- Apr 30, 2013
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So I used to use a 5-port workgroup switch at my school so I could use my computer as well as my xbox on the same line (come to think of it, when I rented an apartment off-campus the switch worked fine there too). It's a common thing, and it's very convenient. I live in another state now on an internship with a host family, and I have only one port in my room again.
I put the switch in today, and I discovered that while my xbox will go through the switch and receive an internet connection, my computer refuses to pass through the switch. Whether it's by itself or with the xbox, no matter what cable I use (including the ones that work with the xbox), my computer will not register activity on the switch display panel LEDs.
I also noticed another very strange thing. In the past when I've used the switch, the top and bottom LEDs ("Link/Act" & "Full/Col," leaving out the "100") have lit up while the computer was off (I think it was those two... some did, in any case). All three lit up while it was on. As of now, those LEDs light up when I disable my "Ethernet" (which is listed as different than my "Local Area Connection," though both are for hard lines?), it acts like my computer used to act when turned off, lighting up those LEDs. When my adapter is ON, it turns those lights OFF. Why the heck would it register activity of any sort with the adapter disabled and register no activity with the adapter enabled?!
*EDIT*
The switch in particular is a Cisco Linksys EZXS55W Ver. 4.2
I believe that the family's router I'm running through is also a Linksys, but I'm not positive. He has a second router set up as a wireless access point upstairs near my room.
I put the switch in today, and I discovered that while my xbox will go through the switch and receive an internet connection, my computer refuses to pass through the switch. Whether it's by itself or with the xbox, no matter what cable I use (including the ones that work with the xbox), my computer will not register activity on the switch display panel LEDs.
I also noticed another very strange thing. In the past when I've used the switch, the top and bottom LEDs ("Link/Act" & "Full/Col," leaving out the "100") have lit up while the computer was off (I think it was those two... some did, in any case). All three lit up while it was on. As of now, those LEDs light up when I disable my "Ethernet" (which is listed as different than my "Local Area Connection," though both are for hard lines?), it acts like my computer used to act when turned off, lighting up those LEDs. When my adapter is ON, it turns those lights OFF. Why the heck would it register activity of any sort with the adapter disabled and register no activity with the adapter enabled?!
*EDIT*
The switch in particular is a Cisco Linksys EZXS55W Ver. 4.2
I believe that the family's router I'm running through is also a Linksys, but I'm not positive. He has a second router set up as a wireless access point upstairs near my room.
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