Ethernet Switch problem

[richiestang_78]

I just bought a small Netgear FS105 switch for one of the rooms that has a Xbox and Windows computer in it so i wouldn't have to keep unplugging one of them to use the cord since the router is in the other room and theres not really another good way of running another cable. I just go the switch today and when I went to hook it up, i plugged in the cable to the router in the first port and the computer and xbox in the second and third ports. Well my Windows Machine wont connect to the internet through it. My router is a Netgear WPN824.

[tehBoris]

Does your computer get an IP address from the router?

[richiestang_78]

Noop, I cant connect to the router. Inside the Network center in windows it get stuck in a endless loop of trying to identify the network.

[tehBoris]

Try connecting it to the other switch with a cross over cable, and try another normal cable as well.

[computoman]

You will have to decide which router is doing the ipaddress handouts for the second router. if both routers are handing out ipaddresses the subnets need to be different assuming you are using the wan port to connect both routers.(i.e. 192.168.1.x and 192.168.2.x). Though it would be easier to just set the second router as just a simple switch whereby the ipaddressing is passed through. You need to turn off the dhcp server on your second router if you do not use the wan port. Your manual should have an example of this or there are a ton of tutorials on the net. What you have is a real world problem.

[tehBoris]

You will have to decide which router is doing the ipaddress handouts for the second router. if both routers are handing out ipaddresses the subnets need to be different assuming you are using the wan port to connect both routers.(i.e. 192.168.1.x and 192.168.2.x). Though it would be easier to just set the second router as just a simple switch whereby the ipaddressing is passed through. You need to turn off the dhcp server on your second router if you do not use the wan port. Your manual should have an example of this or there are a ton of tutorials on the net. What you have is a real world problem.

He isn't using two routers, he's using a router and a switch.

[computoman]

You are right about the switch. I was half asleep thinking of something else though it is still good advice if you do have two routers. The fs105 is supposed to be auto switching for cable type. I would just go to the local electronic store and get a crossover adapter to attach to one end of the cable going from the router to the switch. I always have one in my pocket when working. Though I would probably cut one cable end off of the cable and rewire a new cable end so the cable is a crossover cable permanently. I wonder if he has two identical ipaddresses. He needs to run ipconfig /renew on the windows box if it is not statically set. The ipaddresses on both systems need to be different but still in the same subnet. No exceptions.
i.e.

address 192.168.1.x # where x is the last byte of the address i.e. 10 or 11)
network 192.168.1.0
gateway 192.168.1.1
netmask 255.255.255.0
broadcast 192.168.1.255


if the router is 192.168.1.1
xbox might be 192.168.1.10
Pcbox might be 192.168.1.11
If he is using dhcp on both clients, there hould not be a problem anyway.

[tokenuser]

Strictly speaking a router is a WAN/LAN interface or bridges LANs (yeah, I know, a bridge is something else again).

The fact that most home based routers have built in switches or hubs (I got caught like that once - a router with a hub ... no wonder it was cheap ... it got returned as soon as I noticed the difference) blurs the definition. Infact I have a router that I use purely as a switch (it is my backup in case my main router dies).