Re: A real headache with setting up my wired LAN!!!




Sunwise wrote:
Ok thanks.

Im confused i thought without the internet involed a switch would work if
you configer the ips manually. I will look into a router tho.

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Liam Glanfield


there's a lot of misinformation out there about routers switches
e.t.c..

Post the exact model of what you are calling a switch, the box you
have.

Maybe it is a 'home router' which is fine, it'd mean you haven't
configured it properly. they contain a switch and modem.

.



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