Stuck installing the OBI in an office network
LeoKing:
Quote from: Veronica on June 09, 2013, 12:09:42 pm
Thank you all i think ill try with a switch as i have done everything possible with the cheap old no antenna router i got plus i dont know how to do this: Quote
Don't have your add-on router provide the answer to the DHCP request; turn that off in the router.
and if the router i got has it.
Will i have to do something to the switch or by just plug it in all the cables should work. Sometimes pressing the reset button trick makes everything work out of the box lol i learned that one twice.
- V
You should be able to turn off the DHCP server on the router and the LAN ports on the router will act like the ports on a dumb (unmanaged) switch. If you tell the make & model of your router, people can tell you how to disable the DHCP server.
Veronica:
That's what i wanted to hear LeoKing thanks a bunch. ill report back when i install the obi with the switch.
- V
LeoKing:
Yes, please tell the make/model of the router.
Veronica:
I know how to disable it. Ill try only that when i get back to my sis office if it doesn't work right away then i'll use the switch anyways it's always good to have one for testing.
The thing is that i think i was changing the routers ip address and disabling dhcp at the same time but im not sure if i tried only diabling dhcp.
LeoKing:
That's the reason I said a switch was a better choice than a router for such a setup. A 10/100 switch with 8 ports is often on sale for less than $10 on Newegg and a Gigabit 8 port switch is usually on sale around $20. 5-port switches are much cheaper.
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