TL-SG108E V3 Kills internet

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TL-SG108E V3 Kills internet
TL-SG108E V3 Kills internet
2017-07-30 22:29:03
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I bought and thought this switch would fit my needs due to cost and reviews. I am disappointed thus far as I have set up the switch and after 3 days it takes my internet down. Once I unplug the switch and reset the router, things go back to normal. Thus far I have changed the IP address and have saved the settings. Still no luck. Is there an issues with the switch? If so I will return to where I purchased and hopefully get something that may be a little more reliable as thngs like this normally happen after I have gone to bed and my wife gets extremely irritated. Thanks for any advice on this.


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Re:TL-SG108E V3 Kills internet
2017-08-15 07:02:37
I'm fairly new to networking switches as well and have been banging my head against the table trying to sort out the user interface.

If I just go for straight plug and play, there is no problem. When I attempt to modify the switch setting and change my local IP address to the recommended 192.168.0.2 as per the instructions, I lose connection to most of the internet. Now, I should mention that my internet connectivity does not go away, just my access to most of the internet. While I can still access Google, Youtube, Facebook, Yahoo, etc... I cannot go much beyond that.

As an example, I can perform a search at Google.com and I can even see the search results pages, but clicking on any of the links results in a "DNS address could not be found" error. Resetting my local IP address to the 'Obtain an IP address automatically" allows me to access the greater web in general. An aside: I can view cached webpages on the Google search results, but I cannot access 'live' content.

Changing DNS servers (such as using Google's 8.8.8.8 / 8.8.4.4) doesn't result any additional gains or changes. I think it may be a IPV4/IPV6 issue, but it's going to take some more troubleshooting.

So, for now, I'm using it in dumb switch mode and not gaining any added network advantages.
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Re:TL-SG108E V3 Kills internet
2017-08-16 06:09:15
I am not sure what you mean with " change my local IP address to the recommended 192.168.0.2 as per the instructions".

You have only change your IP to the 192.168.0.2 IP to initially reach the switch in order to change its IP to a free IP from your home network so that you could reach the switch's web UI from your regular network.

For example, if your router uses IP address 192.168.1.1 and your PC dynamically gets an IP from the router, then your network is using the 192.168.1.0 IP range.

You would choose a free IP from this range (one not being used by the router for dynamic addresses and also not statically assigned to any device in your network) for your manageable switch to become its permanent address. Since the switch uses 192.168.0.1 as default, you temporarily set 192.168.0.2 on your PC, log in the web management UI and set the switch to the free IP from the 192.168.1.x range (for example: 192.168.1.7, but make sure that this IP is unused!). After this setting, you revert the IP of your PC back to DHCP or whatever it was before. You need to do this only once, but remember to save settings on the switch to make changes persistent.

Of course the switch will not "provide Internet", it never does so, even not when setting its IP as described above. It's your router, which provides Internet and if you leave the router's network, you won't have access to the Internet anymore.
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Re:TL-SG108E V3 Kills internet
2017-10-04 01:26:16
Hi, I have the same problem. At the monent that I connect my brandnew TL-SG108E V3 switch to the first port of my Belgium Telenet cable router the internet and the whole network slows down and becomes unusable.
Even better. At the monent that I connect the TL-SG108E V3 switch anywhere on a walloulet port in to my network (witch has no problems) with a patchcable from the walloutlet port tot the first port of the TL-SG108E V3 switch the whole network slows down and becomes unusable.
Would be nice someone could help me with this problem.
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Re:TL-SG108E V3 Kills internet
2017-12-08 04:14:25
petgil:  Have you configured your TL-SG108E to be on the same LAN settings?  e.g. if your LAN using 10.1.2.0, have you set the TL-SG108E to have an IP address of 10.1.2.x, where x is an unused IP address on your LAN?

I'm glad to read that I'm not the only one who received a TL-SG108E *VERSION 3*!  I cannot find ANY information about *version 3* on tp-link's website.  I did find firmware updates, and information galore, for versions 1 and 2, but nothing for version 3.  It's a ghost box.  :-o  
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2017-12-08 07:09:24
A common problem seems to be connecting a new TL-SG108E to a LAN that is already configured on IP subnet 168.192.0.0/24. i.e. You have other devices using IP addresses, one of which is the SAME IP ADDRESS that the TL-SG108E is default configured to use: 168.192.0.1. The first step to solving these problems would be to identify ALL the IP addresses in use on your LAN, and ensure that any new device uses only a UNIQUE IP address. i.e. Change the IP address of the TL-SG108E to something that is not in use by any other device on your LAN--and while you're at it, set it's IP address to be on the same subnet that your LAN uses. e.g. 10.1.2.0/24 192.168.50.0/24. The 0/24 nomenclature means that your LAN knows about devices that have IP addresses starting with the first three numbers of the IP address, with the final digit being anything between 1 and 255, where each device gets ONE and only ONE of those numbers, and no two devices should be configured to have the same IP address. I hope that helps someone.
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2017-12-08 22:28:56
Correct, but it is always a problem (sitting in front of the screen) to use the same IP for more than one device in the same subnet, be it a managed switch or be it a WiFi router with an IP in its LAN. People not aware of this would not benefit from a managed switch at all and should buy an unmanaged switch instead.
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Re:TL-SG108E V3 Kills internet
2017-12-15 00:49:56
So ... set the new item up first, then deploy it into your running network.
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