Help please with Netgear Switch

gaming_guy

just a quick thought - have you got an ip address conflict somewhere?

make sure that the switch has a different ip address from the router.

basmic

exup wrote: »

yes - but the connection should still show up to the switch even if not to the internet

That depends - I've not looked closely at the particular model yet, but it needs to have a WAN port which you plug your modem/ADSL cable into.

shadowdragon

Allso is the machine and the switch on the same subnet mask, the 255.255.255.255 numbers.

basmic

Troubleshooting Hubs and Switches on Netgear's website.

Thinking about, you might able to use the switch as a means of distributing your internet connection - but I've always used a router, which is the proper tool for job.

Sure, you can unscrew a cross headed screw with a flat screwdriver - but it's not the right tool for the job, is it?

shadowdragon

basmic wrote: »

Troubleshooting Hubs and Switches on Netgear's website.

Thinking about, you might able to use the switch as a means of distributing your internet connection - but I've always used a router, which is the proper tool for job.

Sure, you can unscrew a cross headed screw with a flat screwdriver - but it's not the right tool for the job, is it?

Hehe made me remember back to my Software engineering degree, I think we had to submit a paper on the differences.

If I remember correctly they do the same job but the router does it more efficiently.

free4440273

...and don't even mention managed switches :rotfl:

Incisor

basmic wrote: »

Troubleshooting Hubs and Switches on Netgear's website.

Thinking about, you might able to use the switch as a means of distributing your internet connection - but I've always used a router, which is the proper tool for job.

Sure, you can unscrew a cross headed screw with a flat screwdriver - but it's not the right tool for the job, is it?

Most so called routers are routers with a 4 port switch on the back. The router is the correct tool for routing to the internet. But the switch is the correct tool for distributing ethernet connections.

exup

shadowdragon wrote: »

Allso is the machine and the switch on the same subnet mask, the 255.255.255.255 numbers.

not always - many switches only operate on layer 2 . so do not use IP addresses or subnet masks. and only recognise MAC addresses. A confusion may occur here as many routers sold for home networks are not simply routers, but they are a router combined with a switch in the same unit. (usually labelled as Router with 4 port switch)

Layer 2 > Switches / Hubs (use MAC addresses)

Layer 3 > Routers / Multilayered switches (use IP addresses)

even so plugging into a switch should still give you a local area connection and will connect to other machines plugged into the switch such as the Wii . Xbox, another PC or a router.

shadowdragon

exup wrote: »

not always - many switches only operate on layer 2 . so do not use IP addresses or subnet masks. and only recognise MAC addresses. A confusion may occur here as many routers sold for home networks are not simply routers, but they are a router combined with a switch in the same unit. (usually labelled as Router with 4 port switch)

Layer 2 > Switches / Hubs (use MAC addresses)

Layer 3 > Routers / Multilayered switches (use IP addresses)

even so plugging into a switch should still give you a local area connection and will connect to other machines plugged into the switch such as the Wii . Xbox, another PC or a router.

HO no its all coming back to me now.......

the OSI Seven Layer Model!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Ive still got a 1000 odd page hardback book in the loft about networking LOL. Havent read it all though!!!