I noticed that this switch has a DHCP server, I was wondering if you could disable it should you choose to?
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Cisco Small Business Switches do not support DHCP. I repeat do not support DHCP. Its a smart switch not a router... I have several of them. They are the best bang for the buck. And any feature they have you can disable, and there are a lot of them. But DHCP is not a feature.
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Set it up static IP, you'll be much happier.Contact support, they were quite helpful by email.Good Luck!
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It acts like a switch (with or without POE = POE can be turned off) , if you need routing you have to add that on
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This is a switch, it doesn't know or do anything with IP addresses. It routes using MAC addresses. I think your problem is something else.
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If you're asking if the switch has a DHCP server - no. It has to be connected to a router or server with DHCP. If you're looking for a router with large integrated switch capacity you might want to look into something like the Cisco RV325 Dual Gigabit WAN VPN Router (http://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/products/routers/rv325-dual-gigabit-wan-vpn-router/index.html).
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I found this review:http://www.smallnetbuilder.com/content/view/30778/96/that seems to indicate that you can use it with a switch -- but only if you configure the bridge with a static IP. Seems like the bridge should request its own IP. In any case, this is probably adequate for my needs.Thanks for the info about the D-Link, although, aren't the WAN/Internet ports on routers 10mb? Maybe that's changed. I do hope someone eventually produces a reasonably-priced bridge with a built-in switch.
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Greetings, This device is a basic soho ethernet switch, so assuming the router is configured to offer IP Addresses to other ethernet devices, then simple answer is yes. _In general_ you can plug your ethernet cable from your router in to the switch, and then plug in other ethernet devices. Non simple answer, your router is most likely setup to issue IP Addresses to the other devices via DHCP, so when you plug in the router first it will be listening for other devices which may requests an IP Addresse. So when you plug in the other ethernet devices they _most likely_ request an IP Address and the router issues an appropriate IP address (with DHCP) so all the equipment can operate to the internet through the router. There was a lot more I could have included, but that is the general model. I hope this information assists you.
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I didn't need a static IP and I can access my server from a remote pc and my phone. There is an option to set a static IP but I just have it set to DHCP.
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Yes I believe the best way is to simply select bridge mode under dhcp server settings this allows the router to automatically set various other things as to be sure no conflicts and allows use of all four wired connects instead of just 3. Also has a repeater mode.
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You need to look at your network topology, not the EX4. There are a lot of different ways to get this thing visible on two networks, but be thankful that this thing doesn't act as a switch or hub, because connecting your two networks (physical or virtual) together, just plugging them into each other anyway, is more than probably going to create DHCP and DNS resolution hell.
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Make sure you are using a router and not just a modem with a switch. A switch won't split a single IP address up, that's what a router does. The switch just directs traffic from the router.
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yes, disable dhcp, and don't use the wan port, make all connections (to main router & to connected devices) using the lan ports. also i advise giving this (access point) a specific ip address, so you can connect to it easily to reconfigure etc.
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This switch requires some config as any device for security reason. However the device is pretty much plug and play, i recommend going through the tutorial for common network practices for proper security
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I use Linksys E-Series and turn dhcp off and apply the uplink cable to a numbered port and not the uplink port - this is working for me but please use this info as a direction to go and do some homework
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No, but I assign my Yamaha gear dedicated ip addresses and reserve the same address on my switch so there's no ip conflicts with the rest of my network equipment.
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U can't add any dhcp options to the dhcp server for say vendor specific 242 avaya etc. Turn off autostart port as it gave me nothing but headaches.
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Most switches including this one try to balance the load evenly. The more devices that are trying to use bandwidth the slower they will all perform.