I'm having some weird issues with my Netgear GS105 gigabit switch. When it was hooked up downstairs next to my router all of the lights were illuminated indicating a connection with gigabit or megabit speeds. However, when I hooked it upstairs at the end of a 25 ft CAT6 cable there are no connection/link lights on the switch. The only light that is on is the power light.
The weirder thing is that the NIC on both my laptop and desktop are showing a connection and activity, and I'm able to get connected through the switch.
Is there a reason why the switch would not be showing any connection/link lights but still be connected? Would this indicate a hardware problem?
Thanks!
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That sounds like its an issue with the CAT6 cable. Was the cable purchased or did you make it?
When you configured it upstairs, I assume you are using the CAT6 cable to connect the switch to the router, correct? If you are, when you configured it upstairs, did you use the same port on the switch as you did when it was downstairs? Lastly, are you not getting any activity lights on the switch while its upstairs, or just no activity light on the port that has the 25ft CAT8 cable? -
Hi: Look here.
"Can you ping the router? How about your computer?
Start out simple, connect your computer to the router and see if you connect to it before you try throwing the switch into the equation.
"If you can't connect, check your IP settings. What does the router have? What does your computer have? Are they part of the same network?
If you can connect, great, move on to the switch. Are you using the correct cable? Is the cable good?
It may be easier to use DHCP on the router at first to configure the computer, if the router defaults to automatically providing IP's - most do, as you'd rule out an incorrect IP configuration.
Just because the computer says the connection is working - especially with a static IP - doesn't mean it will work with your IP configuration"
Connecting Switch to router
Cheers
3Fees
PS: Last time I was in the trenches about switches, the switch was used as primary as it networked computers at "full speed", whereas the router split the signal speed as a function of the number of computers using this signal. If this has changed Hooray,,further the switch ports were really particular on which ones where connected where.
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"The weirder thing is that the NIC on both my laptop and desktop are showing a connection and activity, and I'm able to get connected through the switch"
He has activity, just not a activity indicator on the switch.
Netgear GS105 Gigabit Switch weird issues....
Discussion in 'Networking and Wireless' started by SerratedAuto, Aug 23, 2011.