Following a power outage yesterday, neither of my W7 computers would
access the internet. The cause was eventually traced to a network switch
that one of them was connected to, the XP-box connected to the same switch did not suffer from the same issue. (Note that I do not normally use the
XP box on the net, it was just a brief test.)
The affected switch is a TPLink TL-SG108E, which is a managed switch. To replace will cost £39.29. I see similar switches varying in price from £17.26 upwards (TP-Link LS1008). These are unmanaged switches but
otherwise appear to be pretty much the same.
Question. What is "Managed switch" and do I need one?
The affected switch is a TPLink TL-SG108E, which is a
managed switch. To replace will cost £39.29. I see
similar switches varying in price from £17.26 upwards
(TP-Link LS1008). These are unmanaged switches but
otherwise appear to be pretty much the same.
Question. What is "Managed switch" and do I need one?
Following a power outage yesterday, neither of my W7 computers would
access the internet. The cause was eventually traced to a network switch
that one of them was connected to, the XP-box connected to the same
switch did not suffer from the same issue. (Note that I do not normally
use the XP box on the net, it was just a brief test.)
The affected switch is a TPLink TL-SG108E, which is a managed switch. To replace will cost £39.29. I see similar switches varying in price from
£17.26 upwards (TP-Link LS1008). These are unmanaged switches but
otherwise appear to be pretty much the same.
Question. What is "Managed switch" and do I need one?
This normally connects to:
My XP box,
My W7 box,
My ARMX6
A Lacie "Networkspace2" NAS
An Epson WF-7515 Printer,
My Kinetic, though this is currently "out of use" as it's space is
occupied by my BBC Master
Following a power outage yesterday, neither of my W7
computers would access the internet. The cause was
eventually traced to a network switch that one of them
was connected to, the XP-box connected to the same switch
did not suffer from the same issue. (Note that I do not
normally use the XP box on the net, it was just a brief
test.)
The affected switch is a TPLink TL-SG108E, which is a
managed switch. To replace will cost £39.29. I see
similar switches varying in price from £17.26 upwards
(TP-Link LS1008). These are unmanaged switches but
otherwise appear to be pretty much the same.
Question. What is "Managed switch" and do I need one?
Following a power outage yesterday, neither of my W7 computers would
access the internet. The cause was eventually traced to a network switch
that one of them was connected to, the XP-box connected to the same
switch did not suffer from the same issue. (Note that I do not normally
use the XP box on the net, it was just a brief test.)
The affected switch is a TPLink TL-SG108E, which is a managed switch. To replace will cost £39.29. I see similar switches varying in price from
£17.26 upwards (TP-Link LS1008). These are unmanaged switches but
otherwise appear to be pretty much the same.
Question. What is "Managed switch" and do I need one?
A managed switch is programmable which suggests that it's configuration
could be corrupted by a power outage so would need to be reset and then connected to a PC for reconfiguring (see its instruction manual). It's possible that the configuration for just some of the 8 ports has changed
so try plugging your devices into different ports to see if any of them
work.
HOWEVER according to the TP-Link website the TL-SG108E is unmanaged: https://www.tp-link.com/uk/business-networking/unmanaged-pro-switch/tl-sg108e/
so it looks like it is kaput and you will need a new one.
Having removed it, I noticed on the underside an IP addrss 192.168.0.1,
which happens to be the same address as my router. (How does that avoid conflicts then if I try to access the router through the switch?)
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