What am I doing wrong? Gigabit Network woes....

[Fallen Kell]

Ok, I'm at the point where I need to ask for help. I finally upgraded my home network to add in gigabit capability. I did some research and saw a deal that I couldn't pass on, and bought a managed 16 port gigabit switch.

I've spent the last day or so re-wiring my systems, but I hit one major problem, I get no link on actual systems connecting to the new switch (but the connection to the router is working fine).

Ok so here is what I have done so far. I first connected to the switch over the serial connection and did some initial setup (created a VLAN, set ports to the new VLAN, set a switch IP address, configured administration access to allow connections over the selected network ports, configured a port for connection to the router, set up a default route path to the router's IP address, set port speed to the router (100 full in this case)... etc., basically everything that I should need). I then saved the configuration and rebooted, reconnected to check that the configuration saved, and then shutdown and moved the switch to its true home, not the temporary place near one of my computers. I then ran a network cable from the WRT54G's wired switch to the new gigabit switch, link light came on, indicating a 100 full connection. I then connected to the webadmin capability of the switch over the network from a system that is wired through the WRT54G (thus confirming that the switch was being seen and has a proper connection to the rest of my network). Next I disconnect one of my systems from the WRT54G and connect it onto the new switch, and nothing happens, no link light, no connection, nothing... I know the wire is good because I even tried using the same exact cable that I had going to the WRT54G as well as the new one I cut and crimped myself, both the old and new wires work fine with the computer and the old switch/router that it was origionally connected into.

What did I miss? I am using the DHCP capability of the WRT54G still, could these requests not be being forwarded from the SRW2016 to the WRT54G? But even if that is so, it doesn't explain why I do not even get a physical link light. Yes I checked a different port, in fact I even tried the port that I know works where the WRT54G is currently wired into the switch, and still no link light... I guess I can try to using a static IP on the computer and see if that makes a difference, but I just can't see how. Could it be something like port security enabled that I don't see in the status?

 

[spidey07]

all of your ports need to be in the same VLAN. reset to factory defaults and try again.

there is no need to create VLANs with what you're trying to do.

I'm not familiar with that switch but from the 15 seconds I glanced of the info on it it does not route and is just a layer2 switch. keep all your ports in the same VLAN and you should be fine.

-edit- being quick here...if you don't get a link light something is awry. reset to defaults and make sure you get link light on all pieces involved. with defaults you should be able to attach your router and a PC, get link lights, and communicate to the rest of the world.

 

[Fallen Kell]

Yes, at the moment all ports that I am using are members of the same VLAN... I just tried connecting the router to all the different ports to see if I get link, and it looks like I have a bad port... I will be contacting Linksys to get a replacement switch and proceed from there...

 

[spidey07]

bad ports happen, not too often though.

if the config on all ports when in default configuration some get link light and others don't then you indeed have some bad ports.

Or cabling. just moving a "bad" cable can make it work most times and not get link if the wind blows the wrong direction. So make sure you are testing with store bought cables/known working good cables.

 

[Fallen Kell]

Yeah, my first thought went to the cables as well (since the first one was new), but the fact that both cables I tried (new and old) worked fine when connected to the other switch tells me that its not the cables... I've contacted Linksys and they basically said to do what I did and if I am not getting at least a link light on the one port, then it is a bad port and to contact the retail location for a replacement if it was within 30 days of the purchase, or go through their own RMA process to Linksys.

I'm just glad I havn't filled out the rebate for it yet, since I am sure that would throw a whole new wrench into the RMA process for a replacement, but I will sure be pissed if this screws up the rebate as well since it has already ended and I need to get the paperwork out soon ($50 is enough to be pissed off about)...