I'm going a bit crazy trying to solve this one, so maybe the MacRumors family can point me in the right direction...
Something is fishy with my network. I've recently added a 5-port unmanaged ethernet switch (TP-Link TL-SG105) to my network. When the switch is connected to my Verizon FiOS G1100 router, the ethernet devices attached directly to the G1100's ports cannot be reached.
Disconnecting the TL-SG105 from the G1100 solves the problem immediately.
The network has worked for a few hours at a time without issue but eventually the G1100's "local" devices end up unresponsive.
I realize this is a bit of an odd one, so I made a diagram to help:
Some things I've already tried:
Does anyone have any thoughts?
Something is fishy with my network. I've recently added a 5-port unmanaged ethernet switch (TP-Link TL-SG105) to my network. When the switch is connected to my Verizon FiOS G1100 router, the ethernet devices attached directly to the G1100's ports cannot be reached.
Disconnecting the TL-SG105 from the G1100 solves the problem immediately.
The network has worked for a few hours at a time without issue but eventually the G1100's "local" devices end up unresponsive.
I realize this is a bit of an odd one, so I made a diagram to help:
Some things I've already tried:
- Different cables between the G1100 and TL-SG105 don't change the result.
- I used a cable tester on the cable connecting the G1100 and TL-SG105 and all is good.
- None of the devices on my network are running their own DHCP server.
- I've reached out to TP-Link's support and have not yet heard back but since it's an unmanaged switch, I think it's pretty benign.
- Wifi is entirely unaffected by this issue and continues to function even when the G1100's ethernet devices are not working.
Does anyone have any thoughts?