I found a 1999 install guide with the opposite. port 24 was switchable.

TT

is this the correct one?

http://www.google.co.uk/url?sa=t&rct...G63vEA&cad=rja

TT

Ahh, I didnt find that, but at that age it makes sense

SL, can you confirm if you could get a link directly between lappy and router via cable?

The point of the switch was to increase the number of wired connections upstairs without running more cat5.

I checked my setting on the laptop, both ip and DNS set to auto.
Connected the switch to the router then the lappy to the switch.
It obtained an ip 192.168.0.6 which is inline with the router ip of 0.1
However it wouldn't connect to the Internet or to the router config page.
When back down stairs I then couldn't connect via wifi.

I realise there is something wrong with the router, I just seem to be having a bad tech week.

Spent a fortune on a new cctv recorder and the harddrive has failed (off eBay)
I don't have enough money on my c.card to buy a new one.
Router stopped working properly.
I'm sure something else will break next :(

Running a switch upstairs makes sense, a single cable uplinking the router to the switch then local wires out from there, in a home situation there should be no problems with that and personally I prefer wired connections to wireless, even with daisy chained switches to an extent.

However, we got to get the basics first, can you get a reliable wired connection between the lappy and router with the wireless switched off on the lappy, if not then trying to add the switch into the link is just going to add to the confusion.

In just over 15 years I have just one occasion where a cable would pass full continuity and Fluke DTX Link tests but would not pass an IP, very rare but it can happen and was a lesson to me to never overlook the basics.

Bruce

Yep need to confirm that the router wired interface will at least connect to the laptop by cable.

I replaced a Belkin router for someone earlier this year which was fine on wifi but the built in switch had failed so wired users could not work.

TT

Cheers for the help guys its much appreciated. I could connect via lan on 2 ports (out of 4) but couldnt connect to the router or log online. Also there was a lan connection light even though there was no cable plugged in


As ive said all along (after 30mins on the phone tonight) sky have decided my router is nackered.

And to top it off they want to charge me £40 for a new one.

Any recomendations for an ISP? I'm on a rural exchange so can't get the free internet people offer but was thinking about BT?

Thanks

Hope you get it sorted soon, funnily enough my BB has been up and down since 7am, spoke to virgin, nice guy but could hardly understand a word he was saying due to his accent, I got bits of the conversation, which was 4pm tomorrow, 4th december and connected but slow:confused:

I had a ping running all afternoon (via IP) which showed connection in and out but even with good replies sometimes couldn't get on, router reporting dns lookups:mad:

Edit: I've been with ntl/virgin for the last 14 years, only because I'm too tight to pay BT an initial connection fee of £99 as I'd be the first person in this house to initialise the pre wired BT connection, they've been fairly reliable and I now have 100Mb connection, customer service depends on which call centre you get connected to.

I would ask them for your router password settings so you can buy your own router. They won't give you them. They say you plan to leave as your not paying for to replace the faulty router.


If they don't bite then...

1) There are no free internet services, in fact the price has more or less doubled in the last couple of years £16+ would not be unusual.

2) Do you get decent "3" Phone signal in your area as you can get "All you can eat" Data plans with them and can often achive better speed than ADSL ( seen this allot in rural areas.

3) If you have to go for ADSL look at the comparison sites for broadband.

4) Can't realy recomend any ADSL supplier , never changed in 10 years.

TT