We had lighting nuke some items in our house. Among those were our switches (maybe our router, which is maybe my problem) and I'd love some theoretical help with the switch situation if you have some expertise.
The internet comes into the house and goes to the router. Previously it went from there to a twelve port switch. In replacing that, I couldn't find any similar in size, so I purchased two switches with 8 ports. I have a patch cable from the router to each of the switches.
What I am wondering, is have I caused my current internet problems by introducing two switches where I only had one before? I'm not sure what this problem would be, but is there anything I can troubleshoot related to an increase in switches? Does that introduce IP problems? Does it matter if my ap's are on both switches or can they only be on one? I just can't get my home mesh system back up and running and I'm running out of ideas. The extra switch is a new variable.
Thanks for any ideas.
The internet comes into the house and goes to the router. Previously it went from there to a twelve port switch. In replacing that, I couldn't find any similar in size, so I purchased two switches with 8 ports. I have a patch cable from the router to each of the switches.
What I am wondering, is have I caused my current internet problems by introducing two switches where I only had one before? I'm not sure what this problem would be, but is there anything I can troubleshoot related to an increase in switches? Does that introduce IP problems? Does it matter if my ap's are on both switches or can they only be on one? I just can't get my home mesh system back up and running and I'm running out of ideas. The extra switch is a new variable.
Thanks for any ideas.