D-Link DES1008D 8 port fast ethernet desktop switch

Hello, look at this link, you should have installed the bottom driver, but take care! if you've got a LAN card as well, you might have got the MOBO one disabled in bios, so best to take out the LAN card, find out what it is and look for a driver for it, meanwhile, with it removed, install the LAN driver for the MOBO LAN port, (bottom driver on this link ) and see if it appears in your 'Network Connections' (Check in bios to see if it's been disabled, though)
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The link: http://support.dell.com/support/downloads/driverslist.aspx?c=us&cs=19&l=en&s=dhs&ServiceTag=&SystemID=DIM_PNT_9200_XPS_410&os=WW1&osl=en&catid=&impid=

power on switch , have two patch cord with you, first connect in pc's eathernet port and second in laptops eathernet port,connect those cables to switch's lan port respectively start the switch and turn on pc and laptop and main thing enable sharing in remote desktop.

Connect your router to computer with ethernet cable then you can access it with following default link. http://192.168.1.1 or http://192.168.0.1 or http://192.168.15.1 or http://192.168.2.1 If you are not able to access it with above ip then check your computers ip address gateway ip is your router ip try with it. Then it ask for user name and password. Type user as "admin" and password as "admin" or "password" or blank. Then you can see configuration page of router. Then configure wan settings and lan settings enable wireless if you want to use wifi Then save settings and restart router Then connect cable from internet service provider to WAN port of router and connect ethenet lan cable from computer to lan port of router. . Let me know if you need further assistance. Thanks for using FixYa.

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Good question.
To link the new switch, take a short cable from the LAN port on the new Switch and connect it to one of the existing ports on the old or connected switch. it's just a daisychain.
Just keep in mind that the LAN connection on the Last switch must be connected to a PORT on the prior device on the LAN.

One port on the router is an "Ethernet" port -- look closely to see the 8 wires in the socket.

You'll need a similar 8-wire connector on your computer,
and an "Ethernet-cable" that has 8 strands of wire.

Adding-in the PCI Ethernet card will add an 8-wire connector,
so that the Ethernet-cable can be connected.

Be sure to buy a 'PCI' Ethernet adapter, not 'PCI-E', and not 'ISA'.
It may come with a CD-ROM containing software to be installed.

Don't pay more than $20. Or, find a "computer-geek" -- he/she probably will have one or more "spare" PCI Ethernet cards to give to you.

There really isn't much to setting up an ethernet switch hub. Plug a network cable into your router LAN connection and into port 1 or uplink port of your switch. All other computers will attach to ports 2 to 8. If you have an Uplink port and port 1, they usually can only be used singlely. That is to say use either the Uplink or port 1 Using both disables the switch hub.

power cycle it as in turn it off for about 5 seconds and switch it back on.

Also if it continues get a linksys or netgear or draytek router / switch.

D Link are rubbish and imo have always been rubbish.

Hi,

The D-Link DES1008D is an unmanaged switch. Hence it does not have any gateway address and none can be set on it.

If you are looking for the gateway address of your computer, here's how to find it.

In Windows 2000 / XP / Vista / 7, Open command prompt and type in ipconfig

Look for the IP address of the default gateway.

eg:

C:\>ipconfig

Windows IP Configuration

Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection:
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
IPv4 Address. . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.100
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.1

Hope this helps.

Regards.

If you have a wireless router then the ethernet cable will go between the modem and the router. Then you need a wireless LAN card to connect the PC to the router

What model router and modem do you have?

PC wireless card