Ubee Cable Modem + Switch + Router =Unidentified network no internet a

[kendoa]

Hi Folks,

I have the following problem that bothers me right now, and the inability to use my net jacks, just drives me nuts. 🙁

A quick summary of my problem in 1 sentence: Ubee Cable Modem + Linksys Router+ D-Link Switch = Unidentified network no internet access from the internet jacks.

My apartment was prewired with cat5e cables, which were not only left unfinished, but 2 of them were connected to a voice module. All the wiring goes together in a panel box and I decided to connect them by finishing /patching the cables with rj45 connectors and then plugging them into a D-link DES-1108 Switch. The internet comes through a coax cable into ubee modem and then connected to Linksys wrt54g v1, and then I connect the router with a separate cable into nearby wall jack to juice up the home Ethernet. Until..... it says Unidentified network no internet access 🙁 I am getting pissed off since I read almost everything in the forums of reinstalling the internet card, disable dhcp, etc, but nothing really works. Not to mention that I can only plug eiher the router or Ethernet cable into the modem. If I connect the switch directly to the modem, says unidentified network again. The switch works only when plugged directly to the router. I guess I have to set the modem to be in a bridge mode, but with my limited desire to deal with TWC equipment, I would rather stay away from it.

I am sure I am doing something wrong in this whole setup; the only good thing is that at least the Ethernet is 100mbps, but no ipv4 or ipv6 protocols, in other words no internet.

I would be very thankful if someone have an idea what might have went wrong, and how I can get internet coming out of the wall jacks. Thank you in advance!

Regards

 

[coxy1401]

Thanks Beast,

Ok, I will use 569B again and perform cable tests again. I will post picture and videos here on the forum. I hope we will find out what the problem is.

Great, and you noticed my typo -- it's 568B of course.

Did Kendoa get sorted ? Me and a friend have been trying to set up internet in his garage which is roughly 20 metres away from router, we have checked all cables and wires and all are fine. The problem occurs when we try to access internet in the garage it sayslimited or no connectivity when we attempt to repair connection it says no network address and like Kendoa it seems to be recognizing a connection at 100mps, Also when we connected straight to router it it worked fine, having read various posts about this I feel it can only be one of two things 1 the distance is too far ?? 2 It somehow feels i need a ne IP address when in garage??

 

[kendoa]

Hi all, sorry for the late reply almost an year ago, but better late than never. Well, I did not manage to find out why sometimes wall jack worked and sometimes won't, but I just circumvented the wall jack issue by simply buying a 75ft lan cable, which I passed through a whole in the wall straight into the panel box, and was able to connect it to the switch, and then voila! It worked. Please bear in mind that due to my limited technical knowledge in networking/lan systems, I might have missed a shortcut to better solve my issue. I occasionally receive 100 mps connection only- this is the time to restart the modem and switch and it will run again.

BOTTOM LINE : The the lan cable that connects the wall jack in question to the panel box might be faulty. I realized that I needed to connect the modem via external lan cable to the switch, and then use the juiced wall jacks. My Idea to juice the switch via the wall jack appeared to be in operational.

Many Thanks to all of you who were so kind to answer and guide me through this annoying problem!

 

[jlamojo]

Ok - this is what i did (provided physical topology is wired correctly) - unfortunatly some extra cost will apply..... but not much more.... depending if you are a bargain hunter. I purchased a Layer 2 Cisco switch 40.00 for a 48 port Cisco 2950.. (be sure at the time of purchase it does have a IOS) Ebay is where i got this steal- during my 14 day warranty - I justified Cisco Switch had a working and good enough firmware. When setting up , plug your TWC router to a port (by default it will be on VLAN 1) step 2) plug in your Manufactured AP (Linksys-netgear-ect..) - this is where you will plug your pc and or laptop into a port to run some very simple -AKA- find on youtube info kinda resourse hub if you will-- Create a second VLAN Lets say Configured "port 25 (where your wifi hardware is pluged) to a different VLAN 2 -'which will not interfear with VLAN 1 - keep all hardware you want on VLAN 2 that you want to access since VLAN 1 and VLAN 2 will not cross over data. Do the simple config on your second router because you will give it an IP when you configure the port on the Cisco switch as static, you save settings on both the Cisco and your VLAN 2 device and you have created a network that will be usefull and more secure. My guest use VLAN 1 wifi and me, only me use VLAN 2. Trust me when i say there is all types of " How to" on youtube.. let me know if you need specifics -- if you have problems finding information - any 2900 series cisco switch will do.

PS. and i am in no shape or form a Cisco dealer by any strecth of the imagination. i am a Meraki guy but cant afford one. jus saying