I bought one of these about years ago to connect both my tv and playstation into the network, i brought an ethernet cable through the wall from the router in another room and then just plugged both devices into the switch and it was that simple.
thanks very much. It was helpful but I think you should have added the part on how to connect up to the router/modem (port 5) (and then connecting other devices to ports 1-4) because it isn't completely clear when looking at the instructions in the box. Please add that to the end of your video. Thanks
Thanks for the comment! I didn't include anything on that because it doesn't actually matter. I have my switch connected to my router via port 1, with my other devices on ports 2-5. These switches are more akin to a glorified Ethernet splitter than a normal enterprise grade managed switch (at least in the way I'm using it). Some other models have PoE (Power over Ethernet) which in that case you have to use certain ports (usually 1 and 5) but this model doesn't have that. - Mitchell
Mitchell..there are 5 ports on this device. there is nothing in the directions or on the ports themselves that indicates the input port? i know 4 of them are output ports and one is for for input from router...But which is which is which??? all of the ports look exactly the same???
Hello there, thanks for the comment! There's no specific input or output ports. You can plug them into whatever port you want and the switch itself determines which port is acting as an output or an input. That's just how a switch works, it's basically a pass-through and splitter device for network signals. - Mitchell
It would likely be some sort of problem with either the power supply or the internal electronics I'd think. If you have a second one, try the power supply from that one, and if it's still blinking, then you know there's some sort of internal issue.
Do I have to hook this up to my internet? Mine is not working. My router is upstairs and I have this downstairs. It is not working. Am I doing something wrong?
Yeah essentially. Basically it's not working because you'll need to get a Ethernet cable (either Cat5e, or Cat6, they're very cheap to buy), plug one end into your router, and the other end into the switch (the port you plug it into doesn't matter on the switch end, and *shouldn't* matter on the router end. You'll either need to get a long enough cable to route it from your router to your switch, or move the switch upstairs (or router downstairs). The switch doesn't have any wireless capability. Hope this helps! Thanks for the comment!
You never show what is on the other end of the cables that are plugged into the switch. I am looking for something that I can plug into a router for more ports.
Hi, thanks for the comment! I'm using a Ubiquiti Edge Router X, which is more or less prosumer hardware that I wouldn't really recommend to someone who hasn't worked in Networking IT as it's not a particularly nice device to setup (and it is shown stacked on top of the switch). The only other devices I have connected to the 8-port switch is another switch in the basement that feeds two more switches and our main WI-FI access point, one switch across the driveway in the guest house (the five port one I unboxed) that connects to the desktop that's over there and a WI-FI access point, and the other connects to my gaming consoles and smart TV. I didn't really get into that networking setup because it's overly complicated for a home network but was the only way I could really do things in a 120 year old house that I don't own (tearing out walls wasn't an option). In terms of connecting it to your router, just plug a ethernet cable into the back of the router, and then into any of the ports on the switch and then you gain n-1 connections, depending on how many ports the switch you buy is (so 7 ports on an 8 port switch etc). Hope this helps. Mitchell
@@GBProductions0 excellent reply. thank you. I just went ahead and bit the bullet. ripped the box open and stuck a cable from the router into the first port that I saw. I got wild and transferred all the other cables. this critter worked fin write out of the box. so one cable from the modem/router combination box to this NETGEAR 8-Port Gigabit Ethernet Unmanaged Switch (GS108) while everything was running and works great. thanks again for your reply.
It wasn't intended to be a setup video. Setting it up is literally brainless. Plug it into the wall, connect your devices and off you go. Sequence doesn't matter, it's a switch, all it does is pass through signals. By convention however, you would normally place the connection between the router (or another switch) and switch in port #1. Now if this was a managed switch, then yes, there would be a setup component to the video because they aren't plug and play like these unmanaged ones are. Mitchell
I bought one of these about years ago to connect both my tv and playstation into the network, i brought an ethernet cable through the wall from the router in another room and then just plugged both devices into the switch and it was that simple.
thanks very much. It was helpful but I think you should have added the part on how to connect up to the router/modem (port 5) (and then connecting other devices to ports 1-4) because it isn't completely clear when looking at the instructions in the box. Please add that to the end of your video. Thanks
Thanks for the comment!
