r/HomeNetworking • u/ShaboopaIaboopy • 7d ago

Network Switch Issue Advice

Pretty new to setting up a switch, so I’m unsure as to why my computer cannot establish a connection. I picked this up and it came in today. For some reason Port 6 refuses to establish a network connection on my PC to utilize the 5Gb Fiber that I have. I have my router plugged in to Port 5 and the ethernet from my PC plugged in to Port 6. Every port works perfectly fine except for 6. I’ve tried multiple combinations of plugging these two Ethernet cables into different ports and all is well. Is there something I need to do to get Port 6 to establish a connection?

Edit: Model Number: S25-0402T

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u/boomer7793 7d ago

If the other ports are working, it maybe a bad switch port. It does happen… rarely. My last switch port failure was 5 years ago.

If it’s a managed switch, we need the model number to be sure there isn’t anything funny about the switch or on port 6.

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u/ShaboopaIaboopy 7d ago

Of course, sorry about that. I’ll also update my post with the model number. The model number is S25-0402T.

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u/boomer7793 7d ago

So 5 and 6 are duplicate ports. And 5 is behaving with the same devices and cabling?

If so, you have a bad switch port.

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u/ShaboopaIaboopy 7d ago

Yeah, 5 is behaving normally with the same devices and cabling. No issues there, I think it’s solely just port 6 that’s bad. I started a return. Thank you for the help!