Routers?!?

kgls13349

kgls13349

kgls13349

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Hi,
I have an existing network, basically i have a Router that is connected to a Netgear Gigabit switch and have two workstations and a server connected to that, my router decided to pack up one me and in a fit of blind panic i did something i will regret doing for the rest of my life, i whent to a competitor for a new router, a competitor being a competitor that only had a single wired router there so i just got it without paying much attention, my network relys on DHCP (as most do) and without a router performing DHCP the entire network failed so iw as really eager to replace it

Well it seems to me the Belkin F5D5231-4 router i got isnt capable for handling being connected to a switch :confused: it refuses to show the systems as connected in its DHCP list, i CAN get two of the systems showing up by running the stupid software CD, but thats no good seeing as how its designed for Windows and my server just so happens to be Ubuntu..

i WOULD take it back for a refund if i could find what i did with the sodding reciept :(

The funny thing is that i can get the internet using it, and ironcly i can access the server and everything despite the router not acknoledging its existance, BUT normally i connect directly by using the IP address NOW i cant use the ip address it only works if i enter its name, ironic considering that would require the router to Perform DNS :confused:

My question is can anyone sugest a good but reasonably cheap router that is capble of being connected to my network without behaving like a spaz?
i was thinking the Netgear RP614 Router but cant find whether it would mind being connected to a switch (hell i always believed that was a given anyway)

Thanks for any comments or suggestion people,

Ill stop my question/Rant now ;)

Ps: Sorry bout all the spelling mistakes :rolleyes:

Shame you forgot about the competitor mentions though.
Tolien

PPs: Sorry
 
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I have a Thomson Speedtouch Version ST546 connected to a GB switch. Works a treat and cheap.

But, your on cable right?..................
 
All routers should work fine with a switch. If you do decide to change, the Netgear you mentioned would be a good choice :)
 
Thats what i always believed, my last router needed me to connect to a certain port to connect a switch, which even seemed funny to me,

Mind i guess i should have known beter both routers were belkins, this one dont work how i expect a router to behave adn the other one died, think its time i stayed clear of belkin :rolleyes:

I might get a netgear router just so i have the same brand of switch as router, or if i can justify the money il just scrap the router all together and build up a smoothwall.org firewall to replace it :)
 
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kgls13349 said:
Thats what i always believed, my last router needed me to connect to a certain port to connect a switch
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It probably didn't need it - the uplink port was just crossed over so you didn't need to use a crossover cable. Nowadays pretty much any router's switch ports are MDI/MDX so you can just connect anything to any port and it does the work for you.

A switch shouldn't interfere with DHCP though...have you tried manually assigning IPs and seeing what happens?
 
if i had a crossover cable handy i would try using that and see if it makes a difference, although it shouldnt.

Hmm i havnt tried assigning static IPs, and when i think about it im not sure i know how to :( , ironic i spend years doing a bachelours degree in IT and i dont know how to do a simple thing like that :rolleyes:

the funny thing is if i do ipconfig on either of the windows machines they identify their IPs as being the same as whith my old router, and the ip of the linux server is the same too despite the IP address not brining anything up on a browser, whats even weirder is that typingt he servers name into a browser gets the wepgages peoperly (albeit it VERY VERY VERY slow, its slower than getting a page from the net! which incidentilly is also painfully slow now)
but that means the DNS of the router is working and is actually sending back an IP address for the server :confused:
 
oook so, i assigned static IPs to my windows machines and was about to try assigning a static ip to my server, for some reason its now obtained a different ip from the router 192.168.2.2 instead of .12, the ip address correctly brings the server up, why oh why the server continually reported its IP as being the same as before i dont know and why the router refuses to show the server as being connected at all i dont know either, but at lelast everythign IS working despite what the router shows.

overall i really am NOT impressed by belkins equipment
 
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