Ok. long story short. I can manage my way around most stuff. I can google how stuff works and set it up. but I am having issues.
I purchased one of these switches to replace some aging hardware in our warehouse last year. plus side, the previous companies configuration of it worked 90 percent, so I put it in place with the intentions of resetting it and starting fresh at a later date.
well, that date has come. I reset it to factory defaults, enables some ports with the no shutdown command. well I plugged in a source, a dsl modem, and I plugged in a computer to another enabled port, and I see not data transfer. there's no automatic ip address assigned, no network connectivity nothing.
I just need to get this thing setup by tomorrow morning before business resumes. I have it here at home with me with a laptop and a serial cable, and the prayers that someone can help me out. I didn't realize managed switches were so complicated.
I just need to get all 48 ports active and to a point of when I plug something in, it links up to the modem plugged in. can anyone help me out?