I didn't include anything on that because it doesn't actually matter. I have my switch connected to my router via port 1, with my other devices on ports 2-5. These switches are more akin to a glorified Ethernet splitter than a normal enterprise grade managed switch (at least in the way I'm using it). Some other models have PoE (Power over Ethernet) which in that case you have to use certain ports (usually 1 and 5) but this model doesn't have that.
- Mitchell
Mitchell..there are 5 ports on this device. there is nothing in the directions or on the ports themselves that indicates the input port? i know 4 of them are output ports and one is for for input from router...But which is which is which??? all of the ports look exactly the same???
Hello there, thanks for the comment!
There's no specific input or output ports. You can plug them into whatever port you want and the switch itself determines which port is acting as an output or an input. That's just how a switch works, it's basically a pass-through and splitter device for network signals.
- Mitchell
Exactly the question I was gonna ask. Thanks for the vid and reply!
Hi - how long is the actual power cable as I wish to route this through some trunking to the plu gsocket?
With what reason mine power is blinking? please let me know...
It would likely be some sort of problem with either the power supply or the internal electronics I'd think. If you have a second one, try the power supply from that one, and if it's still blinking, then you know there's some sort of internal issue.
Do I have to hook this up to my internet? Mine is not working. My router is upstairs and I have this downstairs. It is not working. Am I doing something wrong?
Yeah essentially. Basically it's not working because you'll need to get a Ethernet cable (either Cat5e, or Cat6, they're very cheap to buy), plug one end into your router, and the other end into the switch (the port you plug it into doesn't matter on the switch end, and *shouldn't* matter on the router end. You'll either need to get a long enough cable to route it from your router to your switch, or move the switch upstairs (or router downstairs).
The switch doesn't have any wireless capability.
Hope this helps! Thanks for the comment!
You never show what is on the other end of the cables that are plugged into the switch.
I am looking for something that I can plug into a router for more ports.
Hi, thanks for the comment!
I'm using a Ubiquiti Edge Router X, which is more or less prosumer hardware that I wouldn't really recommend to someone who hasn't worked in Networking IT as it's not a particularly nice device to setup (and it is shown stacked on top of the switch). The only other devices I have connected to the 8-port switch is another switch in the basement that feeds two more switches and our main WI-FI access point, one switch across the driveway in the guest house (the five port one I unboxed) that connects to the desktop that's over there and a WI-FI access point, and the other connects to my gaming consoles and smart TV.
I didn't really get into that networking setup because it's overly complicated for a home network but was the only way I could really do things in a 120 year old house that I don't own (tearing out walls wasn't an option).
In terms of connecting it to your router, just plug a ethernet cable into the back of the router, and then into any of the ports on the switch and then you gain n-1 connections, depending on how many ports the switch you buy is (so 7 ports on an 8 port switch etc).
Hope this helps.
Mitchell
@@GBProductions0 excellent reply. thank you.
I just went ahead and bit the bullet. ripped the box open and stuck a cable from the router into the first port that I saw. I got wild and transferred all the other cables. this critter worked fin write out of the box. so one cable from the modem/router combination box to this NETGEAR 8-Port Gigabit Ethernet Unmanaged Switch (GS108) while everything was running and works great.
thanks again for your reply.
Doesn’t show how to hook it up proper sequence
It wasn't intended to be a setup video. Setting it up is literally brainless. Plug it into the wall, connect your devices and off you go. Sequence doesn't matter, it's a switch, all it does is pass through signals. By convention however, you would normally place the connection between the router (or another switch) and switch in port #1. Now if this was a managed switch, then yes, there would be a setup component to the video because they aren't plug and play like these unmanaged ones are.
Mitchell