Ok here's my problem, i got a D-Link DI-624 wireless router with 4 ethernet ports.
Now i come to need more than 4 ethernet ports. I just happen to have a Linksys 10/100 5 port HUB with another UPLINK port.
What i've tested is, trying to connect the HUB to the router using an ethernet cable and plugging it in the uplink port.
i've also tested connecting the hub to the router using a cross-over cable and plugging it into an ethernet port instead of the uplink port and then connecting the other end to the router.
i've also tested my HUB, to ensure that it isnt the problem, what i did was:
i connected 2 computers to the HUB using 2 ethernet cables and tryed to ping each other to see if the hub is working, WORKED marvellously
i also know that it is not the computer the problem as i changed computer and plugged an ethernet cable from the computer to an ethernet port in the HUB and from the HUB i connected a ethernet cable into the uplink port and the next end to the router... didnt work.
i also connected the other computer to the hub using an ethernet cable and then put a cross-over cable into a normal ethernet port on the HUB and the next end to the router, DIDNT work.
i then tried to connect my computer directly to the router. worked MARVELLOUSLY.
What all these testings made me realize is:
That port #1 and #2 on my HUB are working great.
That all ports on my router are working great.
That my ethernet cables are also working.
What i couldnt check:
if the uplink port on my HUB was working. (i don't know how to check this)
if the CROSSOVER cable was working. (it should work so i didnt bother testing it)
Please only reply if you know what i am talking about and if you think that you do know the answer. Please don't answer me with answers like did you check if the cable was connected properly ?
and for your information yes I did and several times.
I suspect it would be in the router configuration but i dont know what it is that is wrong with my router configurations.
Also the problem that i encountered was that when i wanted to repair my connection it was unable to RENEW my IP adress, i even tried restarting.
Thank you in advance for your help.
Now i come to need more than 4 ethernet ports. I just happen to have a Linksys 10/100 5 port HUB with another UPLINK port.
What i've tested is, trying to connect the HUB to the router using an ethernet cable and plugging it in the uplink port.
i've also tested connecting the hub to the router using a cross-over cable and plugging it into an ethernet port instead of the uplink port and then connecting the other end to the router.
i've also tested my HUB, to ensure that it isnt the problem, what i did was:
i connected 2 computers to the HUB using 2 ethernet cables and tryed to ping each other to see if the hub is working, WORKED marvellously
i also know that it is not the computer the problem as i changed computer and plugged an ethernet cable from the computer to an ethernet port in the HUB and from the HUB i connected a ethernet cable into the uplink port and the next end to the router... didnt work.
i also connected the other computer to the hub using an ethernet cable and then put a cross-over cable into a normal ethernet port on the HUB and the next end to the router, DIDNT work.
i then tried to connect my computer directly to the router. worked MARVELLOUSLY.
What all these testings made me realize is:
That port #1 and #2 on my HUB are working great.
That all ports on my router are working great.
That my ethernet cables are also working.
What i couldnt check:
if the uplink port on my HUB was working. (i don't know how to check this)
if the CROSSOVER cable was working. (it should work so i didnt bother testing it)
Please only reply if you know what i am talking about and if you think that you do know the answer. Please don't answer me with answers like did you check if the cable was connected properly ?
and for your information yes I did and several times.
I suspect it would be in the router configuration but i dont know what it is that is wrong with my router configurations.
Also the problem that i encountered was that when i wanted to repair my connection it was unable to RENEW my IP adress, i even tried restarting.
Thank you in advance for your help.