Curious if anyone has seen this, or whether I'm doing something wrong
I have an 8-port switch attached to one Ethernet port of my Pace 5268AC DSL modem, and from the switch I run EThernet cable to two WiFi routers running in wireless access point mode. Yesterday those access points stopped working (can connect to their WiFi but devices don't get assigned an IP address, can't access Internet). The wireless network coming from the Pace was 100% fine.
I did some troubleshooting and connected the routers directly to the four yellow Ethernet ports at the back of the Pace (i.e. I took the switch and wiring out of the loop). Here's what I found
- The routers see the Ethernet connection (blinking green lights) and their WiFi works (I can connect a laptop to those WiFi networks), but the device can't get an IP address from the Pace
- However, if I connect the router to Port 1, it works fine
- A printer with a static IP address *can* be connected to Port 2, 3, 4 and works fine
As a solution I went ahead and plugged my switch into Port 1, ran the cables to my routers, and everything is fine again.
I don't want to mess with my setup since everything works now, but I did want to check if this is a known issue. Why would they only work on Port 1? Why did it work last week on a different port? Maybe it was a subtle hardware failure ...
I have an 8-port switch attached to one Ethernet port of my Pace 5268AC DSL modem, and from the switch I run EThernet cable to two WiFi routers running in wireless access point mode. Yesterday those access points stopped working (can connect to their WiFi but devices don't get assigned an IP address, can't access Internet). The wireless network coming from the Pace was 100% fine.
I did some troubleshooting and connected the routers directly to the four yellow Ethernet ports at the back of the Pace (i.e. I took the switch and wiring out of the loop). Here's what I found
- The routers see the Ethernet connection (blinking green lights) and their WiFi works (I can connect a laptop to those WiFi networks), but the device can't get an IP address from the Pace
- However, if I connect the router to Port 1, it works fine
- A printer with a static IP address *can* be connected to Port 2, 3, 4 and works fine
As a solution I went ahead and plugged my switch into Port 1, ran the cables to my routers, and everything is fine again.
I don't want to mess with my setup since everything works now, but I did want to check if this is a known issue. Why would they only work on Port 1? Why did it work last week on a different port? Maybe it was a subtle hardware failure ...