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Unable to Find Issue With New Network Setup
can someone find or guess whats wrong?
Equipment:
ISP CPE - Huawei HG8145V5
Switch in Office - TP Link TL-SG108E
Switch in Bedroom - TP-Link TL-SG105E
Wifi Router in Bedroom - TP Link Archer C20 (...
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What is this network switch’s VLAN toggle-switch for?
I already use one of those cheap AliExpress 5-port ethernet switches. Conveniently, I can operate this switch on a 5V USB port.
Now I have seen that there is also an 8-port version. This has two ...
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How to disable the shield in shielded Cat8 ethernet cable?
I recently installed shielded Cat 8 ethernet cable in my house during unrelated renovations due to water damage that required opening up the walls. The electrician also installed shielded RJ45 Cat 8 ...
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Computers and other devices can't connect to internet when plugin-in more than 2 devices in a network switch device
I have a network switch (Mersusys) of 5 ethernet ports in a room where I also can connect 4 devices. When I connect 1 PC and 1 Xbox Console everything is working fine.
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Ethernet connection won't reach wall sockets - ( Router -> Switch -> Laptops)
I am new to this forum and I hope that I will get the help that I need.
I am setting up my home network which looks like below.
So I want to connect a router through a switch to all the wall ethernet ...
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Problems configuring a managed switch with my laptop
I'm currently doing some work for my uni's lab, and part of it includes trying to use a managed switch (TL-SG105E) as an intermediary between a raspberry pi and a stepper motor. I'm currently trying ...
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10G Fiber internet in, 15 Cat6a ports out -- do I need a 10G 16 port switch?
I have 10G fiber internet through Sonic as an ISP coming into my home. I recently wired the home and garage to have 15 CAT6a lines going to a central location where my fiber ONT is wired. I already ...
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Avoid powered-off PCs communication at 10Mbit/s thus slowing down broadcasts?
After power failure some PCs enable their network adapters at 10 Mbit/s while powered down.
Those PCs seem to cause network issues if broadcast traffic volume exceeds 10 Mbit/s. This broadcast traffic ...
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wifi router not getting a signal from network switch
Recently, I bought a Netgear 5-port unmanaged network switch to run ethernet cables to our PCs alongside the Wi-Fi router (Unifi U6). I plugged the ethernet cable from the wall outlet into the switch, ...
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UDP client to listen to a multicast group/port without setting its own IP?
I have a small microcontroller device that I program via USB using Python. The device has an Ethernet connection, which can be configured either with DHCP or by manually setting the IP/Subnet via USB. ...
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Devices aren't both available when connected through a switch
I have the following situation:
Computer (with Windows) with a single ethernet port, with the config below (*)
DeviceA, configured with fixed IP 192.168.254.254, connected alone to Computer with an ...
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What could be causing the issue between my patch panel, router and switch?
I have just wired all of my homes CAT cables into a patch panel. I have also changed the phone wall sockets into keystone Ethernet ports. Everything is wired using B configuration.
My router and modem ...
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Arch does not detect modem switching via a mechanical switch
Having two internet connections at home, I bought this switch to choose which network to use:
The problem is, like flipping the switch, the Arch doesn't notice the network change and hangs until I ...
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802.1Q VLAN tagging seemingly ignored by switch
I am trying to get hands-on familiarity with configuring VLAN (802.1Q). In my TL-SG108PE switch, I have tagged port 5 with VLAN 507 and also made port 6 part of that VLAN (untagged):
Port 6 is ...
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Is There a KVM Switch That...?
Reposting From ServerFault, as it was closed there (Off Topic). Moving here as I'm still at a loss on how to troubleshoot the issue. Please use the link above to read the comments if needed or ...
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