Ethernet switch only partially working

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Submitted ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩ by ⁨mrvictory1@lemmy.world⁩ to ⁨selfhosted@lemmy.world⁩

Here is the past network setup:

Main Router (192.168.1.2) -> Ethernet Switch -> Multiple Ethernet cables connected to wall
Wall -> Second Router (192.168.1.1)
Wall -> PC After a blackout we thought the switch was no longer working so we replaced it with another router. The problem is the router has too few ports, not every room gets ethernet. The ethernet switch works in this configuration:
Main Router -> Third Router (Wi-Fi disabled) -> Ethernet cable connected to wall -> Wall -> Ethernet Splitter -> PC Under either of these configurations PC detects network but cannot reach 192.168.1.1, 192.168.1.2 or WWW:
Main Router -> Ethernet Switch -> PC
Main Router -> Ethernet Switch -> Ethernet cable connected to wall -> Wall -> PC Windows reports “Unidentified network”, Linux tries to connect for a minute then fails. I knwo the PC isn’t bad because other devices also fail to connect. Even if I set up a static IP I cannot reach a local IP. 2nd router has IP address 192.168.1.1 because it refuses to use anything else, first router is assigned different IP so these two don’t conflict.

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vzq@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
You have three routers? Why?

Throw 2 of them out and he switches.

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- mrvictory1@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  2nd router is used as a wireless AP, getting rid of 3rd router is exactly what I am trying to do.
  
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  - vzq@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
    Just to make sure you know this, routers are not switches. You might get some of them to sort behave like switches with careful configuration, but most of the time it’s asking for a lot of trouble.
    
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486@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
Are you sure there is only one DHCP server running?

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- mrvictory1@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  First router has DHCP enabled with range 192.168.1.20 to 192.168.1.80. Second one has “DHCP Relay” enabled with relay server set to 192.168.1.2. Third router has DHCP disabled.
  
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  - just_another_person@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
    That’s not how DHCP relays work.
    
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  - 486@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
    Try diasbling the second DHCP server altogether. You only need one, since you have a flat network.
    
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- Strit@lemmy.linuxuserspace.show ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  I was thinking the same. Could be an IP conflict.
  
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HybridSarcasm@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
This is really more of a home networking issue than anything having to do with self-hosting. Please consider posting this in one of the many Lemmy home networking communities.

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y0din@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
Might be conflicts due to several routers using the same subnet… could cause some interesting ARP issues for the switches, and also DHCP conflicts if something is wrongly cabled / configured.

I would try disconnecting everything from after the first switch, connect a computer there to see if it works ok, then reconnect and test behind each step to see where it breaks instead of checking in the end where the problem could be agitated from a issue earlier in the network…

anyway, this is just my theory, hope you find your problem and get it sorted :)

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- y0din@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  replying to myself here, but also, if this where supposed to work, which I doubt it will because it’s not feasible with tcpip, your second router would need to have the first router as gateway, but that is not possible when they are on the same subnet, and also your router will most likely not allow it because nat/routing will break, but if this was possible, devices behind your second router would not be able to connect to the devices before and vice versa, because since they have the same subnet, the traffic is considered local and not going through the router, and therefore the will not see each other as the NAT provides a separation between the networks…
  
  you cannot use a router as a switch without using routing and different subnets … so … you might want to reconsider your design
  
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Max_P@lemmy.max-p.me ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

Ethernet splitter

What kind of splitter? Not a hub or switch, just a passive splitter?

Those do exist to do 4x 100M links on a single pair each, but you can’t just plug those into a router or switch and get 4 ports.

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- mrvictory1@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  Model is Uplink SW-116, it has “Uplink” port and 16 LAN ports. It also uses external power.
  
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BlueEther@no.lastname.nz ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
I’m wondering if you have an incorrect gateway set or default route

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BlueEther@no.lastname.nz ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
also, what ports on both routers are connected? are they both using “WAN” for their uplink?

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- mrvictory1@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  WAN and LAN1 ports on router 1 is used. LAN3,4,5,6 and Uplink ports aur connected on the switch. (model is Uptech SW-116) Uplink is connected to LAN1 on router 1. Other connections go to wall. I disconnected other routers, problem persists.
  
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Decronym@lemmy.decronym.xyz ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
Acronyms, initialisms, abbreviations, contractions, and other phrases which expand to something larger, that I’ve seen in this thread:

Fewer Letters More Letters

AP WiFi Access Point

DHCP Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol, automates assignment of IPs when connecting to a network

IP Internet Protocol

[Thread #978 for this sub, first seen 18th Sep 2024, 08:15] [FAQ] [Full list] [Contact] [Source code]

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BlueEther@no.lastname.nz ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
As said look at DHCP clashes or " Wall -> Ethernet Splitter -> PC Under either"

What do you mean by this? The ones I know of will drop the connection to 10mb or 100mb and will on work on both “halves” at the same time

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Dragomus@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
Not sure if I am reading it correctly. But what ip adress is your given to your ip?

It reads to me like you have router 1 and 2 on router 1’s network but your pc is on router 2’s “internal” network… which must not be in the same 192.168.1.x range as is router 1’s network.

Put router 1 under 192.168.2.x range Then Then Router 2 with 192.168.1.x adressing should work still, and the pc should be able to talk to the router-1 network.

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- mrvictory1@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  PC receives 192.168.1.37
  
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Fewer Letters	More Letters
AP	WiFi Access Point
DHCP	Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol, automates assignment of IPs when connecting to a network
IP	Internet Protocol