. DPC3008 .. typo.
The location of the third device is farthest from the switch and I have no "known good" cables that long. But I might unmount the device and bring it closer or just wait to get a cable that I can always use.
Again .. thanks!
OneJoe2 wrote:
I replaced the long(ish) cable and all is fine now.
That's good. Now you have a high quality clothes line to dry the washing.
I replaced the long(ish) cable and all is fine now.
All devices on the GS308 are doing their thing on the network and I can see them all as "wired" devices from the R8000 'basic,attached devices' and 'advanced, security, access control" displays.
Thanks lots for all the help!
OneJoe2 wrote:The location of the third device is farthest from the switch and I have no "known good" cables that long. But I might unmount the device and bring it closer or just wait to get a cable that I can always use.
If possible, you could take another, more portable, LAN device to the remote end of the cable and see if that works.
Or disconnect and move the cable and use it to connect known good devices.
You will kick yourself if it turns out to be something other than the cable.
Again, maybe you tried this.