Three things:stony41 wrote:Yes, the modem is now by itself and attached to the new 16-port switch. The switch is a TP-LINK model and it is ironical that a TP-LINK access point at the end of the line has lost its ability to provide wifi. We have family members living with us at the moment and they are not happy.
1. If, as it appears, the modem is a Huawei HG658 provided by iinet, and the only network device on your LAN handing out DHCP leases:
a) Log into the Huawei (default login admin|admin) and check under Basic|LAN that DHCP is enabled and that the Start IP address and End IP address have the same first three numbers as that in the LAN Host Settings (above the DHCP menu - from what was said earlier 192.168.1) and the fourth number something away from the LAN host IP 192.168.1.1. The range must be sufficiently large to accommodate all the devices on your network and if your 16 port switch has more than enough ports for your devices then a range of say 192.168.1.10 to 192.168.1.30 should be more than sufficient.
b) Reboot the Huawei under Maintenance|Device in the menu, or power cycle it.
2. Reboot/Restart all devices on your LAN.
3. Check in the Huawei under Status|LAN|Ethernet which devices on your LAN have been assigned which IP address.
While some folk on the TransACT and iinet forums appear to be satisfied with the DHCP capability of the Huawei HG658 I have had some difficulties with mine assigning leases where the IP pool has been set down among where I have assigned static IP addresses. If you are not assigning static addresses I would hope that you do not have that problem.
Two other things:
1. You cannot reserve IP addresses in the Huawei. You are limited then to DHCP from the Huawei, if it works properly, or set up static addresses on devices in your LAN.
2. You can assign any IP address you like to the Huawei without compromising its VOIP capability. So if you really prefer a 192.168.0.x network that is perfectly OK. Just bear in mind that if you do you would need to change the LAN Host Setting and DHCP Start IP and End IP addresses accordingly.