Problems connecting TL-SG108E to Virgin Superhub 3 router
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Problems connecting TL-SG108E to Virgin Superhub 3 router
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I have recently connected a TL-SG108E switch to my Virgin Superhub 3 router to allow me to connect additional devices (Printer & 2 Samsung Smart TVs) by Ethernet.
AFter adding the switch the printer worked fine. Then after a few days, my wifi connections (phones & iPad) would only connect to the LAN but not the Internet. Virgin's tech support got me to enable the Guest network on the router and this allowed the wifi devices to connect to the Internet but the private network would not. Simultaneously;y my TVs failed to connect to the Internet but were connected to the router. My printer continued to function through the switch as dis 2 Pcs and aNAs connected to the router. I checked with TP-Link support to make sure I had the right settings on the switch ( I had simply plugged it in and connected the ethernet cables). they confirmed that this was the correct configuration.
Yesterday a Virgin engineer came out and replaced my router. The Superhub 3 has had a lot of problems so seemed the likely culprit especially after the GuesNetworkork fix. The replacement router gave the same problems so the engineer disconnected the 4 ethernet cables from the router at which point the private wifi network connected to the Internet. He then reconnected each ethernet cable in turn and when the cable from the switch was connected the wi-fi dropped out after about 30 seconds. THis happened repeatedly when the cable was disconnected then reconnected again. This, of course, let Virgin off the hook and the engineer left. Later I checked on various on-line forums and there we lots of issues reported regarding switches connected to the Superhub 3.
Today I reconnected the switch having first tested the Cat6 cables for faults. The wi-fi connected fine on the private network, so I reconnected the Samsung TVs. On testing one of them I got an internet connection but it took ages to connect. Eventually I managed to steam a film on Plex from a remote server but after about 10 minutes the connection failed. 20 minutes later the wi-fi connection on my phone dropped and wouldn't connect to the Internet. I disconnect the switch from the router and the wifi connection returned.
So there's seems to be some compatibility issue between the switch and the router. The router lists the devices connected to the switch in it's DHCP table but not the switch itself. The printer seems to connect OK via the switch. My next test will be to connect a TV by ethernet directly to the switch. I did this when the problem first arose and the TV would not connect but I still had the switch connected, so I will need to try the test again with the switch disconnected. The TVs though seem to fail to connect only when the wifi is failing to connect.
Has anyone experienced similar problems or am I missing some simple setting or tweak that is needed either on the router or the switch?
Hardware Version :
Firmware Version :
ISP :
I have recently connected a TL-SG108E switch to my Virgin Superhub 3 router to allow me to connect additional devices (Printer & 2 Samsung Smart TVs) by Ethernet.
AFter adding the switch the printer worked fine. Then after a few days, my wifi connections (phones & iPad) would only connect to the LAN but not the Internet. Virgin's tech support got me to enable the Guest network on the router and this allowed the wifi devices to connect to the Internet but the private network would not. Simultaneously;y my TVs failed to connect to the Internet but were connected to the router. My printer continued to function through the switch as dis 2 Pcs and aNAs connected to the router. I checked with TP-Link support to make sure I had the right settings on the switch ( I had simply plugged it in and connected the ethernet cables). they confirmed that this was the correct configuration.
Yesterday a Virgin engineer came out and replaced my router. The Superhub 3 has had a lot of problems so seemed the likely culprit especially after the GuesNetworkork fix. The replacement router gave the same problems so the engineer disconnected the 4 ethernet cables from the router at which point the private wifi network connected to the Internet. He then reconnected each ethernet cable in turn and when the cable from the switch was connected the wi-fi dropped out after about 30 seconds. THis happened repeatedly when the cable was disconnected then reconnected again. This, of course, let Virgin off the hook and the engineer left. Later I checked on various on-line forums and there we lots of issues reported regarding switches connected to the Superhub 3.
Today I reconnected the switch having first tested the Cat6 cables for faults. The wi-fi connected fine on the private network, so I reconnected the Samsung TVs. On testing one of them I got an internet connection but it took ages to connect. Eventually I managed to steam a film on Plex from a remote server but after about 10 minutes the connection failed. 20 minutes later the wi-fi connection on my phone dropped and wouldn't connect to the Internet. I disconnect the switch from the router and the wifi connection returned.
So there's seems to be some compatibility issue between the switch and the router. The router lists the devices connected to the switch in it's DHCP table but not the switch itself. The printer seems to connect OK via the switch. My next test will be to connect a TV by ethernet directly to the switch. I did this when the problem first arose and the TV would not connect but I still had the switch connected, so I will need to try the test again with the switch disconnected. The TVs though seem to fail to connect only when the wifi is failing to connect.
Has anyone experienced similar problems or am I missing some simple setting or tweak that is needed either on the router or the switch?
