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A mate of mine has an odd issue with a bit of kit he has and he's asked me if I can help him.
He has an Asus RT-N66U router with an ISP supplied modem, 2 pc's and an ipad, both computers are hard wired. All have internet access.
He has a long cable going from router to living room, with a Netgear GS108 swtich.
Connected this is switch is a X-Box One and a media streamer. The XB has internet connectivity.
The Media Streamer however is another matter. It is on the network, the front display of the unit shows it's IP address and the network scanner app (Fing) also shows it on the network with the same IP address. The control app for the streamer also works (i.e. it controls the unit and plays back content stored on its internal HDD), but if you ask the device to see the Internet it says it is not connected. IP address it has is dynamic.
We took the cable out of the back of the XB and plugged that into the streamer and still the same, local network connectivity but no Internet. He also has a BD player as well, if we connect this into the switch to perform a firmware update again it has network connectivity but no Internet. If we take the cable out of the streamer and into the XB the XB goes online.
If we take the switch out of the mix altogether the long cable direct to the router works on the XB, but not on the streamer or BD player.
I'm guessing this is a setting in the router. Luckily the RT-N66U is the same router I have, I know it reasonably well, but not intimately, I set mine the way I wanted and have left it that way and I haven't touched since.
Everything in my mates network has been rebooted. Devices, router and switch, multiple times in different orders.
Anyone shed any light?!? Apologies for the long post, I'm sick of being the go to techie among my mates!!
Thanks
He has an Asus RT-N66U router with an ISP supplied modem, 2 pc's and an ipad, both computers are hard wired. All have internet access.
He has a long cable going from router to living room, with a Netgear GS108 swtich.
Connected this is switch is a X-Box One and a media streamer. The XB has internet connectivity.
The Media Streamer however is another matter. It is on the network, the front display of the unit shows it's IP address and the network scanner app (Fing) also shows it on the network with the same IP address. The control app for the streamer also works (i.e. it controls the unit and plays back content stored on its internal HDD), but if you ask the device to see the Internet it says it is not connected. IP address it has is dynamic.
We took the cable out of the back of the XB and plugged that into the streamer and still the same, local network connectivity but no Internet. He also has a BD player as well, if we connect this into the switch to perform a firmware update again it has network connectivity but no Internet. If we take the cable out of the streamer and into the XB the XB goes online.
If we take the switch out of the mix altogether the long cable direct to the router works on the XB, but not on the streamer or BD player.
I'm guessing this is a setting in the router. Luckily the RT-N66U is the same router I have, I know it reasonably well, but not intimately, I set mine the way I wanted and have left it that way and I haven't touched since.
Everything in my mates network has been rebooted. Devices, router and switch, multiple times in different orders.
Anyone shed any light?!? Apologies for the long post, I'm sick of being the go to techie among my mates!!
Thanks
