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Acessing existing router and other devices on network
My system seems to be working fine in that all of the devices on my home network seem to be able to access the internet. That said, I am unable to access my home router from my laptop, both devices ...
I appreciate your response but that answer doesn't solve my problem. My laptop and T-mobile gateway are two floors away from the router and supplimentary switches for all of my ethernet connections. I only have one Cat5e cable running through ther walls from the network closet to the office where the laptop and gateway are located. Previously, when I was using cable for internet, my laptop was connected via ethernet, to the router through that in-wall cat5e cable. Now the T-moble gateway uses that single cat5e cable to connect to the router two floors below. Because the t-mobile gateway is now using the cat5e cable connection to the router, I have lost the ethernet connection to my laptop. My current solution is to connect my laptop directly to the t-Mobile gateway via cat5e cable an using the 2nd ethernet (RJ45) port at the back of the gateway.
My issue is that the T-moble Gateway is not acting like a switch and is not allowing me to access my router and home networked devices. Is there a way to configure the T-Mobile gateway so that it acts like a network switch and allows for one connected device to have visibility and access to another connected device, when both devices are connected to the gateway by ethernet (hardwired devices)? I prefer not to use wifi connections for my computers when connected to my home network.
