No Internet through unmanaged network switch.

[SgtSparkles]

The network where I work has been a rats nest of cables and B***$*it for years. I picked up an unmanaged 16 port switch from netgear and and wired everything up with fresh new cat 6 cable. The switch seems to be working just fine as all the computers talk to each other and see each other's printers, BUUUTTT, the internet seems the only work its way to whatever computer last had internet. Whichever computer I plug directly into the modem last will receive internet when everything is wired through the switch, but no other computers receive internet at the same time.

Might be helpful info, IDK

 

I have the line from the modem into port 1 on the switch 

I am attempting to run everything hardwired through the switch rather than through the Linksys router in the "wifi" slot. 

The one that says server isn't a real server, it's a pc that acts as a server for just point of sales software. Otherwise it's not a server. This feature is working through the switch and all the point of sales machines are talking and working. But with no internet they can't process payments.  

[Lurick]

Because you have a modem and not a modem/router combo. A standalone modem will hand out one public IP to the first device to ask. You NEED a router between the modem and switch.

[Oshino Shinobu]

Is the modem just a modem and not a router combo unit? If so, that's why. Modems typically don't perform one-to-many NAT and unless you pay for multiple public IP addresses, you'll only be able to have a single device connected. 

 

You NEED to have it configured Modem > Router > Switch. It's fine to then have everything else plugged into the switch, but everything must go through the router before the modem. 

[Kilrah]

Means you're missing a router or it's not wired at the right place in the chain/misconfigured.

[SgtSparkles]

30 minutes ago, Oshino Shinobu said:

Is the modem just a modem and not a router combo unit? If so, that's why. Modems typically don't perform one-to-many NAT and unless you pay for multiple public IP addresses, you'll only be able to have a single device connected. 

 

You NEED to have it configured Modem > Router > Switch. It's fine to then have everything else plugged into the switch, but everything must go through the router before the modem. 

I debated this. I was hoping to bypass the router ti limit the load on it. It goes down alot linksys, what can i say. I didnt think of the ip address thing. As soon as you said it it made sense to me

[Oshino Shinobu]

Just now, SgtSparkles said:

I debated this. I was hoping to bypass the router ti limit the load on it. It goes down alot linksys, what can i say. I didnt think of the ip address thing. As soon as you said it it made sense to me

It's required, you can't really bypass it. Any traffic within the local network will go through the switch and won't even touch the router and anything going outside the network will have to go through the router. 

[Kilrah]

2 minutes ago, SgtSparkles said:

It goes down alot linksys

Replace the piece of junk with a decent one then

[Lurick]

2 minutes ago, SgtSparkles said:

I debated this. I was hoping to bypass the router ti limit the load on it. It goes down alot linksys, what can i say. I didnt think of the ip address thing. As soon as you said it it made sense to me

If you don't mind dabbling in some configurations you could get a Mikrotik router for like $60 that's gigabit capable (no wifi or anything else) or you could look at like the Ubiquiti ER-X which I don't think is too much more, probably around $80