lost connection with too many switches?
Posted: Thu Dec 06, 2012 8:50 am
After a new computer was installed, the LAN started to lose connection. The LAN configuration was as follows:
modem gateway -> switch1 -> switch2 -> PC1 (working)
After the new PC was installed, the LAN looked like this:
modem gateway-> switch1 -> switch2 -> PC1 and PC2 (lost connection)
When I took out one switch, the connection worked again with either switch:
modem gateway -> switch1 -> PC1 (working)
modem gateway -> switch2 -> PC1 (working)
But there are several rooms and I need the switches to connect devices. Could it be that my particular switch is not good enough to handle the complexity, and that a better switch will work?
modem gateway -> switch1 -> switch2 -> PC1 (working)
After the new PC was installed, the LAN looked like this:
modem gateway-> switch1 -> switch2 -> PC1 and PC2 (lost connection)
When I took out one switch, the connection worked again with either switch:
modem gateway -> switch1 -> PC1 (working)
modem gateway -> switch2 -> PC1 (working)
But there are several rooms and I need the switches to connect devices. Could it be that my particular switch is not good enough to handle the complexity, and that a better switch will work?