Recent content by oakz

Hi, had a strange (or not) thing happen recently on my home LAN. wanted to get feedback. background: ISP modem (cable internet) providing DHCP on subnet 192.168.0.1. Fed into 2 APs via ethernet ( with static IPs in each) 192.168.0.100 & 192.168.0.200. DHCP pool was 192.168.0.150-192.168.0.199...

solved! Hi, so the first switch i removed was the culprit. Upon closer inspection, although it was "unmanaged", it was a net gear pro safe gs105e... which is like "light" managed... i didn't even realize i had that capability in that switch! it has vlans, port mirroring, etc. I took it out...

Hi, i will remove them one at a time and see what the issue is. (there are 2 or 3 in my network). however, it is my understanding that an unmanaged switch has neither an IP or MAC address. and even if it did, where would it be getting it assigned from? the .1.92 is not part of my DHCP...

hi, ok - here's my lay down: fibre from curb into ONT. ONT into bell supplied actiontec router.(with wireless disabled). actiontec router with 3 wired connections: 1) a magic jack voip box 2) a switch (netgear unmanaged) 3) a switch (linksys unmanaged) off the netgear switch, is a...

Hi, am hoping someone can help me out here. I have a mostly static IP laydown on a home network. Quite a few devices. some wired, some wireless. I can go into great detail if someone would like, but a quick question: On my wireless laptop, with static IP, when I ping my broadband...