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sethypoo

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Oct 8, 2003
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Sacramento, CA, USA
Hey everybody,

Before I start, I want to say that I've done extensive searching trying to find a post that covers my issue, but I've had no luck. Netgear's customer support is abysmal to boot, so here I am turning to the awesome Macrumors community!

Here's the deal: I have a cable modem that I used to have plugged into an Airport Express, that wirelessly connected my Macs, Xbox, iPad, etc. I recently got a blu-ray player that only has a wired connection, so I bought a Netgear Fast Ethernet Switch FS105. I now have my cable modem plugged into port #5, and the Airport, Xbox, and BR player plugged into ports 1, 2, and 3.

After restarting all the above equipment, I only get Internet via the Airport Express. The Xbox and BR player won't connect despite being plugged unto the switch as well. I have no idea why this is, and I can't find any answers online. Any help you could provide would be great!

Thank you!
 
The way you have it set up it will be a first come first serve. One internet connection at a time. Not all at the same time. You need to have the modem connected to a router(Airport Extreme or other) with ethernet input and ethernet output (LAN and WAN?) then to the switch.
 
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