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net connection info

elan
elan Member
edited February 2019 in FLEX-6000 Signature Series
is any one can advise  in order to connect the 6000 to my pc i can do that with a internet switch ? i have Netgear GS105 SWITCH , so i can connect it to the switch and the pc , do i need the Router connect as well ? since the router long way from my station i use wireless 
that my pc, i am going to become new user of 6700 any info  please thank you 
73 elan g0uut

Answers

  • John W9KXQ
    John W9KXQ Member ✭✭
    edited February 2017
    Elan,
    Connect both your PC and Your Flex to the Netgear Switch, they will then talk to each other.  I am old school, and believe that anytime you can get "wire" CAT5 directly to the router, the better off you are.  In my home network, I get 50 MB download to computers that are wired, the laptops using wireless only get 30 MB download.

    Good Luck.

    73

    John
    W9KXQ
  • Bill-W9OL
    Bill-W9OL Member ✭✭
    edited October 2016
    I agree with John, Elan, if at all possible, use hardwire.
  • elan
    elan Member
    edited February 2018
    hello John 
    thank you , well i do not use network at home however i was not sure it is just connecting the switch 
    the flex and pc hi hi i may later do more if i need i cant see anywhere in the user Manu about how to connect the flex to the pc etc it will be nice to see it .thank you again btw do i need to set any ip address or something like that ? 
    73 elan 
  • elan
    elan Member
    edited February 2018
    hello Bill 
    the problem it is long away from my station and i will need a very long CAT5 to do so since i may not use the net when i use the flex since i have other laptop etc ,but for start if i just need the switch and the pc it is good  no ?
    73 elan g0uut
  • John W9KXQ
    John W9KXQ Member ✭✭
    edited December 2016
    Elan,
    You will need to sent IP Address for both the Flex & the Computer.  They need to be in the same subnet  (Computer-192/168.1.20,  Flex-192.168.1.25 )  255.255.255.0

    Hop this helps.

    John
    W9KXQ
  • Rob G6EIH
    Rob G6EIH Member
    edited January 2019
    Netgear GS105 is a switch and needs to be connected to a router via a cable or wireless bridge, I have used wireless bridges and they work fine.

    Currently I use a NETGEAR EX6150 connected to the same switch and works perfectly.

    Rob
  • elan
    elan Member
    edited February 2018
    hello Rob 
    yes interesting  thank you for the info i see they sell them on Amazon 
    elan 
  • Rob G6EIH
    Rob G6EIH Member
    edited January 2019
    Hi Elan

    Purchased mine on Amazon four weeks ago, arrived next day, working same evening, perfect connection and really simple setup, all running within 10 minutes.

    Rob
  • elan
    elan Member
    edited February 2018
    hello Rob 
    thank you  it is great info 
    73 
    elan 
  • George KF2T
    George KF2T Member ✭✭✭
    edited February 2019
    You can connect the flex and PC directly and use auto-discovery. No internet to the PC that way. You can use a switch, too. You can connect a wifi extender to the switch to give network connectivity to the PC, allow assigned addresses to the devices, and still keep hard-wired goodness between the flex and PC. That's what I do. I also assign fixed DHCP assignments to my rig and computer in case the router connection is interrupted.

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