QUOTE(22ji @ Aug 7 2006, 07:16 AM) [snapback]57851[/snapback]
i purchased the
Netgear's 8 port switch and connected all the computers, I turned on the DHSCP but its not working. Pls help
Thanks
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First make sure your modem is not in bridge mode. If it is, change that.
Then give static IPs to all of your computers. If your
router's ip address is 192.168.1.1, then give each of your computers a unique ip address of 192.168.1.X, where X can be 2~254 (note that the first three groups of numbers, 192.168.1, remain the same in all cases).
Once you have done that, verify that all of your computers can see the router by giving the 'ping' command on the console on each computer. If pinging the router works, that means your LAN is working okay.
Then ping an external IP, e.g. 4.2.2.2, from your LAN computers (with the modem ON) and see if ping works. If yes, then your internet is also working.
Then ping an external domain, e.g. yahoo.com. If ping works, all is well with your network.
Good luck.