new switch

[snowpike]

help i have a problem that I'm trying to solve when i connect my computer and xbox to my switch it won't work.

 

 

 

 

 

 

                                                                                            

                                                                                /--Computer (not working)        

Internet----Cable modem--------- Gigabit Switch --    -wireless router  (works)        

                                                                                 \-xbox (not working)

 

please help thanks

[Wferr]

This the kinda switch your looking for? Not sure if its gigabit or not. 

Also connect your router directly after modem. That will fix issues.

[snowpike]

lets say that i unplugged my router from my switch will my computer and xbox work?

[Wferr]

Shouldn't because they are not getting assigned IP adresses through DHCP

[Sheldon_King]

help i have a problem that I'm trying to solve when i connect my computer and xbox to my switch it won't work.

 

 

 

 

 

 

                                                                                            

                                                                                /--Computer (not working)        

Internet----Cable modem--------- Gigabit Switch --    -wireless router  (works)        

                                                                                 \-xbox (not working)

 

please help thanks

Move the router to before the switch and your issues will go away.  It looks like you are trying to use the switch to add ports to the modem, but that will not work, as you only have 1 ip address available to eth switch. The router makes more ip addresses, allowing more devices to be connected (including the switch).

[snowpike]

what should i do to fix this?

[Sheldon_King]

what should i do to fix this?

Move the router. It should be Modem -> Router -> Switches/Devices. 

[Wferr]

It should go like this

 

Modem --> Router --> Switch -- > PC

                                                  \                       

                                                   > Xbox

[snowpike]

what if i kept the pc and xbox connected and disconnect the router will that work?

[FizzyFantom]

It should go like this

 

Modem --> Router --> Switch -- > PC

                                                  \                       

                                                   > Xbox

Correct. To expand on what you said before DHCP is the method that routers use to assign IPs to individual devices on the network. The switch does assign IPs, but the router must come before the switch so that the router is assigning primary IPs, rather than the router being assigned an IP by the switch.

 

what if i kept the pc and xbox connected and disconnect the router will that work?

It's unlikely, as the router really should be assining the IP adresses for your internal network rather than your switch.

[Atlantisman]

what if i kept the pc and xbox connected and disconnect the router will that work?

No, because most ISPs will only allow you to get one Public IP Address per modem. You need to plug the router in first, to the modem, then plug the switch into the router.

 

Currently, you are trying to defeat the purpose of a router bypassing it completely.

[Lingering]

Not unless your modem has a DHCP server, the router is responsible not only for wireless but hard wired IP addresses.