n00b switch question

[penguinrusty]

So, I just bought this 32 port and another 24 port switch for a big lan party i'm having....I managed to hook the two together via their uplink ports, and, well, when I plug my comp into one of the jacks, it says "limited or no connectivity" So, my question is, how would I configure the TCP/IP settings? I know the subnetmask is 255.255.255.0, and the ip address is 192.168.1.xx, but what about the default gateway and DNS servers? Do I put anything there? At the last LAN party I went to, I had this same problem and someone showed me how to do it, but I forgot Any help would be appreciated!

 

[Viking]

thats it just switches ? no router ?
if no router ( no dhcp) you will have to create a peer to peer with static ip's and my friend that will be no picnic or ,,,ah party with more than 10 workstations. EVERYONE will have to have the same workgroup name and ip address, except for the last octet. If you want to be able to share files every workstation will have to have everybody elses acoount, so lets say you have 10 workstations , that is 10 x 10 or 100 time you will enter account info on all 10 workstations, so all 10 accounts have to be on each work station, so if you have 50 ws, it is 50 x 50.

 

[Apocalypse]

You do get a DHCP program you can run on one of the computers. Can't remember what it is called...

 

[tlarkin]

if you have any kind of router it will act as a DHCP server, you could just toss a router on one of the switches and be done with it. No manual set up needed.

Otherwise you can come up with an IP scheme so every system is on the same subnet.

 

[The_Other_One]

Don't plug them both up by their uplinks. To connect them together, use the uplink on one and a regular port on another. Or you need a crossover cable if you're going to use the same port. I'm a bit suprised you even have uplinks anymore. Most switches will automatically switch between which port is required, and can even use a crossover cable for any connection.

 

[tlarkin]

most switches these days actually have auto sensing ports which will auto adjust to a cross over or patch connection.

However, we can't determine that until we know the exact models of the switches.

 

[The_Other_One]

most switches these days actually have auto sensing ports which will auto adjust to a cross over or patch connection.

As I mentinoed However, if it has an actual trunk line, it probably doesn't automatically switch... I know my 5 port Netgear switch doesn't have any form of uplink line.

 

[tlarkin]

most switches these days actually have auto sensing ports which will auto adjust to a cross over or patch connection.

As I mentinoed However, if it has an actual trunk line, it probably doesn't automatically switch... I know my 5 port Netgear switch doesn't have any form of uplink line.

ya you could totally be right, my 5 port linksys one is auto sensing.