12-01-2009 08:26 AM - edited 03-18-2019 10:53 AM
I have a 7960 in my office with the ethernet line plugged into my computer, and it works fine, but...
...I tried plugging a 5-port Linksys unmanaged switch to the output, and it does not work. I took the 5-port unmanaged switch home, and it works fine.
Is there something "funny" about the ethernet line out of the phone that prevents sharing the line between 2 computers?
Help! We just moved into a new office, and resolving this would help a number of us (including those 2 to an office).
Note: I can't have the 5-port switch *before* the phone, because the phone gets power from the ethernet connection.
12-01-2009 08:40 AM
I'd say talk to your system administrator. There are probably measures in place to prevent unmanaged devices from being plugged into the network, and for a very good reason.
12-01-2009 09:02 AM
Internal to the phone is an Ethernet switch. Depending on your
Linksys switch you might need a crossover cable.
Good Luck,
Art
12-01-2009 09:07 AM
It's a new 10/100 Linksys 5-port switch. One of the ports is crossover, which I was using.
It's weird - If I used my laptop (or PC) plugged directly into the phone, then added the Linksys unmanaged switch, that one laptop/PC worked OK. The problem came when I added a second PC/laptop. The second wouldn't work.
No luck with "ipconfig/release" and "ipconfig/renew".
Again, the switch works fine at home (plugged-in to output of home D-Link router).
12-01-2009 09:12 AM
It does sound like your org may be running some type of port security which may be extended to the phone. I have daisy chai
ned multiple phones together in a lab and they work just fine, which would also stack multiple MAC addresses on the same switch port. Do you have access to the switch configuration?
12-01-2009 09:15 AM
I don't have access to the comms room. I'm an IT guy, but not that part of IT.
We'll eventually get more lines run to our offices, but I was looking for a "stop-gap" solution until they bought more cards/ports in the comms room. Right now, they don't have enough...
12-01-2009 09:29 AM
It sounds like they have :
switchport port-security maximum value
configured on the port - The default value is 1. If they took this line out it should allow you to use the unmanaged switches - at least until they get more lines pulled for you
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