TomatoUSB

I setup my WRT54GL with tomato and it works great, but… I needed more ports so I connected a Netgear 5 port switch (autosensing) and my devices get no addresses when i connect via the switch.

If I remove the switch and plug the ethernet into the port on the router that my switch was connected to, i connect no problem. The switch is brand new and was sealed in original plastic, i have my doubts it is defective as the 10/100 lights do flash when connected. When plugged into my router though- the port its connected to shows no light on the router.

Is there some special configuration I need in tomato to make this work? or does this specific setup not like a netgear switch?

help!?

Thanks

Not autosensing, make or buy a crossover cable, or return the switch. If it is a smart switch it might need setup.

try with a new cabel between router and switch could be faulty.

Ive used several different cables, which all work when bypassing the switch- I guess I could wire a crossover cable and try it, but every port on the switch is autosensing according to the manual/white pages for the switch. Maybe I just got a bad one… weird

You switch supports Autonegotiation for speed, but not necessarily Auto-MDIX. They are very different beast as supporting one does not automatically supports the other. e.g. WRT54 does not aupport auto-MDIX

I have checked the datasheet here and it doesn't say so:
http://www.netgear.com/service-provider/products/switches/unmanaged-desktop-switches/FS105.aspx#two

When you are connecting from a switch (WRT54) to a switch, the receive/transmit signals directions needs to be reversed with a "crossover cable" so that one of the switches acts as if it were a "computer". For a switch that supports auto-MDIX, it would switch its signal directions automatically.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Autonegotiation
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Auto-MDIX#Auto-MDIX

Nonsense. WRT54GL does not need crossover cable, nor has any router/switch combination I ever saw. If it doesn't work you either have a hardware failure or a cable fault.