Nooby networking question, I'm sure the answer is obvious

Phate

Phate

Phate

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Hey guys,

I have a Virgin Media 'Super' Hub and bought a cheapy 5-port Gigabit switch off ebay. Aztech NS815

Anyway, I've plugged it all in and everything seemed fine, but after a few minutes the switch seems to take priority over my router and my internet connectivity dies, it does not matter if it is by wireless of ethernet.

Any suggestions? If I disconnect the switch the router comes back up and works fine.

Also with the switch connected I cannot goto the router via browser, so the switch seems to be taking priority here.

Thoughts?
Jake
 
Update...changed the port the switch was plugged into into port 1 on the router (which VM recommend if you use modem only mode (which I'm not but hey ho)) and it seeeeeems to have worked.

Shall see how it goes for the next couple of hours!
 
Buy cheap kit and you open yourself up to a world of problems.

Pick up a Cisco SG100 5pt for like 30 quid and everything will be fine.
 
bertles86 said:
Buy cheap kit and you open yourself up to a world of problems.

Pick up a Cisco SG100 5pt for like 30 quid and everything will be fine.
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Before I make the 'grand unveiling' of what was causing the issue (which I've just fixed) take a few seconds to read my opening post :)

Any suggestions? If I disconnect the switch the router comes back up and works fine.
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also

Also with the switch connected I cannot goto the router via browser, so the switch seems to be taking priority here.
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So, the standard IP address is 192.168.0.1 is the one we cannot access and none of my devices can access. (you'll **** yourself like I did when we find out whats wrong)

Yes cheap networking stuff isn't great and shouldn't be trusted...in corporate environments.

At home though where the devices attached are actually going to make use of their connections so minimal data traffic it's not going to be an issue.

So, what was wrong?

Well talking to Mr Bell on Skype he asked me "What have you got attached?" which is when I clocked it.

Currently attached to the router is (through ethernet or wifi)

iMac
2 x iPhones
1 x iPad
Sisters Macbook
Media PC
Amp

I remember looking at the Pioneer App on my iPad a few minutes ago and checking the settings and seeing it was being detected at 192.168.0.1 and didn't think anything of it.

Wait a sec...

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The Amp (which I've never connected to the network) didn't have DHCP turned on! It had it's own Manual IP of 192.168.0.1 programmed in, went into the settings on the amp, flicked it to DHCP and told it to renew the IP, et voila...everything now working fine.

So I could've put a £1000 switch in and it still wouldn't have worked :)

Cheap stuff isn't all that bad these days :) - Great for ****** like me who only need to do basic networking at home! :D
 
mrbell1984 said:
Don't you just love it when you miss a config out :P Easy done putting IP addresses on the network as something else so when you connect you got trouble and network confusion lol!

Talk about routing issues :D
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eheheheheh. I knew it'd be something simple, because I'm only doing simple networking at home (cba with custom routing tables, IP Filtering, Mac Address reservation and all that lark)

Plug it in and let the router deal with it! Suits me! :D
 
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